Why is "?" a mistake but "!?" an inaccuracy? Seems like vice versa would make more sense.
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88AlphaSierra
May 16, 2021
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If I'm a little confused over something, it's, "Huh?" But if something is a major foul, my reaction is, "WHAT!?"
Seems like chess nomenclature is backwards. Just curious.
May 16, 2021
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88AlphaSierra wrote:
If I'm a little confused over something, it's, "Huh?" But if something is a major foul, my reaction is, "WHAT!?" Seems like chess nomenclature is backwards. Just curious.
There's a whole set of annotation symbols that were used on the Informants to make comments without requiring the use of language.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_annotation_symbols
Here is the definition of "!?" :
So, I guess the answer is that in chess, ! means a good move or idea and that ? means that it's not a good move or idea. To clarify, an inaccuracy is actually represented by ?!, with the question mark first. This basically means that it's a questionable move, as the question mark comes first, but there could possible be some small merit to the move. A mistake (?) says, "That's not a good move at all."
