Originally posted by diskamylYou don't need to reed chess books to get to a 1700+ rating. And if you don't read chess books, you might not learn the meaning of some things used in notations.
you don't know what those mean and you have a 1717 rating, after 83 games?
hmm...... yeah, sure.
I only realy read chess books in the first two years when I learned to play chess, after that, well I can't seem to concentrate on it for more than 15 minutes so I gave up on reading books.
Of course the meaning of !, !!, ? and ?? is easily guessed, but only a few days ago I learned the meaning of !? en ?!.
Adje
Originally posted by adjeoh please, for god's sake. he is asking the meanings of ! and # and is playing at 1700 level?.
You don't need to reed chess books to get to a 1700+ rating. And if you don't read chess books, you might not learn the meaning of some things used in notations.
I only realy read chess books in the first two years when I learned to play chess, after that, well I can't seem to concentrate on it for more than 15 minutes so I gave up on reading books.
Of co ...[text shortened]... and ?? is easily guessed, but only a few days ago I learned the meaning of !? en ?!.
Adje
you really think it's possible not getting to read any mating lines ever, anywhere before you get to 1700s?