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the most amusing thing is the exclamation mark on such a banal opening move.
by jonnycomputer 7y ago
the most amusing thing is the exclamation mark on such a banal opening move.
- Waterluvian 7y agoIt's been decades. That means "Check!" right?
- andrepd 7y agoNope, it means "good move". Check is +
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- thom 7y agoExclam! Generally a good move, perhaps even unexpectedly so. Double exclam, !!, being a brilliant move, especially one with flair like a sacrifice. Triple exclam is reserved for the games of Emory Tate. ;)
- mongol 7y agoEmory Tate must have been extraordinary..?
- mywittyname 7y agoMore like Extraordinary!!!
- paulddraper 7y agoIt's similar to English actually. It's commentary, rather than semantics. ! is good move. ? is dubious move. If you want to carried away double/triple those.
- arnsholt 7y agoAt least in modern usage, giving the exclam to signal "I prefer this opening move" isn't uncommon, so it's not a stretch to think that it was done in the seventies too. Also it rounds the whole thing out nicely to eight characters.