| ! | good move |
| ? | bad move |
| !! | excellent move |
| ?? | blunder |
| !? | interesting move |
| ?! | dubious move |
| + | check |
| # | checkmate |
| N | novelty, new move (to my knowledge at least) |
| = | equal position |
| =/~ | equal but unclear position (standard symbol for unclear is horizontal 8) |
| +/= | White has small advantage |
| =/+ | Black has small advantage |
| +/- | White has clear advantage |
| -/+ | Black has clear advantage |
| +- | White has winning advantage |
| -+ | Black has winning advantage |
| 1-0 | White won |
| 0-1 | Black won |
|
entertaining game: lots of sacrifices |
| ! | theoretically important and interesting game |
| ADG | Alapin-Diemer Gambit or Alapin French |
| BDG | Blackmar-Diemer Gambit |
| corr. | correspondence (or e-mail) game |
| DDG | Diemer-Duhm Gambit |
| ECO | Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings |
| FICS | Free Internet Chess Server |
| ICC | Internet Chess Club |
| ICCF | International Correspondence Chess Federation |
| IECC | International Email Chess Club |
| IECG | International Email Chess Group |
| QGA | Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| QGD | Queen's Gambit Declined |
| UECC | Universal Email Chess Club |
| Zone | Internet Gaming Zone |