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Scid Help:
NAG values
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<h1>Standard NAG values</h1>
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Standard NAG (Numeric Annotation Symbol) values defined in the
<a href="Author.html\#Related">PGN standard</a> are:
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<li> 1 Good move (!) </li>
<li> 2 Poor move (?) </li>
<li> 3 Excellent move (!!) </li>
<li> 4 Blunder (??) </li>
<li> 5 Interesting move (!?) </li>
<li> 6 Dubious move (?!) </li>
<li> 7 Forced move </li>
<li> 8 Singular move; no reasonable alternatives </li>
<li> 9 Worst move </li>
<li> 10 Drawish position (=) </li>
<li> 11 Equal chances, quiet position (=) </li>
<li> 12 Equal chances, active position (=) </li>
<li> 13 Unclear position (~) </li>
<li> 14 White has a slight advantage (+=) </li>
<li> 15 Black has a slight advantage (=+) </li>
<li> 16 White has a moderate advantage (+/-) </li>
<li> 17 Black has a moderate advantage (-/+) </li>
<li> 18 White has a decisive advantage (+-) </li>
<li> 19 Black has a decisive advantage (-+) </li>
<li> 20 White has a crushing advantage (+-) </li>
<li> 21 Black has a crushing advantage (-+) </li>
<li> 22 White is in zugzwang </li>
<li> 23 Black is in zugzwang </li>
<li> 24 White has a slight space advantage </li>
<li> 25 Black has a slight space advantage </li>
<li> 26 White has a moderate space advantage </li>
<li> 27 Black has a moderate space advantage </li>
<li> 28 White has a decisive space advantage </li>
<li> 29 Black has a decisive space advantage </li>
<li> 30 White has a slight time (development) advantage </li>
<li> 31 Black has a slight time (development) advantage </li>
<li> 32 White has a moderate time (development) advantage </li>
<li> 33 Black has a moderate time (development) advantage </li>
<li> 34 White has a decisive time (development) advantage </li>
<li> 35 Black has a decisive time (development) advantage </li>
<li> 36 White has the initiative </li>
<li> 37 Black has the initiative </li>
<li> 38 White has a lasting initiative </li>
<li> 39 Black has a lasting initiative </li>
<li> 40 White has the attack </li>
<li> 41 Black has the attack </li>
<li> 42 White has insufficient compensation for material deficit </li>
<li> 43 Black has insufficient compensation for material deficit </li>
<li> 44 White has sufficient compensation for material deficit </li>
<li> 45 Black has sufficient compensation for material deficit </li>
<li> 46 White has more than adequate compensation for material deficit </li>
<li> 47 Black has more than adequate compensation for material deficit </li>
<li> 48 White has a slight center control advantage </li>
<li> 49 Black has a slight center control advantage </li>
<li> 50 White has a moderate center control advantage </li>
<li> 51 Black has a moderate center control advantage </li>
<li> 52 White has a decisive center control advantage </li>
<li> 53 Black has a decisive center control advantage </li>
<li> 54 White has a slight kingside control advantage </li>
<li> 55 Black has a slight kingside control advantage </li>
<li> 56 White has a moderate kingside control advantage </li>
<li> 57 Black has a moderate kingside control advantage </li>
<li> 58 White has a decisive kingside control advantage </li>
<li> 59 Black has a decisive kingside control advantage </li>
<li> 60 White has a slight queenside control advantage </li>
<li> 61 Black has a slight queenside control advantage </li>
<li> 62 White has a moderate queenside control advantage </li>
<li> 63 Black has a moderate queenside control advantage </li>
<li> 64 White has a decisive queenside control advantage </li>
<li> 65 Black has a decisive queenside control advantage </li>
<li> 66 White has a vulnerable first rank </li>
<li> 67 Black has a vulnerable first rank </li>
<li> 68 White has a well protected first rank </li>
<li> 69 Black has a well protected first rank </li>
<li> 70 White has a poorly protected king </li>
<li> 71 Black has a poorly protected king </li>
<li> 72 White has a well protected king </li>
<li> 73 Black has a well protected king </li>
<li> 74 White has a poorly placed king </li>
<li> 75 Black has a poorly placed king </li>
<li> 76 White has a well placed king </li>
<li> 77 Black has a well placed king </li>
<li> 78 White has a very weak pawn structure </li>
<li> 79 Black has a very weak pawn structure </li>
<li> 80 White has a moderately weak pawn structure </li>
<li> 81 Black has a moderately weak pawn structure </li>
<li> 82 White has a moderately strong pawn structure </li>
<li> 83 Black has a moderately strong pawn structure </li>
<li> 84 White has a very strong pawn structure </li>
<li> 85 Black has a very strong pawn structure </li>
<li> 86 White has poor knight placement </li>
<li> 87 Black has poor knight placement </li>
<li> 88 White has good knight placement </li>
<li> 89 Black has good knight placement </li>
<li> 90 White has poor bishop placement </li>
<li> 91 Black has poor bishop placement </li>
<li> 92 White has good bishop placement </li>
<li> 93 Black has good bishop placement </li>
<li> 94 White has poor rook placement </li>
<li> 95 Black has poor rook placement </li>
<li> 96 White has good rook placement </li>
<li> 97 Black has good rook placement </li>
<li> 98 White has poor queen placement </li>
<li> 99 Black has poor queen placement </li>
<li>100 White has good queen placement </li>
<li>101 Black has good queen placement </li>
<li>102 White has poor piece coordination </li>
<li>103 Black has poor piece coordination </li>
<li>104 White has good piece coordination </li>
<li>105 Black has good piece coordination </li>
<li>106 White has played the opening very poorly </li>
<li>107 Black has played the opening very poorly </li>
<li>108 White has played the opening poorly </li>
<li>109 Black has played the opening poorly </li>
<li>110 White has played the opening well </li>
<li>111 Black has played the opening well </li>
<li>112 White has played the opening very well </li>
<li>113 Black has played the opening very well </li>
<li>114 White has played the middlegame very poorly </li>
<li>115 Black has played the middlegame very poorly </li>
<li>116 White has played the middlegame poorly </li>
<li>117 Black has played the middlegame poorly </li>
<li>118 White has played the middlegame well </li>
<li>119 Black has played the middlegame well </li>
<li>120 White has played the middlegame very well </li>
<li>121 Black has played the middlegame very well </li>
<li>122 White has played the ending very poorly </li>
<li>123 Black has played the ending very poorly </li>
<li>124 White has played the ending poorly </li>
<li>125 Black has played the ending poorly </li>
<li>126 White has played the ending well </li>
<li>127 Black has played the ending well </li>
<li>128 White has played the ending very well </li>
<li>129 Black has played the ending very well </li>
<li>130 White has slight counterplay </li>
<li>131 Black has slight counterplay </li>
<li>132 White has moderate counterplay </li>
<li>133 Black has moderate counterplay </li>
<li>134 White has decisive counterplay </li>
<li>135 Black has decisive counterplay </li>
<li>136 White has moderate time control pressure </li>
<li>137 Black has moderate time control pressure </li>
<li>138 White has severe time control pressure </li>
<li>139 Black has severe time control pressure </li>
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Other proposed NAG values for Chess Informant publication symbols include:
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<li>140 With the idea ... </li>
<li>141 Aimed against ... </li>
<li>142 Better move </li>
<li>143 Worse move </li>
<li>144 Equivalent move </li>
<li>145 Editor's Remark ("RR") </li>
<li>146 Novelty ("N") </li>
<li>147 Weak point </li>
<li>148 Endgame </li>
<li>149 Line </li>
<li>150 Diagonal </li>
<li>151 White has a pair of Bishops </li>
<li>152 Black has a pair of Bishops </li>
<li>153 Bishops of opposite color </li>
<li>154 Bishops of same color </li>
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Other suggested values are:
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<li>190 Etc. </li>
<li>191 Doubled pawns </li>
<li>192 Isolated pawn </li>
<li>193 Connected pawns </li>
<li>194 Hanging pawns </li>
<li>195 Backwards pawn </li>
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Symbols defined by Scid for its own use are:
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<li>201 Diagram ("D", sometimes denoted "#") </li>
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<p><center><font size=-1>(Updated: Scid 2.5, June 2001)</font></center></p>
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