Dear Readers:

The teletype/fax machines have been working overtime in my office, and I've compiled a few suggestions for cc annotation symbols to be used starting in the year 2001. I am sharing these for your comment.

Your humble servant,

Frederick Bishop
The Free Depression Press


{=:)} Draw offered, opponent amused.
{=#} Draw offered, opponent mated me instead.
{=(&*^%)} Draw offered, opponent wrote obscenities back

{haha} Unforced stalemate

{*jerk} Opponent was a jerk (my opinion)
{*jerk_proved} Everyone else in the section thought so too.

{1stETLEOG} 1st exceeding the time limit, end of game (special USCF rules)
{1stETLSW} 1st exceeding the time limit, so what? (all other rules)

{adjpapp} Adjudicated, pending appeal
{adjappdi} Adjudicated, appealed, pending divine intervention
{adjappnothappy} Adjudicated, appealed, not happy with result

{DG} The death gambit, ie., playing on hoping your elderly opponent dies before the end of the game (usually tried in snail mail cc).
{DG!!} The game was decided by the death gambit

{F} Forfeit

{Comp?} Opponent was asked if he was using a computer to generate moves.
{Comp:)} Opponent said nothing.
{__--} Bad move caused by computer "horizon effect"
{hohum} Bad move caused by computer's terrible endgame skills.
{Comp_bad} Opponent was using computer throughout the whole game.
{Comp_twins} This was a non-human cc game, ie, both players were using a computer during the entire game.

{corr_imposed} During this game, my cc opponent showed up at my doorstep unannounced, expecting me to put him up for a couple of weeks and talk about nothing else except chess.

{takeback} I was nice enough to allow a takeback.
{takeback_no} I did not allow a takeback.

{toughnoogies} Forfeit due to pressing personal problems.
{withdrawalnopoints} A withdrawal without rating points.

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