How in chess notation one decides what mark put on a move like if it’s a strong move (!), weak move (?) very strong move (!!) or very weak move (??) if the game is not ended yet? A move could appear weak but actually leads to a strong sequence
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Those markings only show up in unofficial analysis of chess games.
Actual chess notation just records the moves played, with no other information recorded.
In chess, while you can complete a game and look back over the moves played to see which move was crucial in leading you to victory, that doesn’t make the move objectively strong.
To an extent, chess is an objective game. There are good moves and bad moves, and everything in between.
It’s very possible that you could have played an awful move, but it was crucial in helping you win the game the exact way you did.
A bad chess move is one that opens up weaknesses that your opponent can exploit.
For example, you might move your queen to a position where your opponent can take it without any chance of you getting anything major in return.
That’s an objectively bad move, because your opponent can take your queen for free.
However, your opponent doesn’t HAVE to take your queen. Say they miss the free queen, instead making a move that doesn’t do much at all. Your queen is still vulnerable, but with your next move you checkmate your opponent with the queen.
You made a bad move by hanging your queen, but the move was also crucial in helping you win in the way you did. You got lucky that your opponent didn’t take advantage of your bad move.
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