Once, in a tournament, it was the below 1600 fide rated tournament in India, when I was playing there, I write the move before I played, and all of a sudden my opponent said this is wrong and he called the arbiter, because I was writing the move before I played, It was only one move that I wrote, when he came, my opponent told him what I did, then the arbiter warned me that I should not do that, I said to him that I played in other country so many times and none of my opponents had problem with me.
Now the arbiter said to me "But, this is India".
IN A FIDE RATED TOURNAMENT, I THOUGHT THE SYSTEM WAS THE SAME BUT UNFORTUNATELY NO!
IS IT ACTUALLY THE SAME, OR IS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES?
SO FAR, IT'S ONLY TWO COUNTRIES I PLAYED IN.
i posted this just today... maybe you already saw it
no, in the uscf, you may write down your move before you perform the move. i am looking at the 6th edition of the uscf rule book. (idk if this particular rule has been altered yet again since 2014).
15a variation 1 for paper scoresheets:
'the player using a paper scoresheet may first make the move, and then write it down, or vice versa. this variation does not need to be advertised in advance.'
there's a tip following this, which says if the player is repeatedly erasing and rewriting, that could be taken as illegal notes.............. the tips are provided to help interpreting the rules....
idk nothing about fide, but i assume india might have its own chess federation, as does the us. the rule above is for the uscf ----------- and i would not be surprised if you ran into trouble writing your moves down before your move, even if it is legal.... i would check with the head tournament director specifically.
maybe you should break your habit, or be sure it is legal in your country..................... or with fide, as the case may be.
there's this other rule which is important, and some don't no. this i uscf, again. if you accidentally touch a piece, you are not obligated to move it (ie no touch move). touch move you must deliberately touch a piece - not accidentally. does fide do it the same way?
i looked under fide.... i assume india abides by fide rules............... although, maybe like the us, you have your own rules in addition to fide... this is fide:
Article 8: The recording of the moves
8.1.1
In the course of play each player is required to record his own moves and those of his opponent in the correct manner, move after move, as clearly and legibly as possible, in the algebraic notation (Appendix C), on the ‘scoresheet’ prescribed for the competition.
8.1.2 It is forbidden to write the moves in advance, unless the player is claiming a draw according to Article 9.2, or 9.3 or adjourning a game according to Guidelines I.1.1
No. It used to be but they changed the rules for some reason
https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/idbwmedia.com/images/2012/08/rtfmtractor.jpg
even is USCF rules ". The player must first make the move, and then record it
on the scoresheet. The scoresheet shall be visible to..."
but allowing it is one the variations that can changed on tournament organizer can use. Like the two handed castling
FIDE has never allowed this practice. Just that it was no clearly said. Writing move dowm is clearly making notes so there is really no need to say explicitly.
Touch rule is same in FIDE rules. Touching must be intentional. BUT in arbitrer training it was said : anything but clearly accidental touching is considered intentional. Just a national arbitrer but the teacher in the event was FIDE International Arbitrer so I assume he knows
Blumenfeld is dead.
It is now forbidden, as a bystander could signal engine approval or disapproval to the player.
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