It has come to my attention that per FIDE rules, you are not allowed to write down your move on the scoresheet before making it. I play USCF tournaments and I have been using this technique extensively. When I write down my move, that's when I initiate my blunder-check. Does anyone know if this is also illegal in USCF tournaments?
This is illegal. You need to play your move, then write down your move and then hit the clock. I was kind of dissapointed how in OTB tournaments people kept pressing the clock before writing the move and saving up to 20 minutes this way. It's simply cheating to do another move order, but it will most likely go unpunished.
Here's a document that answers your question (see topic #5): new.uschess.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/uschess-fide-rules-comparison.pdf. Personally, a technique I use to remind myself to blunder-check in classical games is to take the cap off my pen: I remove the cap, check for blunders, press the clock, record my move, and put the cap back on my pen. It works for me and doesn't run afoul of any rules.
@greysensei What does your flag mean?
@i-bex said in #4:
> @greysensei What does your flag mean?
It's an alternative flag of Russia. No red on the bottom is like "without blood". It's used as a protest against the current autocratic leadership. Belarus has an alternative flag too on lichess.
> @greysensei What does your flag mean?
It's an alternative flag of Russia. No red on the bottom is like "without blood". It's used as a protest against the current autocratic leadership. Belarus has an alternative flag too on lichess.
@Squire_Western said in #3:
> Here's a document that answers your question (see topic #5): new.uschess.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/uschess-fide-rules-comparison.pdf. Personally, a technique I use to remind myself to blunder-check in classical games is to take the cap off my pen: I remove the cap, check for blunders, press the clock, record my move, and put the cap back on my pen. It works for me and doesn't run afoul of any rules.
That's brilliant, thank you. Yes its helpful to have some sort of cue. I've started doing it after hanging a Knight against the London on Move 3 in a 90+30 game! My opponent was doing it, and I thought it was a great idea.
> Here's a document that answers your question (see topic #5): new.uschess.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/uschess-fide-rules-comparison.pdf. Personally, a technique I use to remind myself to blunder-check in classical games is to take the cap off my pen: I remove the cap, check for blunders, press the clock, record my move, and put the cap back on my pen. It works for me and doesn't run afoul of any rules.
That's brilliant, thank you. Yes its helpful to have some sort of cue. I've started doing it after hanging a Knight against the London on Move 3 in a 90+30 game! My opponent was doing it, and I thought it was a great idea.
I once had an opponent write down "resigns", then cross it out and play on for about another 20 moves in a hopeless position.
By the way, writing down the move and checking afterwards is called Blumenfeld‘s rule albeit illegal.
Simply „log in“ a move and blunder-check in your brain virtually.
Simply „log in“ a move and blunder-check in your brain virtually.
You cannot do another move until your last move is written down. The clock can be pressed immediately after making a move. You can write your move during your opponents turn.
@Gingersquirrelnuts said in #7:
> I once had an opponent write down "resigns", then cross it out and play on for about another 20 moves in a hopeless position.
I wonder if that is his blunder check process.
> I once had an opponent write down "resigns", then cross it out and play on for about another 20 moves in a hopeless position.
I wonder if that is his blunder check process.
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