OTB: Writing notation before making the move

@verylate said in #12:
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> Which I find rather strange, but then I find the rule that one must castle with the king first and not touch the rook until the king has moved to be excessive.

Castling is a KING move, not a rook move. It's the same rules as not being able to touch a piece unless you move it.

If you touch the queen and move a pawn instead, that's illegal. Likewise if you touch a rook and move the king, or touch the king and move the rook instead, that's still illegal.

@CheerUpChess-Youtube said in #2:
> 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.

Do you have a source for this rule? I played in many Open tournaments and I never wrote down the move before pressing the clock and neither have any of my opponents. In fact I don't think I have ever seen a chess player writing down his move before pressing the clock.

According to the USCF rules, the TD could set up a tournament where the OP's strategy is allowed.
>15A. (Variation I) Paper scoresheet variation.
> The player using a paper scoresheet may first make the move, and then write it on the scoresheet, or vice versa. This variation does not need to be advertised in advance.

I suppose it gives a TD latitude to allow this behavior if they don't want to make a big deal of it.