Hello!
How i mentioned above, im searching for the question why chess players write they game on paper during the game? Is it not easy to have it after from a video, or maybe someone else wrote it down?
Just my ideas to it? I could not find on internet why it is so?
I hope to become the question here.
Best
Denis
Documentation of the facts. If the board fell off the table, what would you do?
Also to verify that the agreed number of moves have been completed in the agreed time, to sustain draw claims based on triple repetition of the position or the 50 moves rule to prevent cheating by moving, remopving or adding a piece.
Will people still write the moves on paper even after 100-200 years? And will humanity as a whole keep using paper "technology" till the end of time?
Actually, in summer I played a semi-final and a final game (classical time control) in the federal state cup, both draw. The two tie-braking rapid games were both supervised by the arbiter who wrote down the moves personally. Note: in this supervised rapid/blitz the „regular“ rules for „long“ games count.
They also have automatic boards now. The boards record the moves and relay it to a video screen.
Just consider it part of t he game rather than a nuisance.
Obviously in something like the world championship, it wouldn't be necessary. But in the many, many tournaments held around the world for all skill levels, there aren't going to be extra people to write down moves and there isn't going to be video.
I remember a thread where the poster was playing against his wife on a board set up in the house. Each would make a move whenever they had time. He was looking for an app to help keep track of whose move it was. Apparently he had never considered that this could be solved by just writing down the moves (or a number of other low tech methods.)
Just to document the facts.
I think most of the players do not get to play on DGT boards (the ones where moves are recorded automatically). These boards are expensive and only top players get to play on them.
It's important to record moves on paper for many reasons:
1. To resolve any disputes which might happen during the game;
2. To be able to review the game after it's played;
3. To have official tournament documents that can be sent to national games databases;
4. FIDE rules require players recording moves on paper.
The top players also record moves on paper. Even Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana do it in their World Championship match. Nobody is exempt of FIDE rules. These rules do not apply to fast games.
It's never required to record moves on paper on internet chess games on lichess and other online chess servers . Also, the online chess server never let players make illegal moves. Also pre-moves and berserk options arm available. It's great to play fast games online!
