Estragon wrote, "No tears from me, the only reason it was ever approved in the first place is because FIDE and national chess officials can be bought cheap."

FIDE doesn't allow MonRoi. To the best of my knowledge, it's only allowed in the US. And there are ppl who claim it can be hacked.

The problem is that anything that runs an app could run a chess engine app, too.  Standalone is the only solution.

MonRoi supposes their monopoly status will enable them to thrive charging a premium price for what amounts to a simple toy.  That was also Sony's idea with the BetaMax, they wouldn't license the technology.

Thanks for the correction. 

One selling point of the MonRoi is that it can't run anything except what is installed by the factory, and its transmissions are one-way out.  But sooner or later someone will figure out how to put something else in the case. 

There's a Dr Latino in Stillwater Oklahoma who built a board which records moves and "hits" your clock for you (he built this long before DGT boards).  The game is saved, but if he hooks his laptop up it saves the game to his laptop where he can print it out right there.  He brings this to some OTB tournaments (not the laptop).  Although if the technology scares the opponent he'll play on a regular board.

Anyway I wonder if this is what Ozzie meant?  Eventually I imagine it would be cheap enough to have a board that does it all for you, and at the end would spit out a score sheet the players could sign and turn in.  No fear of computer assistance because there is no screen.  Just some buttons on the side for new game, reset, and such.

FIDE allows the Mon Roi, unless they back-stepped.

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/3-news/2135-626-new-chess-move-recording-system-by-monroi.html

Of course Monroi can be hacked. Even better, you could just completely remove the insides of the Monroi and replace it with something else.

Don't be that guy who eats a grilled cheese sandwich during the game and asks his opponent if he would like a bite.

don't be that guy that shows up at a tournament and discovers there is a tournament in progress and walks home.
only problem is that the person that walked home had joined the tournament the day before.