shorthand notation

I want to notate my games, but most tournaments i go to are under 40 minutes ,and  i get into time scrambles with 10 minutes and i cant notate, does anyone know any shorthand notation tips?

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Taking notation only takes 5-10 seconds per move. I don't understand what you mean unless you are playing 300 move games.

Its tough in g40

Record your games, if your opponent doesn't object, then you can see what moves you made afterwards.

sadly there's not a ton you can do about it, you can leave out a few letters like cd4 instead of cxd4, although this will save you so little time in the long run its basically pointless imo. getting used to taking notation takes practice and it'll get better. In the meantime i'd work on stuff that actually makes moving faster (calculation process, knowing when the right moment to spend time is, etc) those things will reduce the time scrambles a lot more than writing faster

you can stop notating after you get less than 5 min

1.e4 d5 2.ed

I should say that I notated a game against some kids when I had three minutes and they had ten. My writing got a little sloppy, and my play was less than my best.

It's the excitement, not the time shortage. You can stop notating when either of you reaches less than 5 minutes but that means no scoresheet claims. 50 move rule, 3 time repetition, illegal moves not witnessed by the td etc. I use long notation and insist my students do too. 1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. g1-f3 no x, 0-0, 0-0-0, K, Q, R, B, N.

Just get in the habit of relaxing. The rules say 5 minutes but as long as there is a delay or an increment, don't stop notation until you have less than a minute.

I've seen players stop notating when their opponent is the one with less than 5 minutes. That is a mistake! Protect yourself at all times!!

One more thing... if your opponent wants to copy from your scoresheet, make sure you do not let them borrow your score sheet while your time is running. The rules require their time to be running when they are using your scoresheet for an update. Ok 2 things... Never allow your opponent a 2nd time to do that. if they ask to borrow your scoresheet a 2nd time, raise your hand and make a formal complaint to the tournament director. The offense is kiking (refusing to keep an accurate scoresheet) and is punishable by time deduction and ultimately forfeit. Keeping score is the rule and if your opponent can't do it, it's a distraction, a nuisance, and a weakness that should be fully exploited.

Wait a minute...keeping score is the rule? Because out of two USCF rated tourneys I've been to, not all of my opponents were keeping score, and no one seemed to care. I didn't either, until reading this.

In Scholastics, K-3 gets an exception in the US. There's no exception in FIDE. If you can not keep notation.... handicapped, blind, or for just about any other reason than refusing, you can actually have a note taker. a-h and 1-8 is not a skill! You don't have to know how to play chess to write down the square it was on and the square it went to!! lol Just talk to the Tournament Director before play. They may even give you a special playing area so that you do not disturb the other games. There's still no talking allowed during the game!

Learn the squares so you don't have to think about where something is going. Use Lichess's coordinates practice to help with this: https://lichess.org/training/coordinate

The tournament director is required to ensure that each plasyer has a score sheet at the beginning of the game, but it is the players responsibility to make sure their opponent keeps it filled out. if your opponent is not keeping score you may complain to the Tournament director.

Oh yeah... if the games are less than 30 minutes there is no requirement to keep score, but then like I said earlier, there are no claims. With kids not keeping or requiring accurate score sheets opens up many enticements to cheat!!

Chess.com also has the same thing: https://www.chess.com/vision

Ok that makes sense because all the games were G30;d5; perhaps that was the reason. And none of my opponents were handicapped or had any other disabilities like that.

I believe the reason so many players have problems with notation at tournaments is because they are getting used to writing and being at a real board at the same time. Most players have had hundreds, maybe even thousands of games notated for them by their internet service provider. They've spent hundreds, even thousands of hours at their computer screen. Now they have to write, they are at a board, they are being timed, and the game matters!

Chess.com offers a coordinate trainer too. Saying you know how to read chess notation but you don't know how to write it is just impossible!!! You are not supposed to be mistake free!? The tool for writing a chess game at a tournament has been and will probably always be a pencil, not a pen!!!

Grandmasters tell that while trying to improve, we must record every game we play. If you follow some, any, just a little bit, of grandmaster advice on a real board with some printed material it won't take long for you to feel more comfortable!? The board is the 35th piece

I think I've heard a quote somewhere from a book saying that the clock is the 35th piece, but yes, I agree, there really isn't any excuse for not keeping score.