I don't think you have to keep score in a 10 minute game.
Have you played with a physical clock? It takes getting used to. People always forget to hit the clock. You have to call the flag falling too. Many people don't notice it.
participating in my first otb event. any pointers?
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justbefair wrote:
I don't think you have to keep score in a 10 minute game.
Have you played with a physical clock? It takes getting used to. People always forget to hit the clock. You have to call the flag falling too. Many people don't notice it.
I have played with a physical clock against my cousin and am cognizant of it. But I've never played 10 min OTB nor have i written down notation so i worry that might be difficult for me to add on and will kill my time available.
But I have a poor memory and I don't want to just play matches and not really have an idea of what the board looked like or where i may have blundered. I'm wondering if its ok to periodically take photos of the board during the match or am I not allowed to have a phone open
You are a prodigy how are you 1000 rated after 60 days of playing!?
Jan 15, 2023
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Exactly how
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Jan 15, 2023
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hrarray wrote:
You are a prodigy how are you 1000 rated after 60 days of playing!?
He might have picked it back up seriously 60 days ago...but played a long time ago as a kid, like myself. The board vision and knowledge can return.
hrarray wrote:
You are a prodigy how are you 1000 rated after 60 days of playing!?
I'm not too concerned with the number. That's my rapid score and i have i bet less than 20 games as rapid. If you look at my blitz you will see i play most my games there and its well below 1000.
IMO, I feel that i should be pretty good for a person who has played 60 days. That said, the experience at the OTB tourney was humbling.
My first round, I checkmated my opponent with 6 seconds left on the clock and he was really good. He said he just started playing "since Christmas" but he ended up beating some 1600 + players during the tourney and got 5th. I beat him.
I then lost my next 3 matches by time (all matches where I was up 4+ material or more) against
a 1550 rated lady who was holding her kid while playing
a 16 year old king who opened with some double fianchetto opening (he had been playing since 8)
a 11 year old I'm guessing who had some great tactics but the opening was unrecognizable.
I lost all these games up a pawn+piece or more.
After that, I beat 2 other people, and got checkmated by two people who open3d with the Scandinavian, (one of them was 8 years old). So i finished 4W 5L for the day.
I also beat 1750+ rated player during lunch but there was no time, nor could I guess he was playing seriously. IDK if he purposely blundered some plays but I did win and some people were surprised but eh.
The 10 minute time constraint was really my biggest challenge. It was very humbling to lose in this way. I guess I was being too cautious but to be quite frank, I need some time to think before i make moves.
I got checkmated by an 8 year old and usually that doesn't bother me as hey, maybe they have been playing for a year or something. But one of them had been playing for 2 months, so literally played as long as me. That was an ego check 
Not sure how i could've kept time by writing down or inputting the moves on a tracker on my phone. I was stressed for time already.
Jan 16, 2023
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You are not required to write down your moves in a 10 minute game. You certainly can if you want to, but it's probably not a good idea, since, as you correctly mentioned, it will be too time consuming for a rapid game.
The use of electronic devices during play is not allowed, so no, taking photos with your phone is not an option.
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BlueScreenRevenge wrote:
You are not required to write down your moves in a 10 minute game. You certainly can if you want to, but it's probably not a good idea, since, as you correctly mentioned, it will be too time consuming for a rapid game.
The use of electronic devices during play is not allowed, so no, taking photos with your phone is not an option.
there are notation apps pretty sure that’s allowed saw people using them
Jan 17, 2023
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TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
BlueScreenRevenge wrote:
You are not required to write down your moves in a 10 minute game. You certainly can if you want to, but it's probably not a good idea, since, as you correctly mentioned, it will be too time consuming for a rapid game.
The use of electronic devices during play is not allowed, so no, taking photos with your phone is not an option.
there are notation apps pretty sure that’s allowed saw people using them
I highly doubt that. In the very least, ask the arbiter if you are allowed to use something you are not sure about.
Walking around with a switched on phone will normally result in you forfeiting the game.
From the FIDE laws of chess:
Without the permission of the arbiter a player is forbidden to have a mobile phone
or other electronic means of communication in the playing venue, unless they are
completely switched off.
Notation apps are allowed
Maybe suggestions on how to notate my game? I’ve never written the moves down and I’m worried it might eat up my time in the game etc
I’ve only been playing for 60 days so I’m expecting to lose maybe every round but, I’m excited to learn and improve