I don't mean to sound smart-alecky, but really, you should just take the extra two seconds on each move to write the move correctly. Make it a habit to be neat. In the long run, it will pay dividends.
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it may be a violation of the rule book (record each move after it's made) but I try to record two moves at a time, on my opponents time. saves time on the clock and helps to prevent transpositions on the score sheet whereby a move gets dropped and whites move gets recorded in the black column etc.
Interesting idea to avoid missing a half move.
Luckily it's become a habit for me. Even on surprising moves I write first, think later. The only time I get tripped up is if I think I see an immediate win, and so I start calculating.
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NativeChessMinerals wrote:
Interesting idea to avoid missing a half move.
Luckily it's become a habit for me. Even on surprising moves I write first, think later. The only time I get tripped up is if I think I see an immediate win, and so I start calculating.
If there's a surprising move, I look at the board for about 10 seconds, then I write it down.
Very often when i have been in a tournament i find that when i try to replay the game that i have made so many errors in score keeping that this is impossible. Any others have this problem?