Anyone miss descriptive notation?

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RussBell
Lagomorph wrote:
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:

She always has that Queen Purse!  (I wonder what's in it.)

 

The keys to the Tower dungeons.  Ask Andrew.

lol...!

The British are too witty !!

RussBell
SeniorPatzer wrote:

Fischer recorded his OTB games in Descriptive Notation.

and as DrSpudnik noted, in terrible handwriting....

Bobby Fischer's famous scoresheet for his game (as Black) vs Boris Spassky, Siegen Olympiad 1970....Fischer lost the game (1-0)....

http://anusha.com/fischer.htm

 

RussBell

Anyone under the age of 40 appreciate descriptive notation?

DrSpudnik
Ziryab wrote:
DrSpudnik wrote:

And in terrible handwriting.

 

It always started relatively clear and deteriorated as the game progressed.

I don't know...

Ziryab
DrSpudnik wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
DrSpudnik wrote:

And in terrible handwriting.

 

It always started relatively clear and deteriorated as the game progressed.

I don't know...

 

 

 

Yep. I can read the first five moves on all of those scoresheets. 

JamieDelarosa

The point is that Fischer could reconstruct the games, from his scoresheets ... which is all the rules required.  I can only recall one instance when Fischer mistakenly claimed a draw on repetition.

Ziryab
ghost_of_pushwood wrote:

I miss deceptive notation!

 

Read the transcript.

52yrral

I can not begin to describe how much I'm missing it. sad.png