On Feb 15, 2:44 pm, samsloan wrote:

A controversial new tournament rule passed by FIDE is that a player is
no longer allowed to write down a move on his score sheet before
playing it. The pretext for this change was that it constitutes note
taking. The real reason was the possibility of cheating on
computerized score sheets or when connected to a computerized display
board. After FIDE passed this rule, the USCF Delegates barely passed
it too as Rule 15A at the meeting in Oak Brook Illinois on August 12,
2006.

It's so idiotic! The high level tournaments
should use chess sets which record the moves
by themselves, without players wasting
tyeir time and concentration to write the moves
down on the scoresheets. This way errors
will be avoided, and the moves made in the
time scramble will be recorded too, even
in the case of blitz games.

Sure, there are a few things to discuss but
don't be pedantic in a negative way. What
I've written above makes sense, granted
that a few details should be spelled out.

Wlod