On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:46:54 -0800 (PST), "Wlodzimierz Holsztynski
(Wlod)" wrote:


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

Would this lead to two sets of rules -- one for high level events with
the new equipment and one for large Swiss tournaments and other
contests lacking the self-recording, self-timing sets?

To maintain a single set of technology independent rules is a big
reason the USCF first took away the option of recording one's move
before making it. Of course, it would have been simpler to forbid
this option only when recording with devices that present the position
graphically, but this would have put the graphic devices at a
disadvantage and made it more difficult to market them. They provided
a raft of other reasons when a firestorm of protest broke out after
the decision, but this little post facto dance fooled only the
gullible.