Wait is it a rule in chess like it is in golf? I thought it was optional in chess, but it was just something people did. Are you saying there are chess tournaments that you can be DQ’d in if you don’t record the moves.
It is. The reason for writing them down is to be able in case of a dispute, for example is a player still allowed to castle? Sometimes a previous position several moves back has to be restored.
FIDE rules:
Article 8: The recording of the moves
8.1 In the course of play each player is required to record his own moves and those of his opponent in the correct manner, move after move, as clearly and legibily as possible, in the algebraic notation (See Appendix C), on the scoresheet prescribed for the competition.
It is forbidden to write the moves in advance, unless the player is claiming a draw according to Article 9.2, or 9.3 or adjourning a game according to the Guidelines of Adjourned Games point 1.a.
A player may reply to his opponent’s move before recording it, if he so wishes. He must record his previous move before making another.
Both players must record the offer of a draw on the scoresheet. (See Appendix C.13) 12
If a player is unable to keep score, an assistant, who must be acceptable to the arbiter, may be provided by the player to write the moves. His clock shall be adjusted by the arbiter in an equitable way.
8.2 The scoresheet shall be visible to the arbiter throughout the game.
8.3 The scoresheets are the property of the organisers of the event.
Does it make clear anywhere what happens if you don’t do it? Or if you do it incorrectly?
Has there been a case of someone claiming a win due to opponent’s incorrect or incomplete score sheet.
I’m sure I’ve seen vids of people running out of clock who make consecutive moves without writing anything down. Am I just mistaken?
It will probably be under the umbrella that not complying with the rules will forfeit the game.
The rules above only apply to classical time controls, not blitz or rapid chess. There is an extra section that deals with time trouble:
8.4 If a player has less than five minutes left on his clock at some stage in a period and does not have additional time of 30 seconds or more added with each move, then for the remainder of the period he is not obliged to meet the requirements of Article 8.1.
Immediately after one flag has fallen the player must update his scoresheet completely before moving a piece on the chessboard.
I have seen people being warned by tournament officials to properly record the moves. I haven’t seen anyone not comply after that but it probably happened at some point somewhere.
Queens gambit was much more interesting. Nothing happened in the match for like 50 mins
commentators think magnus wins this
You don’t even need engines here, with few pieces on the board it’s fully “solved”. I think Nepo needed to make 100% perfect moves to hold a draw and he slipped up.
well i was wrong
I hope Maurice Ashley asks Magnus why he didn’t win faster.
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Just ingesting first sips of coffee and seeing the result here.
Nepo inexplicably missed the chance to get a probably decisive edge after playing extremely well, then after 7+ hours lost a technically drawn ending. :(
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Sort of. There were many different lines to draw that ending according to the table base. He just had to find one of them.
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Yeah, that’s true. I think that the point is that along many of those lines there’s probably one mistake that ruins it and allows white to win. Pretty great game though. The 10 minutes before move 40 were more like a rapid game.
That’s how I remember a lot of games in previous WCC matches, and very few in the recent ones.
Engines are killing the chances of getting a decisive result in classical time limits. This was the first in five years lol.
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so does this mean Nepo will have to start going for it - leading to more decisive results
The onus was already on him to do that before this loss, because Carlsen is a big favourite at faster time limits. It’s even more on him now.
He has white next (though will be exhausted and possibly demoralised) but after the next break will have 2 whites in the following 3 games - those will probably be his best chance imo.
I doubt there will be big changes. He already provoked the interesting position in the game by trading two rooks for a queen. That’s probably about as big a “move” was we’re going to see. The way to win at these levels seems to be to give up a pawn for some positional advantage, and then eke out the thinnest of wins.
I remember when Anand did that. It was not pretty.
This is massively understating the task of drawing that endgame I think. Originally there are many different lines, but every path you choose to go down, the options narrow. White can basically play whatever he likes and set problems for Black, and Black has to repeatedly be completely accurate.
Maybe. I just assume that elite GMs especially from the Russian school know the principles behind drawing book endings like Q v R+N+2P even if they are rare.
Extreme stress and tiredness after 7+ hours and being down to 30 second increments probably played a large part too. I’m pretty sure he could find a drawing line if he was given it as a puzzle - these players are phenomenally good (but still prone to errors).