In regards to the recent Jordan Spieth incident, of which his incorrect scorecard disqualified him from a tournament… I mean, this is 2024. Every shot he takes is being recorded and discussed. Everyone in charge of running that event already knew what his score was, so why does an error like this erase his results? Is any other sport like this in which the players can be disqualified for being bad at math?
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You can definitely get into hot water in chess if you’re not keeping your score sheet. Not sure if people actually get DQ’d these days, but it’s there so that players can reconstruct the position from it later for analysis, or if something happens during the game (let’s say someone stumbles into the table and knocks some pieces over).
Also players have to sign each other’s score sheets at the end, demonstrating that they agree with the outcome, minimizing disputes. It can also be a useful resource to the arbiter if there are disputes in-game (this is more true in lower level tournaments where there might be dozens of games being played in the same hall with no digital recording and only a few volunteer arbiters).
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