alternative format for game scoresheets

[mclark]

Hi all, I've had mixed feelings over the years about the sheets that we use to record games at tournaments. I decided last spring that I would like to design my own for my personal use, and I finally got around to doing it yesterday. I like the way it turned out and wanted to share it in case others see a benefit in using it. I'll probably copy a stack of 30 or 40 at a time and take a few with me when I go to a tournament. I haven't decided yet if I want to copy on front and back to be able to fit four games on one piece of paper.

My main goals were to be able to record moves for each player in separate columns and to be able to fit both games of a round on one piece of paper. One disadvantage of the traditional format is that all moves are in the same columns. There are indentations to help players stay on track, but a big problem is omitting one jump, especially when using "X notation" as shorthand, and getting off by one move. If a player omits a move when recording games on my scoresheet, the problem will be noticed immediately and can be corrected. Also, using the scoresheets with the traditional format, I found that I come home with a lot of paper and don't have my games organized. If you use these to record games for a weekend tournaments with eight rounds, you can come home with 16 sheets of paper and all the attached yellow duplicate copies. If I make copies on front and back with my design, I come home with four pieces of paper that fit nicely into a folder or notebook.

I also wanted to create a generic scoresheet that I could use for any year and any type of game (3-move, 11-man, GAYP). We have moved in the direction of most tournaments having two-game rounds with scoring based on the game, so I think that having space for two games on one side of a piece of paper will work better than the old format in most cases.

In the past I have usually recorded my games on a blank sheet of paper. When I do that I'm sloppy and draw continuation arrows all over the page. I know in a few cases I've distracted myself from the game by recording moves without any structure. So my hope is that this format will work better for me. Feel free to print and copy for your own use if you like it.

Matthew

[Mac Banks]

Personally, I like it. When I used to type the games from the score sheets when I was secretary of the ACF, I always
experienced problems with the forms . A lot of mistakes were made. Keeping the two games together would help
when I was recording the games. Thanks for improving the process.

[John Acker]

Yes, we definitely need some better scoresheets and better policies/procedures for recording and collecting games. Outside of beginner players, there's really no excuse to permit missing or sloppy scoresheets at the tournament level.

[John Acker]

Bob Newell also has an alternative scoresheet here: http://www.bobnewell.net/nucleus/bnewell.php?itemid=212.

[Alex_Moiseyev]

John, you need a signature session.

am

[John Acker]

John, you need a signature session.

am

"When you find a good ACF officer, look for a better one."

[clintolsen]

This is what we used for the canadian match last year. If anyone wants the original, i have it in excel format.

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[McP82]

Looking good to me as well, I'll give it a try and then will give some feedback!

[tgf]

Hi Matthew, wonder what that Round Score means, give a sample

[mclark]

I left that open, without specific places to put names and scores, because I figured people might write it in different ways. If this format were being used at a tournament, it would be helpful to the referee to see "Smith 3 Jones 1" to know how to record the score without having to look down at the game results. But some people might write "2-2" in the case of two draws or a win each. My idea was that filling this out after the match should prompt the player to look back and make sure that the name order and results are recorded correctly for the two games.