Can You Write Down Your Move Before Making It?

No, not during ordinary over-the-board play. FIDE Article 8.1.2 forbids recording a move in advance except for specified draw claims or adjournment. Reject the pre-written Nf3 in card one.

Pre-writing can function as a note or analysis aid and conflicts with move-by-move recording. Make the move on the board first, then record it. Use cards one and two.

Choose and make the legal board move, press the clock in the normal sequence, then record the move clearly. Play Nf3 and record it in card two.

FIDE requires the move to be made before it is recorded; the time before the clock press remains your time. The clean tournament habit is move, press, then record. Use card two.

Once the move has been made, recording it before pressing would consume your own time, but event procedures may favour move, press, record. Do not record the move before making it. Use card two.

Yes. Normal move-by-move notation includes both sides' moves. Record clearly, or use the limited reply-before-recording allowance in Article 8.1.3. Use card three.

Yes, if your own previous move is already recorded. You must bring the scoresheet up to date before making another move. Play Nf3 in card three.

No. Article 8.1.3 requires your previous move to be recorded before you make another. Record first, then play Nf3 in card four.

Not necessarily as a chess move, but it violates the recording rules and may be penalised by the arbiter. Do not erase and continue silently; call the arbiter if a dispute arises.

Erasing it does not undo the procedural violation or turn the scoresheet into an analysis pad. Stop pre-writing and follow the arbiter's instruction. Use card one.

No. The scoresheet is not a notebook for variations, reminders, or evaluation marks. Reject the candidate-move note in card seven.

It is used for moves, clock times, draw offers, matters relating to a claim, and other relevant game data allowed by the rules. Use the Scoresheet Is Not a Notebook section.

Both players record a draw offer with the symbol (=). This is permitted scoresheet information, not a candidate-move note. Follow the draw-offer route after this trainer.

Yes. When claiming that the position is about to appear for the third time, indicate the intended move on the scoresheet and declare it to the arbiter. Use card five.

Yes. A player may indicate the intended move that will complete the required 50-move sequence and declare the claim to the arbiter. Use card six.

No. For the intended-move claim procedure, the indicated move cannot be changed. Preserve the position and call the arbiter. Use cards five and six.

For an about-to-appear threefold or 50-move claim, indicate the move without making it, declare the intention to the arbiter, and follow the claim procedure. Use card five.

Under Article 9.5.1, the player or arbiter pauses the clock for a claim under Article 9.2 or 9.3. The claim cannot then be withdrawn. Use the draw-claim cards.

Under standard FIDE procedure, the arbiter adds two minutes to the opponent and play continues; rapid provisions can alter the time amount. Use the official-rule section.

Yes. The adjournment procedure is an express exception to the advance-recording ban because the move is sealed rather than played on the board. Use the Exceptions section.

Yes. Article 8.1 allows approved paper or electronic scoresheets, and the ban on entering moves in advance still applies. Keep the same move-first discipline.

Yes, keep the scoresheet clear and accurate under the arbiter's direction when necessary. Correct the record; do not use the correction area for analysis or a future move.

A player with less than five minutes in a period and without at least a 30-second increment is temporarily exempt under Article 8.4. Follow the event's scoresheet procedure.

Yes. FIDE Article 8.2 requires the scoresheet to remain visible to the arbiter throughout the game. Keep it on the table as directed.

FIDE Article 8.3 states that scoresheets are the property of the organiser. Use them only for their permitted game-record purpose.

Online servers normally record moves automatically, so there is no paper move to pre-write. External notes or analysis may still violate platform or event fair-play rules. Use card eight.

Correspondence and daily chess use platform-specific submission and analysis rules, not the physical FIDE scoresheet sequence. Check that competition's regulations separately.

Casual games may not use scoresheets, but pre-writing candidate moves is poor preparation for tournament procedure. Practise move, press, record with card two.

Do not inspect or alter the scoresheet. Call the arbiter and explain what was observed. Let the arbiter determine whether Article 8.1.2 was breached.

For ordinary OTB play: board first, scoresheet second. Pre-write only within a formal draw claim or adjournment procedure. Replay cards one, two, five, and six.