Annotation of games in live over-the-board tournaments

Games such as Twixt or Hex that are played on large or non-regular boards have relatively uncomplicated notation systems when played on websites such as LittleGolem. But when played over-the-board, the practicalities of notating games is non-trivial.

Even if the human knows how to notate, unless the player has practiced the notation system, there are usually many errors! If the error is so serious that the game cannot be re-created, then notating has been a wasted effort. All of this is further complicated by issues such as:

\* does a game even have a standardised notation system?

\* if there is a standardised notation system, do all the players in the tournament know it?

\* if some players do not know the notation system, is it fair to ask them to learn the notation system before they can play? Alternatively, is it fair to ask some players to notate while some players do not?

It is theoretically possible to ask volunteers to annotate a game while the players concentrate on playing, but this requires many volunteers for a large tournament! I suppose you could focus on the top boards only.

Of games that are regularly notated during play (except at rapid time controls), from personal experience I know only of Chess and Xiangqi.

Does anyone know whether games such as Twixt and Hex are ever annotated in live tournaments? At the recent Mind Sports Olympiad, the Twixt event was not annotated, partly because the games were played at a fairly brisk tempo.

Look forward to anyone views or opinions!

Hi,

in games with less movement than in Chess, and no repeating moves in the same cell, it is convenient to just write down the move numbers on a sheet with an image of the playing board.