That's really cool. Thanks for sharing.
Show HN: Scannable Chess Scoresheets
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#12Nice idea, but doesn't the fact that each letter / digit has to be in a separate box (if I understand this right) defeat the purpose?
Normally at tournaments they would hand you a score sheet that doesn't have this crossword-like layout.
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#13This is great! Sadly it does not seem to be open-source. I have wanted something like this for other data entry tasks like: tracking expenses or tracking body weight. I enjoy working with pen and paper much more than typing on a Phone or PC. Just give me a template I can print, let me write the data to it, and have it scanned. Is anyone aware of a product (perferably open-source) that lets me do that?
I think I'd be willing to make it open source? I'll talk to a person that worked with me on it.
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#14This is neat. For anyone wondering why not just record the moves on your phone: Digital devices are not allowed at over-the-board tournament games.
Writing moves down on a scoresheet is a requirement in chess tournaments anyway (in classical time control at least).
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#15Nice idea, but doesn't the fact that each letter / digit has to be in a separate box (if I understand this right) defeat the purpose? Normally at tournaments they would hand you a score sheet that doesn't have this crossword-like layout.
Hmm... I see why it's a hassle. How does it defeat he purpose though?
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#16P.S. Here's a chess.com article with a video demo (if you don't want to try yourself) and tons of info about the story / how it works. Anyone that has advice on the website design or the software, please help! I'm new.
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#17P.S. Here's a chess.com article with a video demo (if you don't want to try yourself) and tons of info about the story / how it works. Anyone that has advice on the website design or the software, please help! I'm new.
Looks like you forgot your link?
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I took the screenshot with the "+" before I realized it'd be easier for now to ignore the "+". This is my fault for being lazy, I'll change it. I looked at a database of lichess games (40,000) to convince myself that non-Queen promotions were worth ignoring for the beta. If promoting to a different piece is clearly the better move, I could run a Stockfish check anytime a promotion move is made to assume the player ch…
Makes sense, congrats on shipping! I suppose it's unlikely to happen in a game serious/slow enough that people are bothering to record it on paper and upload it, but I've tricked someone into stalemating me by promoting to a queen before. Long term I don't think assuming people made the best move is the right decision.
Thanks! Definitely, the check and mate things should also be fixed long term. The nice thing is, I was able to put in tons of constraints to improve processing (for example the last two boxes must be a square like e4) if I ignore checks.
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#19Nice idea, but doesn't the fact that each letter / digit has to be in a separate box (if I understand this right) defeat the purpose? Normally at tournaments they would hand you a score sheet that doesn't have this crossword-like layout.
Hmm... I see why it's a hassle. How does it defeat he purpose though?
Because the scoresheet you bring home from a tournament won't be in the format this tool expects? So you'd still have to rewrite it onto the "crosswords" sheet before OCR-ing it? (In which case one extra step gets automated away thanks to the tool... but at the cost of another one taking its place).
Unless I'm missing something
Re: Show HN: Scannable Chess Scoresheets
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hmm... I see why it's a hassle. How does it defeat he purpose though?
Because the scoresheet you bring home from a tournament won't be in the format this tool expects? So you'd still have to rewrite it onto the "crosswords" sheet before OCR-ing it? (In which case one extra step gets automated away thanks to the tool... but at the cost of another one taking its place). Unless I'm missing something
The idea is you'd write down the moves during the game on the Scoresheet. Ideally, if people don't think it's too big of a change, we could just have tournament directors hand them out. Otherwise, print, bring to game, scan and throw away