Writing down your games

Have YOU ever written down a chess game you have played? It can extremely helpful. After you play the game, if you lose, then you can review it and highlight the weak moves you made and how you could have done better. And of course, if you win, keep the notation of the chess game as a memory to how well you played! You can also review it and see if you could have played even BETTER!


Why not write a BOOK and record all of your most prized games in it? Organise them, annotate them, give your opinion on what you think would have been a better move if you stop a weak one.

• See our Algebraic Chess Notation page if you don't know how to record chess games.
• Use my Chess Score Sheet for a quick 'n' easy way to record your games:

Chess Score Sheet

Date:____________________ Time:______

White:_____________ Black:_____________

No.	White	Black	50		No.	White	Black	50

Copy & paste the above score sheet into a Word document and print! (If you don't have Microsoft Word you should consider downloading OpenOffice, a free Word-like word processor!)

1. Put the move number in the No. column
2. Put white and black's moves in their columns
3. The 50 column is for noting down how many moves have past since the last pawn movement or capture, and if the move number reaches 50, the game is a DRAW (this is a PROPER tournament rule, but if you're playing a fun game you can ignore the 50 column)

Have fun improving your chess tactics!