Hypothetical: Frankie and Johnny are playing a tournament game. Frankie is keeping score on paper; Johnny has a MonRoi. Frankie has gotten behind on his scorekeeping. He asks for Johnny’s assistance in reconstructing his scoresheet. Johnny, uncooperatively, says, “My coach tells me I don’t have to help you with that.” Frankie pauses the clock and calls a TD, who informs Johnny that under rule 15D, a player who has an incomplete scoresheet and wishes to consult his opponent’s notation for assistance may ask to borrow it; furthermore, under rule 15D3, the opponent is urged to comply with such a request, a director who agrees that the request is appropriate shall instruct the opponent to lend the player the scoresheet, and the opponent may not refuse. Johnny hands over the MonRoi. Frankie looks at it blankly, then asks, “How does it work?” The TD looks to Johnny, who says, “The rules say I have to lend my opponent the scoresheet. They don’t say I have to show him how to use it.”
I think it would be foolish for the MonRoi player to take that attitude. The opponent might just start pressing buttons and erase or change something. Being a jerk is often a two-edged sword.
In this case (assuming I didn’t know how to switch between the diagram and the move list), I’d tell Johnny to bring up the move list. Then, I’d silently hope he drops it in the toilet later.
I have a hard time believing that a player would be that uncooperative. However, since he is denying a valid request by the TD, I think the TD could state that the player is no longer allowed to use his Monroi. Furthermore, the TD could require that the uncooperative player fill in a paper scoresheet on his own time and provide that scoresheet to the other player who would fill in the missing moves on his time. If he refuses to fill in the scoresheet, then other penalties up to the loss of the game can be applied.
The TD then tells Johnny, “The rules also don’t tell me exactly how harshly to penalize an uncooperative player. Flip the screen to the move list so this valid request can be completed and I’ll leave it at a warning.”
Disallowing the use of an approved electronic scoresheet midway through the game is asking for more trouble. “Standard” escalation path (warning, 2 minutes, more minutes, forfeit, expulsion) for uncooperative players does fine.
I like Crume’s answer, but practically I would apply the logic that if a player it taking notation in a different-but-allowable system (let’s say algebraic in Croatian,) I would require a translation table. Paralleling that, I’d as suggest that if the player cannot produce for me as the TD a move list in Algebraic then he hasn’t been taking notation at all.
So either the player is guilty of poor sportsmanship or not taking notation (with aggravated coniditon because player made it look like he or she was.) “Which way are you guilty?”
Klingons would have difficult using a stylus with the Monroi. Even writing might be difficult for them as they tend to keep their hands on or near weapons at all times. Probably not a good idea to play chess with them either. Sore losers with bad tempers.
The trouble with taking notation in Klingon is that the files are lettered [size=175]ཀ[/size], [size=175]ང[/size], [size=175]ཊ[/size], [size=175]ཐ[/size], [size=175]ཕ[/size], [size=175]ར[/size], [size=175]མ[/size] and [size=175]ཁ[/size].
Elvish runes are much easier to write. They do appear to be like Klingon writing, however. It probably depends on whether one is using the Tengwar of Rumil or the Tengwar of Feanor. The latter is most like Klingon writing.
My initial answer is this: there are courts of law, and then their are scholastic matches. They are not the same
thing. Where there are, attitude adjustments are most often needed, as this is a sport, supposedly played
by gentlemen.
