Rule question on draw by repetition

[sloan]

@Gene_M

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@sloan

@Boris Bishop

The current rule is as quoted by wilecoyote - I forgot you signal your “intent” by writing the move on your scoresheet, stopping the clock, and making the claim.

It’s more than a signal. If you write the move AND make the claim, then if the claim is rejected you are still comitted to making that move.

I recall a couple years ago the USCF Delegates voted to allow players to write their move, change their mind and erase it, and choose another move.

(The players can do this now as long as the players would be willing to formally confirm that they did not perceive the original writings as a “notes”.)

The text of the rule allows the player to do this every turn; though with a vague addendum that the player should not do this too often or that the TD can decide when the TD vaguely feels a player has done this too often.

2007 forum thread on note taking

I could be wrong, but I do not recall the Delegates adding any verbiage that specifically excluded the three-move repetition rule procedure from this erasing-is-okay rule change.

Thus using a MonRoi could be a disadvantage in this niche case.
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This is a special case, spefically dealt with in the rules about making a triple-occurrence claim. If you write the move and make the triple-occurrence claim, then you must make that move, even if the claim is rejected.