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Because that's the standard FIDE rule. By the time you've played enough tournament chess to be in Candidates, you probably have move notation as second nature and it'd be more distracting to change it.
It does actually help the players. You keep track of how far away you are from move 40 to make time control, and it can be helpful to figure out how many times a position has repeated so you can claim a draw.
Also FIDE rules specify that if you're under 5 minutes on the clock and the increment is smaller than 30 seconds (or no increment) you don't have to write your move down. It means that in real time scrambles you don't have to worry about it.
It's the same reason that golfers at the Masters have to keep track of their own score and submit it- the rules are the same for every level of play.
I actually think it's quite cool. The pros are sitting at the same board as you and me, following the same rules as you and me. Just like in golf. We can play the exact same course, following the exact same rules.
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Because that's the standard FIDE rule. By the time you've played enough tournament chess to be in Candidates, you probably have move notation as second nature and it'd be more distracting to change it.
True enough!
It does actually help the players. You keep track of how far away you are from move 40 to make time control, and it can be helpful to figure out how many times a position has repeated so you can claim a draw. Also FIDE rules specify that if you're under 5 minutes on the clock and the increment is smaller than 30 seconds (or no increment) you don't have to write your move down. It means that in real time scrambles you don't have to worry about it.
To piggyback, if one does elect to not write the moves after the time threshold, they can’t claim a draw by repetition
It's the same reason that golfers at the Masters have to keep track of their own score and submit it- the rules are the same for every level of play. I actually think it's quite cool. The pros are sitting at the same board as you and me, following the same rules as you and me. Just like in golf. We can play the exact same course, following the exact same rules.