Ever had the misfortune of getting about fifteen moves into a serious chess tournament game, only to discover you’ve made a ridiculous mistake on your paper scoresheet, and have to consult your opponent’s? Then, after looking at it, you find you’re unable to decipher his or her distinct scrawl? Perhaps, your own penmanship leaves something to be desired. Maybe you get so engrossed in your games that you forget to notate 3 or 4 consecutive moves somewhere in the middle, or simply write the wrong move when under stress due to time pressure, nerves, etc. If so, you’re certainly not alone.

Speaking from personal experience, I think I can safely say we’ve all been there, in one way or another, when it comes to dubious scorekeeping. Fortunately, however, there is a solution to many of these chess scoring woes, and it is also a great timesaver when it comes to preserving one’s games on the computer for later analysis and training purposes—it is the MonRoi Personal Chess Manager.

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We are often asked about challenges that our engineering team faced in designing the MonRoi system. My parents knew that I was up to something when I grabbed to read the entire collection of Franz Kafka at 12 years old. Here we go... From paper scoresheets to wireless, portable, electronic chess managers.

Pesky MonRoi PCM Requirements

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MonRoi in Wikipedia

An Interview with Brana Malobabic-Giancristofaro, MonRoi Inc.

Incredible Success for MonRoi's 1st Grand-Prix, Susan Polgar Blog

WCN Features MonRoi's Grand-Prix

A Close Run Thing

Humbling experience at National Chess Championships

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Montreal, Canada
January 2005

InnDe has deployed the MonRoi system for the first time in a round robin, Category 10 chess tournament in Montreal ( Quebec , Canada ) - the city where MonRoi was created. The Montreal World Chess Tournament was held from January 14 to 21, 2005 in the borough of St. Laurent . Six Grandmasters and four International Masters, representing Canada , USA , France , Israel , the Philippines and Russia played in this tournament.

Spectators had the opportunity to see the Grandmasters and International Masters play and follow MonRoi's live webcasts of the rounds. The MonRoi website visitors are from Canada, USA, France, Netherlands, Philippines, Sweden, Italy, Norway, Israel, Iceland, Brazil, Yugoslavia, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Greece, Singapore, Indonesia, Russian Federation, Japan, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Denmark, Argentina, United Kingdom, Finland, Mexico, Czech Republic, Portugal, Turkey, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Slovak Republic, Chile, Bosnia, Croatia, Cuba, Lithuania, Uruguay, Latvia, Austria, Peru, Dominican Republic, Zimbabwe, Myanmar, Ivory Coast, Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Taiwan, India, Spain, New Zealand, Uzbekistan. TV, print and on-line media and radio stations covered the event.

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