---
title: "Free printable chess score sheet for A4"
description: "Print a 60-move chess score sheet or save it as a PDF, with event details, clock times, results, signatures and guidance on recording moves."
canonical: "https://chesscore.io/templates/chess-score-sheet"
author: "Abhishek Tiwari"
datePublished: "2026-08-12"
dateModified: "2026-10-16"
---

Written by Abhishek Tiwari. Drafted with AI, fact-checked and approved by a human before publishing. Editorial standards: https://chesscore.io/editorial

This printable chess score sheet has an event header, 60 numbered move rows (40 plus a 20-row continuation), clock-time columns, result boxes and signature lines. Print it on A4 or save it as a PDF. Under the FIDE Laws of Chess (2023), players in standard play record both sides' moves; rapid and blitz games need no scoresheet unless the event rules say so.

## Print the sheet on A4

Use the print button on this page, or your browser print dialog, and choose a printer or Save as PDF. Keep the scale at 100 percent on A4 and check the preview shows one page. The sheet is about 261 mm tall, so on US Letter paper use fit to page and check the preview.

## Fill the header before the clocks start

Write the event, date, round, board, time control, venue, and both players' names and ratings. Do this before move one so the sheet still identifies the game if it is collected later.

## Record every move as it is played

Write your move and your opponent's move in algebraic notation, one pair per numbered row, as clearly as you can. You may reply before writing the last move, but you must record your previous move before you play another.

## Mark clock times and draw offers

Use the Time column when the event wants clock times, and mark a draw offer with the symbol (=) next to the move it followed. Both players record the offer. The sheet is only for moves, clock times, draw offers, claims, and other data the Laws allow.

## Write the result and sign both sheets

When the game ends, mark 1-0, 0-1, or 1/2-1/2, then both players sign both scoresheets. The signed result stands even if it is wrong, unless the arbiter changes it.

## File the sheets with the arbiter

Hand both signed sheets to the results desk before you leave the board. The scoresheets belong to the organiser. Keep a carbon copy only if the event issued one and the arbiter allows it.

## Check the cell size for young children

The rows are fixed at about 5.4 mm tall so the whole game, the result and the signatures fit one A4 page. Printing larger pushes the signature row onto a second page. If your youngest players need bigger cells, use an event sheet designed for that rather than enlarging this one.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is notation compulsory on a chess score sheet?

In standard play, yes. The FIDE Laws of Chess taking effect from 1 January 2023, Article 8.1.1, require each player to record both sides' moves, move by move, as clearly as possible, in algebraic notation (Appendix C) on the scoresheet prescribed for the competition, or on a FIDE-certified electronic scoresheet. The duty pauses when a player has less than five minutes left and does not have 30 seconds or more added with each move (Article 8.4). Rapid games do not require players to record moves (Appendix A.2). Blitz follows that rapid rule unless the event puts an arbiter on every board and records the game (Appendix B).

### What if I forget to write a move?

Article 8.1.3 lets you answer a move before you write it, but you must record your previous move before you play another. If you skipped a line, fill it from the board and your opponent's sheet as soon as you notice. Do not write future moves in advance (Article 8.1.2). If the sheet is incomplete because you were under five minutes without a 30-second increment (Article 8.4), update it after a flag fall from the opponent's sheet or the arbiter's (Article 8.5). If no complete sheet exists, reconstruct the game on a second board under the arbiter (Article 8.5.3).

### Can I use my own score sheet at a rated event?

Only if it is the sheet prescribed for the competition, or the arbiter accepts it as that sheet. Article 8.1.1.1 names the paper scoresheet prescribed for the competition, and Article 8.3 says the scoresheets are the property of the organiser. Bring this printable sheet to a club or school event. At a rated event, use the form the organiser issues unless the chief arbiter says this A4 sheet is acceptable.

### Do juniors have to notate their games?

The 2023 Laws have no separate recording rule for juniors. Article 8 applies by time control, not by age. At a standard-play rated event a junior keeps score like any other player, or an assistant acceptable to the arbiter may write for them. The arbiter then adjusts that player's clock in an equitable way, except for a player with a disability (Article 8.1.6). At rapid and most blitz events players need not record moves (Appendix A.2 and B.3), which is why many school sections skip notation. Teach notation before a child's first standard event, not at the board.

### How many copies of the score sheet does an arbiter need?

The Laws require two signed scoresheets per game. Article 8.7 says both players shall indicate the result by signing both scoresheets. Article 8.3 says those sheets belong to the organiser. Carbonless pairs are common so a player can keep a copy, but that is event practice, not a FIDE number. AICF's Rules for Event page asks organisers to send the chief arbiter's IT3 report, the prize winners' list, the final standings and all back-up files of the event. Collect both signed sheets at the results desk unless the chief arbiter sets a different filing method.

### Does this chess score sheet print on A4 and US Letter?

It is built for A4. In a headless Chrome print on 16 October 2026 it came out as one A4 page, about 261 mm tall inside 14 mm margins. A US Letter page is 279 mm tall, which leaves 251 mm inside the same margins, so at 100 percent the signature row and footnote can spill onto a second page. On Letter paper choose fit to page (about 96 percent) and check the print preview before you print a stack. Other browsers and printers were not tested.

## Sources

1. [FIDE Laws of Chess taking effect from 1 January 2023](https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012023), handbook.fide.com, accessed 2026-10-16
2. [AICF Rules for Event](https://aicf.in/rules-for-event/), aicf.in, accessed 2026-10-16