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Usually a tournament provides carbon-copy scoresheets for an event (both the FIDE-
rated tournaments I have played in have done this). The players sign and submit
the top copy and are free to keep the carbon-copy. The 1988 FIDE Laws of Chess
are very clear on this point: see Article 12 or so of my post. Naturally, if the tournament thinks it can sell the scoresheets, it may do so: I know that the last Hastings Challengers (1991-2) advertised for bids for all the scoresheets from the event, once they had prepared the bulletin, etc.
Chess games are public domain. I think that Emanuel Lasker tried to copyright the
games from one of his world Championship matches, but was unsuccessful. It isn't
something that can be easily policed. I don't know about citing the source of a
game though; it is common to add the tournament to the names of the players,
because the top players may play each other several times a year in different
events.
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Steve J.L. Rix
University of Edinburgh, Dept. of Chemical Eng. Phone: +44 (31) 650 8565.
