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Why is it that if a player squanders his time so as to have insufficient
time (less than 5 minutes) to keep score, he is rewarded by being
alleviated of this responsibility, while his opponent who has conserved
his time to leave enough to keep score is forced to do so?

Either both players should be required to keep score, even if it results
in time-forfeiture, or both players should be relieved of the
responsibility, leaving it to the arbitor, as when both player have less
than 5 minutes.

The current rule allows the time-short player to gain the time to think,
while his opponent writes down the moves, while his opponent does not.
This is rewarding the perpetrator, while punishing the victim.

The desire of the Arbitor, who is the 'owner' of the scoresheets, to
have a complete record of the game should not supercede the rights of the
players, nor impact the result of the games by favoring one player over
the other. 

This is clearly a case of 'I make the rules (count the votes). What are
you going to do about it?' - as favored by New York notorious Mayor Boss
Tweed.