Its easier to look at the 4inch board on your screen and you seem to observe better taking in the risks and the opportunities and making a better move....but on a large board, which i encountered on my first visit to a chess club recently, i made some terrible moves, as i could not grasp the full picture from the board...like missing a preperatory move by the bishop to check your king on the left corner of the board and taking up your passed pawn on the 7th rank....i don't think i would have made this error when playing on the internet...after playing some 20 odd games over the large board, even now i find it difficult to fully grasp the situation and play the best move....how did some of you train to overcome this problem?

Its obvious to say learn to look at the full board...but you often are out of time in trying to do that before each move...how did you cope?

I have observed this with myself...and i am sure over time i will improve....posting to understand things different people tried to play to their full potential over the board.

 

Thanks funny I think I tend to play better on a board with larger squares.

I've encountered a similar situation.  Before I started playing here I was very good OTB.  I became accustomed to playing online much more frequently than OTB however, and now I find it very difficult to visualize moves over an actual chess board.

I play much better when the games aren't timed and when I have a three dimensional board right in front of me.

Yes I always feel comfortable with opponent across the board and tend to play better than against invisible players. Funny but true

i do not play that well no matter where or how, but i'm really really terrible when i play agains or over computer.

large leather board with large plastic pieces and an opponent that i can see sweating or grinning works best for me. :) 

I play my best with an actual board, rather than on the computer, especially in tournament games. I think it's more psychological than anything, as I just rise to the challenge of playing in USCF tournaments, while I don't take the "practice" games elsewhere as seriously.

--Fromper