All I can say is that if my opponent were duplicating our game on an actual board as we played, I wouldn't mind, as long as he was 100% deciding his own moves.
But others might not feel the same way, so using a board might be considered cheating, or at least bending the rules or being deceptive. There's no clear ethical answer here, so you just have to rely on your own conscience I guess.
As a similar scenario to consider, what if people were playing a game of chess by e-mail and simply e-mailing their moves back and forth as text messages "e4" and then "e5" etc. Would it be considered cheating to use a physical board or program to display the current state of the board instead of attempting to remember or recreate the game state after each move?
Again, personally, I don't think so. I learned Chess when I was young and it was playing on a physical board with my father and I can understand why someone might desire to maintain that "feel" / "environment" in order to play comfortably. To be honest, using a computer and the internet to play Chess seems convenient and more relaxed, but also it feels a bit artificial.
Enjoy and good luck with your gaming.
Back in the early 90's I played a bit of chess by email. It was assumed that you would not only set up the game on a board but you were allowed to move the pieces about.
Technically it is against the chess.com rules to set up the game on a physical board. I recall someone saying that it counts as an "external aid". I suspect the reason is that the temptation would be too great to move the pieces about. I don't think many people would do that, but I can see that people will make their move on the board and then before they enter it into the interface, they think "hang on....", put the piece back and have a rethink.
Personally, I would not do it...for several reasons. Beyond the ethics, I think it would be a distraction for me, and likely hurt more than help.
Even it is little suspicious i don't care because many player has team to help them or they log out little time and then make best computer moves after that. just before chess com say they abandoned game.
Using a separate chess board to visually play your games is not cheating, anyone saying it is then why do chess com allow the Analyse board option during daily play, anyone can use this option anytime if they choose to, its not assistance is you working out your own best move to play. Also as stated you can also use one of the connected boards if you have one anyway!
There's a difference between daily games and live games
I'm completely happy with your interpretation. The screen board is a means to transmit your choice of move, right? Seems weird to think that this is insurrectionism.
I submit to you sir! I am not an insurrectionist!
Yes, it's better if we don't give that impression.