Using it is helpful to go a lot more in depth and allows you to analyze a position much more thoroughly. This still trains your evaluation skills, however it does miss out on training the ability to calculate in your mind.
I personally use the analysis board, but I also play plenty of live games, So I am still training my calculation ability. The best advice I could give you, is play live games to get better, and use daily games as a way to dive deep into positions with the analysis board.
The following rules apply to ANY GAME CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS:
• For “Live” games (as in ‘over-the-board’ i.e. OTB, games) it is ILLEGAL to consult or employ ANY external aid or resource, including human assistance.
• For “Daily” games (as in so-called ‘correspondence’ chess) it is LEGAL to consult passive resources such as books, articles, online databases, opening explorers, etc. However, it is ILLEGAL to use computers/chess engines to calculate moves, or to consult with another human about the game.
So for Daily games only, it is ok to use the Chess.com Analysis board, so long as its built-in computer (i.e., Stockfish) evaluation capability is not being used to calculate the moves for your games in progress.
So I'm trying to improve at chess (like many others).
During daily games, I have access to the analysis board that let you try out stuff visually before choosing your move.
The tool is pretty useful for a beginner to help you out with visualisation of variations but I fear using it might not help if the future if I want to play short games (because I'll have to do it in my head then).
Is using the analysis board during a game bad for a beginner's development ?
Thanks.