Well that's the tradeoff unfortunately. There are folks who refuse to use it at all just because they're afraid of how it might affect their ability to calculate. I think as long as you spend some time each day doing tactics, it's fine, but the whole correspondence chess experience reminds me more and more of researching a term paper. And I hated that feeling near the end of a semester when all my papers were due. 
Anyone else addicted to the analyze button during a game? Lol
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baddogno wrote:
Yes true!!
Well that's the tradeoff unfortunately. There are folks who refuse to use it at all just because they're afraid of how it might affect their ability to calculate. I think as long as you spend some time each day doing tactics, it's fine, but the whole correspondence chess experience reminds me more and more of researching a term paper. And I hated that feeling near the end of a semester when all my papers were due. 
Correspondence chess and otb chess are different enough in such details that you really need to practice both regularly if you want to stay sharp in both. I'm almost completely indifferent to otb chess, but I do play some non-cc games, and my coach won't let me use the opening explorer in cc games. I find that this helps keep everything in some kind of balance.
I use it on the very rare occasion i play turn based chess here. It has no impact on my OTB play.
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I think that correspondence chess players always have assumed that you should analyse the position prior to make your move.
PEACE-OF-MIND wrote:
I use it so much on here that I'm now afraid to play chess offline at real table w/o this feature! Lol :)
Peace- Its Good practice working out everything that CAN happen. the key is being Real thorough about it; espacially in the quiet maneuvering moves, where you can give the opponent big positional opportunties.
by the time you get to something tactical, if your doing it right, you've already seen it.
-ha! not that I'm good at that. but thats the ideal.
thegreat_patzer wrote:
Yes that's exactly right, but it's almost impossible to analyze scenarios that far ahead at a table like we can online. I am obsessed with analyzing my next moves if my opponent is very challenging lol. It worries me that it could affect my table game cuz I haven't played offline in about 4 years. I have a beautiful chess set and table but no longer know anyone who plays. Gotta find an offline opponent for sure!
PEACE-OF-MIND wrote:
I use it so much on here that I'm now afraid to play chess offline at real table w/o this feature! Lol :)
Peace- Its Good practice working out everything that CAN happen. the key is being Real thorough about it; espacially in the quiet maneuvering moves, where you can give the opponent big positional opportunties.
by the time you get to something tactical, if your doing it right, you've already seen it.
-ha! not that I'm good at that. but thats the ideal.
coffeethyme wrote:
Thank you, I agree! Just gotta find someone who plays offline. I've never used open explorer will have to check that out! Thanks for that tip :)
Correspondence chess and otb chess are different enough in such details that you really need to practice both regularly if you want to stay sharp in both. I'm almost completely indifferent to otb chess, but I do play some non-cc games, and my coach won't let me use the opening explorer in cc games. I find that this helps keep everything in some kind of balance.
PEACE-OF-MIND wrote:
thegreat_patzer wrote:
PEACE-OF-MIND wrote:
I use it so much on here that I'm now afraid to play chess offline at real table w/o this feature! Lol :)
Peace- Its Good practice working out everything that CAN happen. the key is being Real thorough about it; espacially in the quiet maneuvering moves, where you can give the opponent big positional opportunties.
by the time you get to something tactical, if your doing it right, you've already seen it.
-ha! not that I'm good at that. but thats the ideal.
Yes that's exactly right, but it's almost impossible to analyze scenarios that far ahead at a table like we can online. I am obsessed with analyzing my next moves if my opponent is very challenging lol. It worries me that it could affect my table game cuz I haven't played offline in about 4 years. I have a beautiful chess set and table but no longer know anyone who plays. Gotta find an offline opponent for sure!
if you lived in NW pennsylvania, I'd be delighted tto play against you- for I'm exactly in the same situation... BUT.
you know. I've been exclusively Online for a while now.
its not so bad. in truth Chess even online is Chess. it might have a different feel online... but its still the same game and challenge; the struggle against your ones tendency to blunder, and the challenge to see tactics and get a superior position. and this is true for all time controls.
... regarding using the opening explorer, using the explorer is a nice way to "go over chess theory" without memorizing chess theory, which IMHO is a very Unproductive use of time.
if you use the explorer you get out of the opening (generally) on mainlines. and get to the middlegame/endgame.
I use it all the time now myself, since I almost always am playing correspondence. Whenever I think I see a good combonation, I hit Analyze and check it.
I use it so much on here that I'm now afraid to play chess offline at real table w/o this feature! Lol :)