Better "real" improvement using a 3D chessboard on internet?

Hi everyone,

I use internet chess as a tool to improve my understanding of chess and also my "real" tournament chess results (in a non-beginner approach, let s say > 2100).

One day, in "real" zeitnot tournament game, i found myself pretty unease to move in less than 5s and it was weird because on internet chess, making a move in less than 1s is not a problem.

Hence, I asked to myself the effect of the discrepancy 2D/3D chessboard: 2D on internet, 3D on "real" life.
=> Do you know/think it is useful to use 3D chessboard on internet to get better results in "real" tournaments?

Of course, the problem is that internet chess sites rarely propose a useful 3D chessboard: often it seems something proposed for fun for beginnners...
Also, all books in chess are written in 2D diagrams... so my question is extremely provocative! and maybe too sharp in psychological behaviour!

Thanks for your remarks,

Not being able to speed up is normal, and can happen online too. Blitz uses a different system of thinking, so it makes sense that after playing a long tournament game that you would find it difficult to suddenly speed up at the end.

The same for slowing down. If you've been playing quickly e.g. at the end of a time control, then it can be hard to slow down and begin proper analysis again.

As for which is better for study 2D or 3D, I think study that emulates the conditions of when you want to preform is best. So if you're practicing to be better in tournament play, then use a 3D board... that said, I think if you use both 2D and 3D often enough then there's no problem.

You should practice with what you play on. Your brain becomes accustomed to whatever you are using. If you practice exclusively in 2D and play in 3D your brain will be subconsciously, or even consciously, adjusting to the differences. This could slow you down or even cause you to play at a lower level than normal.

I'm wondering the same thing myself. I have just switched to exclusive use of the 3D board bc I am preparing for OTB tournaments and want my brain to be used to it, so I'd love to see what others think.

Funny, the timing of this thread.  I have always used the default settings on chess.com since I joined.  Now just a couple of days ago I changed it to "3D" and it's taking some time to get used to.  The bishops look kinda like pawns, and they're not much taller.

And I made the switch because I want my brain to do well in OTB chess. 

I've actually only played one otb game in my life versus someone that takes chess seriously like us. I've played and studied so much in 2D that it's what I prefer now. I can imagine a real life board would take some getting used to.