can you do this?

Is it outside the program?

Then it is outside assistance. 

No, it's not.  There is no "assistance."  The player is still on his or her own.

It is certainly permisible in Daily.  In rapid Live games it doesn't make any sense.

i can't

I think you can have a real board in front of you, but you can only move the pieces on the real board if a movement happens in the game, as analysing on the board and not in your head gives 1 player an advantage.

Even if it was allowed, I would recommend not to do it as visualization is a great skill to have.

This is not wrong , but still wrong at the same time

+1

Exactly 

Well, analyzing dosent tell us what move to do next, it only says if its a mistake, blunder, missed win, and all those, its not bad but its kind of like cheating, I don't know this clearly

By analyzing he means analyzing manually. And not the engine analysis

Engine analysing is definitely cheating

he is not engine analysing

Could even be counterproductive.

Yeah I know

I think that if you want to play fair, you could have the position on screen replicated on a physical board, if you find it more intuitive or visually pleasing, but you shouldn't be trying any moves on that board, same as if you were in an actual over-the-board chess game.

Of course there's no way of anybody knowing if you are doing it, but if you want to be honest, don't touch the pieces (other than to replicate the moves that happen on the screen).

Yeah I completely agree

why havent any admins/moderators seen this yet?

If you have a DGT board connected, you can play live chess by looking at a real board. I wonder if that's the same advantage as taking on-screen moves and putting them on a separate offline board to analyze?  I am not taking one side or the other - this is a good discussion, and I'm going to have to think about it.

I actually purchased a DGT board because I prefer to look at OTB pieces, and it didn't occur to me to re-create the scenario on an offline board.  If that's considered assistance 'of any kind', then I wonder if using the DGT board to play a game is actually giving you the same advantage? Sure, it's within the rules because chess.com allows it, but is it taking advantage?  

I'm a beginner, so I see it as more of a convenience for me and it makes it easier to learn.  But, let's say I stay with this and improve to a more immediate level.  If playing with real pieces gives me 'assistance' over a player on a game where they were computer-only, then it wouldn't seem fair.  I wouldn't want that.  This really gives you something to think about, doesn't it?

This is right. You can't use the real board to try out lines you're thinking if playing. Treat it like a real tournament game,l. If you move a piece on the board, you have to move the same on the site. Better would be to move in the site and then mirror the move in the board.

ok, thanks

I don't