I prefer a real board.
Can you see the pieces better on a board or computer screen?
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silentfilmstar13 wrote: I see better over the board. I play online more often, but my best play happens when I can see all the pieces in 3D.
I have the same problem.
I seem to be about the same on both since i have played in OTB tournaments and against chess computers too so it balances out about even as far as skill is concern. But i do like over the board better ,just like the feel of playing somone u can see and the atmosphere is fantastic in tournaments too if u dont mind the cost to play .....
i see pieces better on the board, i don't know why though, i also play better when i see my opponent, it gives me more tention..
Feb 25, 2008
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#26
I like playing on 2-d computer screen because I see the lines more easily. The diagonals of the bishops, the horizontal and vertikal lines of the rooks etc.
Oh please, any real player uses a board with pieces.
Feb 25, 2008
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#28
These days I'm happy either way but after a long break (17 years) from any kind of chess I started playing on line. Since I'd read my share of chess books the 2D view wasn't a problem.
After a few years of Internet chess I joined a club. I certainly made some blunders at first due to the no-longer-familiar view of the board but it didn't take too long to get used to it again.
But I made a classic on-line/OTB blunder on my second night. I pushed a pawn to the eighth rank. I can't say I queened it; I didn't. I just sat there waiting for a prompt before clicking on the Q.
After a bit my opponent replaced it with a queen and I realised what I'd done.
Believe it or not as you like, but it really happened.
I felt like an idiot!
Definately over the board! In tournament games I get nervous and excited. I am also more alert.
I can think better on a board than on the computer...So OTB is better
When I play OTB and find myself in a dificult position, sometimes I like to get up and examine the board form different angles. Unless I turn my moniter on its side, can't really do that with internet chess...
On certain occasions (playing online), when I’m in a dilemma of “what do I do next,” I make the best of both worlds by using the board & pieces, instead of staring endlessly into the glare of my CRT.
Ally