Well, you could either buy a dedicated chess machine on used markets like eBay, or you could use a GUI that allows keyboard entry and that can make move announcements. I know that Arena can do that if it's configured for it; There might be other GUIs that can do it, idk.
Chess OTB vs computer, is it possible?
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Hi friends, I have an interesting question! Ok, I hate playing on a virtual chess board, I don't know why, maybe because I've grown up by moving the physical pieces and watching the monitor for a lot of time causes me a headhache.
So, today I was thinking: is there a way to play on a physical chess board against a computer (so that I can improve my tactics)? At first I thought: "well, I could just copy the moves on a virtual chess board and reply the opponent moves on my wooden board". I was wrong: if you do that, you play subconsciuously only on the virtual board and the 'transport' from the virtual board to real board is unusefull (you can try it!).
So, my question is: is there a software which allows me to write my moves and to read the ones of my opponent?
Let's make an example:
- I write "1.e4" and I press enter
- The pc replies "1...e5" (I read it and I move on my wooden chess board the pawn of my opponent on e5)
- I write "2. Nc3" (and so on)
I hope you'll be kind as usual! Have a nice day! :)