I wouldnt see the issue, I do the same thing, no different than using the Analyze option in a game to bring a additional board up. Now in OTB game...well that would be sort of wierd ya know.
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Tactical Knightmare, when you refer to OTB games do you mean live chess or just face to face? I ask this because I am a bit of a newbie to studying chess rather than just knowing how the pieces move and a newbie to internet chess, I have played live chess (usually 20 or 30 min games) but not set the board up at home because of the short time constraints, although I have pretty much given up live chess because i make stupid errors "because" of the time constraints.
Is it considered cheating or "bad form" to set up a board whilst playing online chess? I have noticed a lot of opponents I have played play several online games at once but I like to just play one but have it set up on my board at home to go through moves and outcomes, just wondered if this was ok or not?