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Hello! I'm not going to write some long paragraph; all i simply want to know is what are the differences of playing chess online vs on the board - If there are any - and Also what are the disadvantages and advantages of both OTB and online. Thank you!
Try a few online and OTB games, then you'll know what the differences are for you. Some prefer one over the other, so try it for yourself and decide.
I played tournament chess years ago. Yes, there is a very very big difference. Yes the moves are the "same." Buy human psychology doesn't react the same was sitting at a table with rows and rows of people around you, the clacking of the clocks, the people watching, the hard seats, a human in front of you, and nothing, no database or book or comfortable couch to save you. Sitting in your comfortable house with the cat on your lap playing on your iPad is a very different reality.
Jun 15, 2017
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Estuaaa wrote:
Hello! I'm not going to write some long paragraph; all i simply want to know is what are the differences of playing chess online vs on the board - If there are any - and Also what are the disadvantages and advantages of both OTB and online. Thank you!
1. People are friendlier.
2. The interaction with other people.
3. Seeing new places.
4. Returning to familiar places.
5. Making new friends.
7. Seeing friends.
6. You and your opponent going over the game.
It is very different. OTB is more of a social experience. On line is anonymous.
Jun 15, 2017
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As far as your mental frame of mind and the movements on the board goes, you have to watch out for more things OTB than online. I've seen veteran teenagers pick up a piece of theirs that their unrated, first-tournament opponent captured, pretend to play with it, then try to put it on the board when their opponent wasn't looking. This, of course, wouldn't work against an experienced player: the nervousness and distraction in a tournament hall can make you lose concentration when you're new.
Players will sometimes slam a piece down, yell "Check!," then slam the clock button down - hoping to unnerve you and get you to play a bad move.
Players will also play games with the clock in blitzes (in some regular tournaments, unrated blitzes are used as trophy tiebreakers) or when short on time, they will try to move a piece before you have pressed the button completing your move or press the button with the hand that is not moving the piece.
NONE of that needs to be tolerated. If someone picks up a piece you captured, tell him/her that is YOUR captured piece and they are not to touch it. If they make gestures while playing, learn to ignore it: getting the TD involved only serves to distract you from play. If they are not properly using the clock, stop it and call the TD over. If there are no witnesses to support you, ask the TD or an assistant to watch the rest of the game.