OTB Vision
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Nathan_Peskitt
Apr 28, 2016
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I started playing chess relatively recently (2014). Of late I have begun playing OTB games at a local club, and am finding the transition awkward. Funny though it may sound, I keep feeling the urge to stand up when playing in order to get a bird's eye view of the board, as that's what I'm used to from playing on this site.
Apr 28, 2016
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#2
Does anyone else find OTB vision similarly difficult to cultivate, or have I just got dysfunctional eyes lol. P. S. This is my 2nd thread on these forums, and I'm just looking for a discussion not a slanging match, so can I politely ask any angry trolls to kindly jog on. Thanks.
Not me, since I started playing OTB before. But I suppose this issue would be solved with the practice. It is not always easy to find the chance, but playing OTB teach us much more in all ways.
Apr 28, 2016
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#4
I think it will smooth out with practice. Common sense suggest you try and play more often with a 3D board 
Apr 28, 2016
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#5
I was surprised by how different the game feels OTB compared to online. I have gradually built up competence and confidence playing correspondence games, and now feel ready for the 'immediacy' of actual OTB games. Hopefully it won't turn out too disastrously...
Yes, it's not only the handle of real OTB pieces, is all the environment, like switching from training swordmanship with dummies to a real battlefield.
Apr 28, 2016
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#7
You still have about 5 or 6 years of 'playing' before you'll know for sure, that you Just Don't have, that 'otb' pattern recognition!
.. For example - It took me around 5 years {going-way-back-when} - To see any number of early-to-late 'middle-game' positions - Where my pawn {as 'white'}, in this case, was on 'e5'.. and 'black' had yet to place, their own pawn, on 'd5' or or even 'f5'.. {or those pawns in question, had already been captured}.. Where 'white' placing his Own 'knight' on 'e4'.. {in 1 or more moves} - Constituted, 'increasing-the-pressure' on his opponent's position! - And if need be, maintaining, that 'white knight' on 'e4' by the 'e.p.' {en passant}, option! - The same considerations, applies to 'black' - if involving different, notational squares! 0:
Like everything else, pertaining to 'favorable positions' - Consider the preceding description.. as having 'climbed' the 1st two strategic play 'steps' perhaps - Of a medium-in-length 'ladder'.. <- analogy.
Maybe you could try playing longer games online and using a real chessboard. I've tried it in the past (though when the position gets tough I tend to just look at the screen).
Apr 28, 2016
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#9
I find using a real board particularly useful when playing against the computer/an engine. If I just play these games on-screen, I admit I find it difficult to resist the temptation to undo moves when things go wrong, or to not take the game seriously as it's not against a 'real' opponent. Once you've gone to the trouble of actually setting up a board and moving pieces, it's less tempting to be blase. I recently scored a victory against my old foe GNU chess using this approach :-)
