what is the point of playing chess on a board anymore?

I imagine there would be a massive increase in ways to cheat

Some people are more visually oriented with board play than on-screen play (me being a big example). On a real board I can understand the situation much better than on a computer or tablet screen.

I think most veteran players (those playing for more than 10 years) like playing on the board instead of on-screen. Also, as Pablo stated, with the machines and online stuff, you get to have a much increased risk of cheating. Talk about computer bugs and gimmicks and things like that.

I wonder if it will be mandatory to carry your laptop at tournaments?

... mandatory to NOT carry your laptop at tournaments!

I don't have one anyway. I have the strange feeling some of you are taking this OP seriously.

As long as nobody replies to my topic posted in Game Analysis

I think a thread needs to have at least two posts to be visible.

Because a physical chess set is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

 

Hahah. But where do you get the second post when the thread is already invisible after the first post?

Put it yourself!

OTB chess is better for me. I like the convenience of online and the ability to play a lot of different people but prefer to play face-to-face and in OTB tourneys.

OTB gives you a feel of "reality"

Purpleforia ... well that is cheating

This is what I get for dealing with kids...

Tradition. It's just the way it was,and now it brings back fond memories.

i never played on a board.

played on vinyl folding thing, GM players should use it on tournaments, it s much lighter than board

I second what Martin Stahl says. Online chess is great as you can play at your convenience and against people from all over the world. But if I can find a partner (or more) to play regularly with a real board and pieces, I would prefer that. 

To say playing with a board is "outdated technology" is absurd. 

Chess is a board game. Not a computer game. Online chess is just a good simulation. Soon computer will get so advance you could plug yourself into one and it will be just like real life? Better simulations. There are morals we have. We rather do the "real thing".

IMO, there is a huge difference between playing online, and OTB play.  I much prefer OTB.  I like sitting cross from my opponent, travelling to different places, seeing old friends, making new friends.  Playing online is so sterile, so lonely.

Indeed Diakonia. Online chess is great for the convenience, but nothing at all beats sitting across from your opponent, touching the pieces, feeling their weight as you life them and place them down again. And online play also keeps you from being as sharp as possible as it might calculate the point totals of captured pieces rather than forcing you to do it on your own (as we should always do to keep ourselves mentally at our best).