Originally posted by ram1977yes.
The ONLY stupid question is the unasked one... 😀
I have seen in a lot of posts that people mention 'OTB'. What is OTB?
Over The Board ? ? ?
and to improve online with it DONT do blitz. i never do untill about 3 days ago played a good amount for 3 days.
went to my club today and the better guys wernt there (including these and the lower guys i win 2/3 of the time.) and i blundered in a about every game! 1 win, 4 losses.. 🙁
Here's a post I wrote before to define OTB more thoroughly (hence the verbosity):
"Over the Board: Rated face to face play with clocks, standard chess pieces and boards as per the rules of the overseeing federation for your country and supervised by a qualified tournament director. It usually refers to time controls an hour or longer per side but it can apply to blitz too. Although when one refers to OTB in the context of serious chess, they mean long time controls."
Originally posted by exigentskymine doesnt have clocks, just casual, but there are some strong players there (for a casual place) i think a few in the 2000s
Here's a post I wrote before to define OTB more thoroughly (hence the verbosity):
"Over the Board: Rated face to face play with clocks, standard chess pieces and boards as per the rules of the overseeing federation for your country and supervised by a qualified tournament director. It usually refers to time controls an hour or longer per side but it ca ...[text shortened]... though when one refers to OTB in the context of serious chess, they mean long time controls."
Originally posted by exigentskygood description.
Here's a post I wrote before to define OTB more thoroughly (hence the verbosity):
"Over the Board: Rated face to face play with clocks, standard chess pieces and boards as per the rules of the overseeing federation for your country and supervised by a qualified tournament director. It usually refers to time controls an hour or longer per side but it ca ...[text shortened]... though when one refers to OTB in the context of serious chess, they mean long time controls."
I find that OTB tournament play is the best. Usually only serious players who are actively seeking to improve play in these (nobody pays money AND spends an entire day or more on the weekend to mess around). It's a good way to match up against tough competition and see where you stand.
I find tournament OTB tournament wins much more satisfying than OTB casual, CC or internet blitz wins. Of course, the losses are harder to swallow as well.
Originally posted by irontigranYeah, the definition was for OTB tournament play. However, technically, OTB just means face to face play regardless of anything else.
mine doesnt have clocks, just casual, but there are some strong players there (for a casual place) i think a few in the 2000s
Originally posted by JieWell, whoever visits this thread would know what OTB is so I guess you will not have much success in getting challenges 😉
Those of you who don't know what OTB is and are over 1500, are welcome to send me challenges. I'm looking for people to bash on the board with one of my eyes closed, and they would do nicely.
