Here's a question for those of you that don't move the pieces when deciding on a move (don't use the analysis board, in other words). Do you at least look at the position after you've made your move and before you hit "submit move"? Do you let yourself change your mind at this point?
I can spot a lot of my own errors by examining the board after my move but before submittal. Yet, in a sense, this violates the "touch rule" and isn't true OTB style training.
The reason I ask is that I'm thinking about giving up the analysis board and treating RHP as a pure OTB style exercise. But I sure like my blunder checking, and hate the thought of giving that up. Any thoughts appreciated.
I'm one of those who don't use the analysis board. I'd say I use it approximately once in 40 - 50 moves.
However, I do look at the pieces after I make the move and before I hit "submit move". So, I'd like to think that I'm not far from playing like OTB here.
Regards, Guych.
Originally posted by ReverbWell, this is not OTB, this is correspondence chess (or CC). In CC we are allowed to change our minds, fingering every piece, look up openings in a book, as in the old CC Postal Card period of chess. It's okay, noone will blame you. (...as long you're not using engines, or friends.) However, when you hit the Submit button, then you cannot change your mind anymore.
Here's a question for those of you that don't move the pieces when deciding on a move (don't use the analysis board, in other words). Do you at least look at the position after you've made your move and before you hit "submit move"? Do you let yourself change your mind at this point?
I can spot a lot of my own errors by examining the board after my move ...[text shortened]... y blunder checking, and hate the thought of giving that up. Any thoughts appreciated.
But if you want it to be OTB-like, then you should use real pieces on a real board. Look at it hard, calculate your combinations by head, not ever touching the pieces until you do your move. Then you go to the computer and make your move, hitting the submit, etc.
But why pretend it is OTB? CC is good enough, isn't it?
You'll be like me if you don't use the analysis board. I make a lot stupid, stupid, blunders. I've just now started using the analysis board, and I like it 😀.
But when it comes down to it, it all just depends on personal preference. You don't have to use the analysis board if you don't want to