Over the past three or four weeks, I have been experimenting with using a board while playing CC here on RHP; in other words, I go to the next game, set it up on my board, and study the board for my next move instead of studying the analysis board feature. My games have shown mixed results and I am debating whether or not to continue the habit. Has anyone here had decent success with using a physical chess board for analysis?
Thanks,
-Witty
Originally posted by wittywonkaI like to set in up and look at it for a day in selected complex games.
Over the past three or four weeks, I have been experimenting with using a board while playing CC here on RHP; in other words, I go to the next game, set it up on my board, and study the board for my next move instead of studying the analysis board feature. My games have shown mixed results and I am debating whether or not to continue the habit. Has anyone here had decent success with using a physical chess board for analysis?
Thanks,
-Witty
It works well but there is a limit to how many games you can do.
Originally posted by wittywonkawhy don't you use the analyze board feature?
Over the past three or four weeks, I have been experimenting with using a board while playing CC here on RHP; in other words, I go to the next game, set it up on my board, and study the board for my next move instead of studying the analysis board feature. My games have shown mixed results and I am debating whether or not to continue the habit. Has anyone here had decent success with using a physical chess board for analysis?
Thanks,
-Witty
I started to do it, not to help me on here but because until now pretty much all of the chess i have played for the last 10 years has been on the computer, either internet or vs the chessmaster. I recently started playing at a club and I have been blundering a lot, silly beginner type oversights. So trying to get used to the game in 3-D i guess.
it will cost you quiet a bit of points doing it over the board if you don't use the analyze feature. but doing it over and over on selected games over the board such as i do will help you in the end. you are able to see moves further ahead. in certain variations i can calculate about 5 moves ahead on average. i've done 10 before in a complex trade and move orders but it will help you see things better over time. if you use the analyze feature the whole time it wont really help you much more but it will help your rating
Originally posted by wittywonkaI do that. You just have to be careful you put ALL the men on the board in the CORRECT positions. I have had a couple of disasters that resulted from not making sure that all the men were in the right place. Beer may have been a contributing factor as well.
Over the past three or four weeks, I have been experimenting with using a board while playing CC here on RHP; in other words, I go to the next game, set it up on my board, and study the board for my next move instead of studying the analysis board feature. My games have shown mixed results and I am debating whether or not to continue the habit. Has anyone here had decent success with using a physical chess board for analysis?
Thanks,
-Witty
Originally posted by KeplerAlso tea! It doesn't help if the wife brings you tea whilst you are setting it up!
I do that. You just have to be careful you put ALL the men on the board in the CORRECT positions. I have had a couple of disasters that resulted from not making sure that all the men were in the right place. Beer may have been a contributing factor as well.
Originally posted by Dragon FireIn the Mysterious Case of the Surprising Cup of Tea I lost my train of thought and played the moves in the wrong order. I hadn't set anything up on a board that time due to my son having taken the board off to practice with.
Also tea! It doesn't help if the wife brings you tea whilst you are setting it up!
Originally posted by SquelchbelchFunny you should suggest that, I just won a magnetic wooden chess set on ebay with a bid of 1p. Ideal for work, days out, playing in bed. Scratch the last one. Last time I played in bed my wife had a word. As I recall that word was "Out!"
Get a magnetic travel board.
That way you can rest it on your wife's back...
I learnt chess with a wooden chess set so I'm comfortable on that unlike the guy who says he learnt chess from computers and so finds it hard to adjust. I was also good at blindfold chess and could play a game though not very well.
OTB players can often replay the game from memory so you just have to train yourself unless you have no interest whatsoever in OTB chess. It may also help to play sparring games with Fritz at handicap level to get used to thinking of a move and then examining it in detail.
Originally posted by z00tIt's a funny thing but I can't get on with playing against an engine on a computer screen. I generally use a command line interface and play on a proper wooden board with proper wooden pieces. That is also the reason I transfer online games to a board. I just need to be more careful when setting them up! I guess that comes from having played chess before t'internet was invented.
I learnt chess with a wooden chess set so I'm comfortable on that unlike the guy who says he learnt chess from computers and so finds it hard to adjust. I was also good at blindfold chess and could play a game though not very well.
OTB players can often replay the game from memory so you just have to train yourself unless you have no interest whatsoever in O ...[text shortened]... with Fritz at handicap level to get used to thinking of a move and then examining it in detail.
Originally posted by KeplerPerhaps you can use a DGT board then? http://www.dgtprojects.com/eboard.htm I never like DGT boards because I like to play at fast time controls and that may be suited to 2 hour games. On the subject of boards the boards I dislike is the Chess Tactics server and the 3D screen on Fritz/Chessmaster. I score highly on the tactical quizes on Fritz (complicated GM games) but poorly on the Chess Tactics Server (sometimes a one move tactic) just because of that poor interface.
It's a funny thing but I can't get on with playing against an engine on a computer screen. I generally use a command line interface and play on a proper wooden board with proper wooden pieces. That is also the reason I transfer online games to a board. I just need to be more careful when setting them up! I guess that comes from having played chess before t'internet was invented.
Originally posted by z00tA wooden board with a command line interface is a lot cheaper than a DGT board! I also dislike the chess tactics server interface - I want to be able to grab the pieces and move them! Strangely I prefer reading off a screen to a printed page, must be my previous life as a typesetter/graphic designer.
Perhaps you can use a DGT board then? http://www.dgtprojects.com/eboard.htm I never like DGT boards because I like to play at fast time controls and that may be suited to 2 hour games. On the subject of boards the boards I dislike is the Chess Tactics server and the 3D screen on Fritz/Chessmaster. I score highly on the tactical quizes on Fritz (complicated GM g ...[text shortened]... y on the Chess Tactics Server (sometimes a one move tactic) just because of that poor interface.