Daily chess- do you setup a board

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RobertJames_Fisher

Who here sets up an actual board when playing daily chess?

MSteen

I do not.

RobertJames_Fisher

Too much work? It can be a pain changing it for each match, bu the benefit for me is I can work through moves . I know you can do that on Lichess.org too

TreyTheGreat199

It's too much work. Especially when you can just use the analysis board

RobertJames_Fisher

Well sometimes 3 dimensional vision is better than 2 dimension

Tank1366

I do as I feel it helps maintain my 3D vision as well as helping

Tank1366

with the game I'm playing at the time.

againseriously
I always do, because a lot of the pleasure of chess for me is tactile and spatial, like sculpture. But I also never have more than one daily game going at a time, so it’s not a lot of extra effort to set up the board.
RS1650-4K

I think at sometime I would like to play OTB in a tournament so I try to use the board as frequently as practicable - depending on number of games. A lot depends on the game situation on how complicated the position is or undecided I am on how to progress. But I  am also wary about relying on this too much and not developing visual and memory skills and I know this can be tiring after a long tournament playing for me ....forty plus games. But the flip side is that playing far fewer games is far easier and a bit of a wind down. As always it is relative to what suits the individual and his enjoyment of the game.

RobertJames_Fisher
RS1650-16k wrote:

I think at sometime I would like to play OTB in a tournament so I try to use the board as frequently as practicable - depending on number of games. A lot depends on the game situation on how complicated the position is or undecided I am on how to progress. But I  am also wary about relying on this too much and not developing visual and memory skills and I know this can be tiring after a long tournament playing for me ....forty plus games. But the flip side is that playing far fewer games is far easier and a bit of a wind down. As always it is relative to what suits the individual and his enjoyment of the game.

 

I think that sums up how I feel! I have ZERO plans to ever play over the board chess.  It is a lot of work to set it up, and I do what you do, if the situation warrants it, I get out the board and set it up, and work through it. You can't do it for 30-40 games too tiring.  Fun debate nonetheless

 

Chan_Fry

I set up a board occasionally, when the daily game I'm playing becomes particularly complex and I want to be able to see it from different angles. Also if I think I have a path to checkmate, sometimes eyeing it physically helps me spot weaknesses in my plan. (Also, I like the sound of moving the wooden pieces.)

PBJ_Chess157

You find a 3D view better than 2D? Wow. I find 3D distracting because of the extra dimension. Distracts from the actual chess. Chess is a 2D game after all

jpaul_lyons

I set it up sometimes, though I always intend to set it up all the time.  I much prefer to meditate on the position, moves, and possibilities, totally at leisure.  I make more mistakes when I just look at the screen and move.  It's simply more enjoyable, more ideal, to set up the position on a physical board. 

I can read some chess books without a board.  But, again, I find it more enjoyable with a board. I prefer slower to faster.  I don't like blitz chess too much.  I think daily, cc, is better than OTB chess, but only slightly better.

I even like setting up tactics puzzles on the board.  I really let the solution sink in if its a nice one. I don't care much about "improvement" and "playing strength", however.  I want enjoyment, meditation, appreciation, aesthetics.  

Turley90

I don't

Feinripp

i sometimes do. I like the aesthetics of a nice board lined up with an actual game.

jpaul_lyons

Who recalls all the moves and ideas of some interesting games?  Certain games I just keep looking at over and over, so interesting they are.  Does anyone else do this?

SlowForward
I do as well. Having said that, I find 2D easier than 3D for visualising
clrkdn
Sometimes I do. I can see the moves more clearly when I have set it up on a board.
Problem5826

I haven't, although it's probably good to. Yusupov insists that his books are gone through with a board.

I see chess more as something relaxing to do, and probably play it in that spirit just using phone or laptop (no mouse).

jpaul_lyons
Problem5826 wrote:

I haven't, although it's probably good to. Yusupov insists that his books are gone through with a board.

I see chess more as something relaxing to do, and probably play it in that spirit just using phone or laptop (no mouse).

 You see, to me, setting up the board and contemplating the position is the most relaxing way of going about it.   One isn't in a rush.  There's nothing feverish about the process.  You can even contemplate other things somehow as you look for ideas, and you can spend a long time over a position, and the whole thing is somehow quite enjoyable, relaxing, and meditative. I go through some games like that often.  Interestingly enough, when circumstances don't permit this kind of thing, it's always possible to visualize and contemplate the positions if you have the game memorized well.  That way you appreciate and play chess for the better part of the day, in-between and while going about the affairs of life, and there is no rush.  I think this attitude seeps into other activities.  It's an attitude, a way of going about it.  Memorizing interesting classical games lends much to this attitude, I think.  You will always have something to look at, anytime, anywhere.