advantages of playing chess through internet online or live

Advantage of chess on the Internet is purely convience if you have a family kids and not much time to get out and play or there's no chess club around chess online is always there.

Disadvantage: your at the mercy of people who relentlesly cheat with sophisticated engines and bots all day long chess online is just a pushing and shoving match with an anonymous bully who likes kicking sand in people's faces and trash talking in the chat box.

I'd rather play face to face chess with friends it's more fun and enjoyable.

The commute is much better from my bedroom to my computer in the living room or office. It beats driving halfway across San Francisco through traffic and then probably struggling to find parking. I'd really like to play at the closest club to me, The Mechanics' Institute, which has many strong players and a great history, but it's really inconvenient for me to get down there.

Advantages of playing live would be more serious players, better discussion of the game afterwards, playing with a real board and pieces rather than a 2D representation, the added pleasure of watching other games in person (much more enjoyable than watching games online), maybe opportunities to find study and training partners.

You need to play in Portland sometime. anyone who is on this site that has played at Pioneer courthouse Square knows we migt actually get that type of behavior in the park all the time (though I must admit I thought the same thing when they had a naked bike ride in Portland as well: the people participating were also the ones you wanted to keep thir clothes on).

Seriously though, i miss OTB games as well but I am learning alot about openings and tactics in my Onine chess games as well.

You need to play in Portland sometime. anyone who is on this site that has played at Pioneer courthouse Square knows we migt actually get that type of behavior in the park all the time (though I must admit I thought the same thing when they had a naked bike ride in Portland as well: the people participating were also the ones you wanted to keep thir clothes on).

Seriously though, i miss OTB games as well but I am learning alot about openings and tactics in my Onine chess games as well.

i can play at home and anytime i want to. thats the biggest advantages on playing on the internet

I prefer to play online, because chess club where I go is full of kids who shout and talk, also when they are playing with you (I don't tolerate this), and who want matches longer than 15 minutes. I can't focus at chess club because I got distracted by screams and I don't learn anything by only playing 15 minutes matches. The only advantage is real board and 3d pieces.

I can smoke while making my moves. That's a big plus for me.

i like smoking while i 'm playing OTB games in a clup , smoking help me to decrease my wieght .

Smoking in any open-to-the-public building is strictly forbidden in Germany, even if the owner would have no problem with it. It's pretty ridiculous.