I love OTB chess!

[Narz]

I enjoy playing online but there's nothing quite the same as head-to-head. Played in a G-10 tourney last night & it was a blast. Was hoping to go 6-0 but went 5-1. Still, I beat my nemesis (the 2009 club champ) so I was happy (he won all his other games & I lost one other one so we split the prize).

I've gotten alot better at speed though I still am not crazy about it.

Hopefully I'll have a chance to play OTB with some of you someday. Probably with Tenna is my best shot in the near future. Maybe at next year's Central Park &/or Bryant Park free NYC tournaments.

 

[WhiteEagle22]

I like it as well, as you have to analyze on the fly It's a great training exercise for online play.

 

[JonathanStrange]

I used to LOVE the vitality and authenticity of OTB; there's no room for self-deception or excuses (no way to say "Oh, he probably was referring to an openings manual or using a computer"). For me, in many ways, that's "real chess"- online play is too subject to doubt. Though the shear convenience of online play makes it just about the only chess I play now.

I miss the old chess clubs I used to go to: if you're going regularly to a club and getting decent competition, I envy you: all those annoying characters and anti-social misfits - you're going to miss 'em when you stop going. My sometime best friend Steve and I used to argue and about each other's analysis but I believe I learned more from the candidate masters and A players then I did from my chess books.

 

[Pacifist46]

I don't get to play OTB nearly as much as I'd like, only once every couple of weeks or so. It certainly beats online - OTB always feels like there's more at stake.

 

[WhiteEagle22]

I hardly play any OTB chess. No club around makes for a big difference in partners. Would help if I could find a free place to have the club meetings at, but so far no luck.

 

[azzaman333]

I hate OTB chess, it takes too long.

 

[Narz]

I hate OTB chess, it takes too long.

Compared to correspondence chess?

I like G-60 with a 5 second delay myself. I can handle G-30 but it doesn't feel like "real chess". Gotta have the time delay or the endgames feel too "blitzy".

Up to 1844 (Live not Published) USCF now.

 

[azzaman333]

OTB isn't look at 20 online chess games, make crap moves and not care for the next 24 hours.

 

[col]

We've just got a new member of staff who is an ex-national champion!
I'll see if i can recruit him.