Answers.Body: <p>I play most (&gt;95%) of my games online, and when I play with a real board, I find a bit difficult to translate positions I already played and the visual pattern matching of tactical situations takes longer. Not to look at the board then, helps a bit.</p>
  <p>So, I think, when you prepare for a board tournament, or something like this, preparing on a real board will help. When you only play online all the time, it doesn't matter.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>They're pretty much the same thing once you get used to both, specially for long games. In Blitz, you'll be able to move a bit faster or slower depending on how much you've practiced and the difference could be critical.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I read somewhere that playing and making moves otb is better than online for improvement. Is this true?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: If you plan to play tournaments which are played on a physical board, you should practice with a physical board. Otherwise you will find yourself "blind". If you only play online, sticking to it is fine.
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Title: Does playing chess with a real board help improvement more than play online?
ThreadText: # Does playing chess with a real board help improvement more than play online?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-27)
  
  I read somewhere that playing and making moves otb is better than online for improvement. Is this true?
  
  **Tags:** learning, online, otb-chess
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: If you plan to play tournaments which are played on a physical board, you should practice with a physical board. Otherwise you will find yourself "blind". If you only play online, sticking to it is fine.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-10-27. Score: 2
  
  I play most (>95%) of my games online, and when I play with a real board, I find a bit difficult to translate positions I already played and the visual pattern matching of tactical situations takes longer. Not to look at the board then, helps a bit.
  
  So, I think, when you prepare for a board tournament, or something like this, preparing on a real board will help. When you only play online all the time, it doesn't matter.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2020-10-27. Score: 1
  
  They're pretty much the same thing once you get used to both, specially for long games. In Blitz, you'll be able to move a bit faster or slower depending on how much you've practiced and the difference could be critical.
  
  
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