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Do You Miss Playing Over the Board ?

It's a trade-off like most things I suppose. Since we are living in C-WORD Times, I've grown used to playing online and not worrying about setting clocks or finding batteries or picking up chess pieces off the coffee shop floor while juggling donuts.

Chess clubs are too stuffy, quiet and restrictive for me now.

But Playing online there is nobody there to see me win or lose.

And I can only go about an hour breathing in a mask. My glasses fog up and it's annoying playing" Mother May I" or "Simon Says", everywhere I go nowadays. I miss the social aspect the most.

I missed my opportunity to invest in those big floor stickers, but that's another post. The Game of Twister by Milton Bradley.

So do you miss over the board in the last year and a half or do you like playing anonymously online now?
on 17th October I am going to play my First OTB Chess! I am so excited :D
I learnt chess in like 2013 or 14 OTB and yes I do miss it a lot cause it is actually like a lot more fun
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@Sacmaniac said in #1:
> It's a trade-off like most things I suppose. Since we are living in C-WORD Times, I've grown used to playing online and not worrying about setting clocks or finding batteries or picking up chess pieces off the coffee shop floor while juggling donuts.
>
> Chess clubs are too stuffy, quiet and restrictive for me now.
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> But Playing online there is nobody there to see me win or lose.
>
> And I can only go about an hour breathing in a mask. My glasses fog up and it's annoying playing" Mother May I" or "Simon Says", everywhere I go nowadays. I miss the social aspect the most.
>
> I missed my opportunity to invest in those big floor stickers, but that's another post. The Game of Twister by Milton Bradley.
>
> So do you miss over the board in the last year and a half or do you like playing anonymously online now?
Miss the sussy looks from opponents...and also scoresheets :(
I like OTB The smell off the pieces.
But i like online better becuz i can see the whole board 2D
I've played only one OTB tournament so I'd really like to go to OTB tournaments.

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