What are the face-to-face chess rules?

@infinite2009 said in #10:

I meant the rules
That is a rule (if you don't know how to properly act like adjusting)

Yes, mutter "J'adoube" a lot and that'll keep 'em placated.

The most important difference between online chess and face to face-chess is the ''touched - moved'' -rule in face to face-games.
When you touch a piece in a face to face-game, you will have to move it. Exceptions: When the touching was accidently and when any move of the touched piece isn't possible (because it can't parry a check, for example.)
In face to face Blitz and Bullet games however, there are special rules. When you make an impossible move and push your clock, then your opponent can claim that you lose the game.

The official rules can be read in post 2.

Unofficially, don’t be that kid who can’t sit still, taps his foot for an hour straight, smells like manure, picks his nose at the table, slurps his drink, tries to eat at the table and gets crumbs all over the board, and then cries when he realizes he is going to lose the game.

Be courteous and respectful. Be courteous not only to your opponents, but also to the arbiter, the other players on different boards, and respect the long tradition of competitive chess that you will be taking part in. Be a professional. Be a gentleman.

You can actually make a lot of friends at a chess tournament, if you conduct yourself well.

You should do the move with only one hand.

The hand which made the move stops the clock.

Touched - moved as mentioned. To adjust the piece on the board you need to say j‘adoube.

I do believe these are the main differences to the online chess

just remind yourself to look at your eyes and intimidate him/her XD

JK just avoid touch piece ( don't touch piece)

• no flipping the board. [Or just say- whats that? Pointing outside And flip anyway.]

You can also watch this video by GM Daniel Naroditsky which covers many parts of the etiquette for OTB games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFmNYreKao8

@infinite2009 said in #6:

I guess they are the same as online chess, aren't they?

There are some subtle differences. A position repeated three times, or 50 moves without captures or pawn moves is on most online sites an automatic draw. OTB, this needs to be explicitly claimed. (Repeating a position 5 times, or 70 moves without captures or pawn moves on OTB games means an automatic draw -- where automatic means the arbiter can declare it a draw).

There is, of course, no chat allowed.

There are some unlikely positions where, if you run out of time, the online server will give the win to the opponent, while it's impossible to mate (and hence, the result should be a draw).

Premoves aren't allowed.

In OTB games, if you touch a piece, you must move with it (assuming there is a legal move for that piece). Here on LiChess, if it's my turn, I can click all my pieces (or even drag them over the board) as much as I want -- I won't be forced to move with it.

There are also some rules which don't apply to online chess. For instance, when you castle, you may not use both hands. And you have to press the clock with the same hand as you move the piece.