Author: Alan Grotier
Date: 04:00:33 06/23/04
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>Me too. My OTB chess vision is almost nonexistant from looking at a 2D board on
>the computer screen. I've looked at a 2D board on the computer for so many years
>that I lost to a scholar's mate against a player rated 600 the first time I
>played OTB since becomming interested in computer chess half a dozen years ago.
>It is really suprising to me how poorly I play when looking at a real board. I
>make mistakes OTB that I don't even make in 2/6 blitz games online. I just can't
>see the geometry OTB anymore.
This happened to me also.I have now purchased the
Excalibur Grandmaster dedicated chess machine.
It has a tournament size auto sensory board & pieces.
It is not that strong though;around 1700-1800.
But nothing is better than playing chess on a real tournament
size board
Alain
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