Is there some difference between playing on a chess board carved from pure mahogany and jewel-encrusted pieces vs. something with plastic pieces and a cardboard board? Should your chess set cost $15,000 if you want to contend to have any real claim to being a "chess player"?
>>98136890Yes. Shitboarders don't know how to place the king and queen. It's low-class, if coming without a change to the actual game.
>>98136890>is there a difference between using cheap thing and using nice thingYeah, nice things are nice. Chess boards can be used decoratively.
>>98136890You can't use any of the secret, advanced strats with a cheap board. How the fuck are you supposed to kickflip your rook with a plastic piece and not shatter it on impact? Plastic pieces can barely survive a single deployment of Mega Chessatron, and you're going to end up needing to waste more money buying replacement sets every time you melt a piece during extreme speed play.Just shell out the money for a real chess set if you're serious about the game.
>>98136890I got a thick, big wooden board, advertised as "tournament chess set" and pieces to match, and they're frankly much more enjoyable to play. It's not a tremendous shift from plastic pieces and a piece of flat cardboard, but they do feel better when you move them around.
>>98136890While obviously no, higher level chess has a sort of controlled environment, so visibility is key. Playing with shiny plastic black pieces may make the black side look like an amorphous blob when light hits it. It's why people tell you never to buy glass chess sets, they look nice, but sometimes you fuck up when trying to determine whose piece is whose. It's the same thing for ultra expensive chess sets that redesign each piece, you have no idea what the fuck you are looking at.The most obvious reason not to go as cheap as possible is because the boards never stay flat on fucking anything. At least get a cheap wood board so you're not torturing yourself.
>>98137086>Mega Chessatronmah nigga
>>98136890As with most things, the difference the first upgrade makes is incredible, and the second upgrade is negligible. Playing on a cellophane mat with hollow pieces in a set from the dollar store sucks. Playing with decently heavy pieces on a solid board is good. Playing with pieces hewn from the True Cross is no better.
>>98136890What elf setting worldbuilding?
>>98144748Retard
>>98136890You you aren't using chess pieces carved from the bones of your enemies, why even bother playing?
>>98136890It won't make you a better or worse player playing on a cheap plastic board, it's just about different sensations. But any standard sized wooden board, of mediocre quality will be as good as the most expensive boards available to buy, and better than all the meme boards. Woden board has a fantastic heptic feel to it. There's a sound and some vibration as you place the piece. It can even be used as means of intimidations, since it's possible to affect the intensity of it. On top of it all, it's wood, pieces are warm, comfy and smell well. Everything but wood is meme, though, and should never be used or bought.
>>98147516>he hasn't taken the stonepill
>>98136890Listen to this anon ( >>98144397 ), there is a difference between 'cheap' and 'inexpensive'. At a certain point, money is thrown at things not to actually solve the original problem, but to avoid looking poor/miserly. Buy for practical reasons first; like other anons said, a lot of plastic pieces are extremely reflective and annoying to play with, and certain sets are so flimsy that you'd probably spend more in the long run replacing damaged pieces than if you had just bought higher-quality in the first place.
>>98137086>You can't use any of the secret, advanced strats with a cheap boardWell there is one that works better with a cheap board
