Can online chess ever beat the face-to-face over the board experience?

[John McKenna]

can work out how to pass moves over a distance of 2m without driving everyone else in the park mad......

Text messaging would be simple enough.

But how do you text without using a banned electronic device?

https://beauchess.blogspot.com/

Sign language might do the trick (and others, too) -

https://www.british-sign.co.uk/

[Simon Rogers]

Before we start stepping out. I'm sure there are plenty of chess jobs to do at home. I'll try and think up a list over the next few days and perhaps start a new topic.