I've never played blindfold, I also don't see the use in it. It's a nice trick but nothing more, I blunder enough while seeing the pieces, let alone when I'm not
how to get better at blindfold chess???
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Aug 18, 2012
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I can't play blindfolded, but if I wanted to be able to do it, I would simply practice playing blindfolded.
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I think it's as useless as playing chess blindfolded :P
I would consider it to be fun. It tests your mental abilities. If you consider "fun" and "testing your mental abilities" to be useless, I would agree. However, I do not consider these things useless. Otherwise, playing chess normally would also be useless.
Get a book of games and two chess boards (or a chess board and a computer program).
Play out 5 moves for each side in your brain.
Use one chess board and set up the position. Do not make the moves, just put the pieces where they belong. Try putting all the knights on their squares, all the bishops, all the rooks, etc.
Play through the moves on the other board (or computer) and compare the results.
If you can visualize 5 moves easily, go to 6 moves, then 7 and so forth.
Start asking yourself questions about the position "What squares do the dark squared bishops for both sides attack?" etc.
Vivinski wrote:
I've never played blindfold, I also don't see the use in it. It's a nice trick but nothing more, I blunder enough while seeing the pieces, let alone when I'm not
hey...it certainly helps...but the problem is very very very hard to train playing it...it is just like training your visualization skills...
Aug 19, 2012
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Kingpatzer wrote:
Get a book of games and two chess boards (or a chess board and a computer program).
Play out 5 moves for each side in your brain.
Use one chess board and set up the position. Do not make the moves, just put the pieces where they belong. Try putting all the knights on their squares, all the bishops, all the rooks, etc.
Play through the moves on the other board (or computer) and compare the results.
If you can visualize 5 moves easily, go to 6 moves, then 7 and so forth.
Start asking yourself questions about the position "What squares do the dark squared bishops for both sides attack?" etc.
Are you suggesting moving the pieces on the board? I thought that in blindfold chess someone else moves them.
Aug 19, 2012
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#9
When I began playing blindfolded, I found it too difficult to complete a full game legally, let alone well. I set myself smaller goals early on, namely trying to play the first 15 moves legally, and hopefully well. :)
ClavierCavalier wrote:
Kingpatzer wrote:
Get a book of games and two chess boards (or a chess board and a computer program).
Play out 5 moves for each side in your brain.
Use one chess board and set up the position. Do not make the moves, just put the pieces where they belong. Try putting all the knights on their squares, all the bishops, all the rooks, etc.
Play through the moves on the other board (or computer) and compare the results.
If you can visualize 5 moves easily, go to 6 moves, then 7 and so forth.
Start asking yourself questions about the position "What squares do the dark squared bishops for both sides attack?" etc.
Are you suggesting moving the pieces on the board? I thought that in blindfold chess someone else moves them.
blindfold chess is about having strong visualization skills. I'm suggesting working on that specifically in a focused way.
pellik wrote:
The Chessbase software that underlays most engines (Rybka software pack is based on Chessbase, for example) usually have a 'blind white' and 'blind black' option under the style list for what your pieces look like. Playing with just your pieces off the board or just your opponents is a good way to start building blindfold skills without having to visualize everything.
hey pelik, do u use deepfritz to play blindfold chess??? i use deepfritz to play too, and I know the blindwhite and blindblack option, thks for suggesting it also...
but, when i choose BLINDALL, why there were dots on the board?? =.=
the dots ( look like nails on the wall - very very small, grey-white colour, but can be seen ) indicate the positons of the pieces and pawns....
does it happen to you????
because of the dots, i can play blindall without a problem......until 40+ moves....
the dots are located at bottom-left of those squares which have pieces or pawns on it
I think that there are no easy way to improve your blindfold skills without practice and reading chess books without board.
unfortunately this resource not support blindfold chess.
Become blind. Then your body will adapt like Daredevil and you'll be able to "see" the chess pieces by tapping with your walking stick. The method sucks for anything else though, so make sure you really really want it.
Aug 26, 2012
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#16
"Become blind."
If you were really blind, why would you need a blindfold?
conejo83 wrote:
Become blind. Then your body will adapt like Daredevil and you'll be able to "see" the chess pieces by tapping with your walking stick. The method sucks for anything else though, so make sure you really really want it.
There would be another benefit, but I have already read your post.
Aug 26, 2012
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ChessNetwork wrote:
When I began playing blindfolded, I found it too difficult to complete a full game legally, let alone well. I set myself smaller goals early on, namely trying to play the first 15 moves legally, and hopefully well. :)
Just to echo this comment, I would say you need to start with smaller goals. I've started using chess memorization and visualization to help me fall asleep at night. I will lie in bed with the lights out and first go through all the pieces on the board at setup, mentally "saying" each piece's algebraic position on the board. Once I get through that, then I'll think through a simple two or three move opening.
Again, the key is mentally noting the algebraic notation of each move.
Sometimes I'll just visualize a blank board and randomly move around the squares on the board figuring out which is a light square, which is a dark square, what the other squares on its diagonal may be, or its row.
Do this every night for two weeks and push yourself a little further. You'll be playing through whole games in your mind/imagination before you know it.
btw, does anybody want to play blindfold ?
yea.......play for a long time can get better at blindfold chess.....
but, is there any more effective method from just playing???
I heard some ppl saying use what 3D cards, 4x4 cards, but i dont really know how to use it........ :P
how you all get better at blindfold chess when you all just started playing???