Playing Chess Blindfolded!!!
By TheGenius
@TheGenius (3)
India
March 9, 2007 2:53pm CST
hi all,
After playing chess althrough my childhood days n getin some FIDE ratin of abt 1974 pts, jus from few years back I started palyin chess blindfolded with my friends who were casual players.
I mean i announce my moves, and someone plays that on the board against my opponent. My opponent announces back the move and i got to remember the pieces and board position after every move and analyse accordingly.
Soon i started this with rated players and they also do now play blind chess.
Its grt fun playin without board and pieces. Immense brain power gets consumed in this, i mean creating a 3D structure of the board inside ur brain and then calculations, piece movements etc etc...
so much of remembering to do........
Now i m trying to play simultaneous blind chess, this time jus on abt 3 boards. Got to remember differnt board positions at the same instant and announce moves accordingly.
I request all Guys here to post their views, experiences on blindfold chess play....... What effect it has on the brain!!!!!!!!
5 responses
@myaccount (235)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I think playing chess on a blindfold takes a lot of memorization and brain power because it is really hard. it is really hard to calculate and remember where you put your pawn, bishop etc. and also there is a flaw to blindfold chess play. How do you know what you're opponent put? (unless of course he yells out "F7 to F9)"
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@TheGenius (3)
• India
10 Mar 07
Initially one has to visualize the coordinate system a to h (left to right)and 1 to 8 if playin with white, and "h to a" "8 to 1" for black.
Rembemer at which place each is situated after each move. Like whites king at e1, Q on d1 initially, then like e4 e5 nf3 nc6 bc5 etc..
Similarily opponents piece position in coordinates.
Then develop a proper counting system along ranks, diagonals etc. like b2 c3 d4 e5 f6 g7 h8 would be possible path for a bishop placed on a1.
Along ranks and files its eazy to figure out movement and attack.
For Knights its bit difficult, like from f3, two steps forward along ranks or files then one step left or right.
After some practise, it then becomz eazy to visualize the board, and play on it. After u get good view of the board in ur imagination then not much of counting to be done!!!!!!
@zul200289 (111)
• New Zealand
26 Mar 07
tried to play but always got lost after 6-7 moves or so.. lol
@streak_tlu (606)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I think playing blindfolded chess takes an immense amount of brain power and it takes a VERY talented player to play like this. I quit playing competitively aorund the age of 13 (at the time I was about 1250-1300 USCF rating) for sports, but at that time I would play blindfolded sometimes against people in my chess club. I would also play games in class with a friend and we would play in our head, but we usually never made it all the way through the game because one of us would lose the configuration of the board with much distraction at all. It's really a great skill for honing the mind though - good post.
@efreddy (250)
• Belgium
11 Mar 07
I'd played Chess blindfolled sometimes to some people I always win when we play normal,the chance that I win when I'm playing blindfolled to these people is then more even.
My rating is now 1854 ELO points.
I think my rating blindfolled should be 200 à 500 points lower.
@little_miss (40)
• India
12 Apr 07
Whoa!
My goodness....
blindfold chess??
n on 3 boards simultaneously?????
im trying to absorb dis like a shockwave...
how do u manage dis?
ur brain must b a moving machine....n u d machine man...
such utilisation of ur brain power...amazing!!!impressive!!!
Al dis needs so much reasoning n patience.wish u luck...
I seriously admire u!!!
