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  • Re: Blindfold Chess - the book

    http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/...es-021113.aspx GM Gareev with more press exposure on his path to a world record 50 board blindfold simultaneous exhibition. He is doing a great job with chess promotion to the general public with his ongoing blindfold displays.

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    • Re: Blindfold Chess - the book

      You might want to check out the new chess documentary, 'Algorithms', Hans, which deals with blind rather than blindfold chess.

      http://dearcinema.com/news/ian-mcdon...umentary/3816#

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        With the interest of the Anand - Carlsen match happening I decided to show the blindfold skills of modern players starting with Magnus Carlsen. Magnus is the best example to show of modern players because he has no reluctance to doing blindfold exhibitions and therefore has done more than any other modern celebrity player and is actually getting better at blindfold chess as he gains experience. He has done up to 10 boards blindfold simultaneously on several occasions but unfortunately I so far can not come up with any game scores from those exhibitions. After some digging I found a report from last year. On his way to Mexico for a celebrity event where he played Judit Polgar blindfold (they were both blindfold) he stopped off and visited the Silicon Valley Bank World Headquarters in San Jose California and while there played speed chess with the young American phenom Daniel Naroditsky but more importantly for chess promotional purposes 4 youth players were selected from a crowd and he played them a 4 board blindfold exhibition. Here is one of the games: White: Magnus Carlsen, Black: Anirudh Seela, rated 1835, San Jose, California, Nov. 28, 2012 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Be7 6.d5 0-0 7.e4 Na6 8.Bd3 Nc5 9.Bc2 Rc8 10.b4 Na6 11.e5 Ne8 12.Qd3 g6 13.h4 h5 14.g4 Ng7 15.gxh5 Nxh5 16.Rg1 Qe8 17.Bh6 c5 18.b5 Nb8 19.d6 Bd8 20.Ng5 Nf4 21.Qe3 Ng2+ 22.Rxg2 Bxg2 23.h5 Bb7 24.Qg3 Kh8 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.Qh4 Kg8 27.Bg7 Bxg5 28.Qh8+ Kf7 29.Qh7 Rh8 30.Bxg6 checkmate 1-0

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          Carlsen-Marshall Club here:
          http://www.chess.com/article/view/as...august-23-2012

          Includes scores, such as:
          Last edited by Alan Baljeu; Wednesday, 20th November, 2013, 02:42 PM.

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          • Re: Blindfold Chess - the book

            I too saw this (Marshall Club article, New York above) but if you read the detail it was not a blindfold exhibition but a regular simultaneous (sighted).

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              From Mexico City Nov. 26, 2012 Judit Polgar - Magnus Carlsen (both blindfold) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 d6 5.c3 Bb6 6.a4 Nf6 7.b4 a5 8.b5 Ne7 9.d3 0-0 10.Bg5 Ng6 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Be3 c6 13.Ba2 d5 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Re1 Re8 17.c4 e4 18.d4 exf3 19.Rxe8 Nxe8 20.c5 Qd8 21.Qxf3 Nf6 22.Re1 Be6 23.Bb1 Nf8 24.h3 Rc8 25.b6 Bd7 26.Bc2 Ne6 27.Qd3 Bc6 28.f3 Qd7 29.Ra1 Re8 30.g3 Ng5 31.h4 Qh3 32.Nf1 Nge4 33.fxe4 dxe4 34.Qe2 e3 35.Qh2 Qg4 36.Re1 e2 0-1

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                Also from Mexico City Nov. 26, 2012 Magnus Carlsen - Judit Polgar (both blindfold) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e5 10.a3 Ne7 11.b4 0-0 12. bxc5 d5 13.d3 Qa5 14.a4 Rab8 15.Qe2 Rb3 16.Nd2 Rxc3 17.Nf3 Qxc5 18.Bd2 Rc2 19.Bb4 Rxe2 20.Bxc5 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Bxa7 Ra8 23.Bc5 Nc8 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Nxe5 Rxa4 26.d4 Bf8 27.Nd7 Bxc5 28.Re8+ Kg7 29.dxc5 d4 30.Kf1 Na7 31.Ne5 Nb5 32.f4 Ra2 33.Re7 Kf6 34.Rxf7+ Ke6 35.Rxh7 Kd5 36.c6 Rc2 37.Rb7 Nd6 38.Rd7 Ke6 39.Rd8 g5 40.Nf3 Rc1+ 41.Ke2 Rc2+ 42.Kd1 Rc4 43.Nxg5+ Kd5 44.Nf7 1-0 There you see it the Carlsen style (even while playing blindfold) 4.Bxc6 in the opening, 16.Nd2 and 19.Bb4 in the middlegame leading to 25.Nxe5 and 26.d4 taking control and looking almost effortless finish in the endgame.

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                • Re: Blindfold Chess - the book

                  Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post
                  ...I was happy to see my strategic location in the book! As one of 20 players in chess history to successfully attempt a 20 or more player blindfold simultaneous exhibition I am between Tony Miles (a foremost chess artist and strong grandmaster) and Garry Kasparov (the calculating genius) epauletted by the blindfold adventures of two Danish masters. I am also one of only six survivors of those 20 players and the youngest! Lots of entertaining reading and lots of interesting knowledge between the covers!
                  WOW! hat off to you~
                  Now I want to read that book right after the final exams are done!

                  (just realized this is a post from 2009...)
                  Last edited by Neal Pan; Friday, 29th November, 2013, 01:18 AM.

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                    The next game is Magnus at age 15 against seasoned GM Schandorff - several time Danish Champion both blindfold. Denmark is one of very few countries that host regular blindfold tournaments. Note Magnus' creative but risky play against a noted solid positional player. He castles kingside after storming his G and H pawns and has calculated that his opponents king position is more susceptible to attack than his own. Exciting chess! Magnus Carlsen - Lars Schandorff, Aalborg, Denmark, Feb. 4,2006 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Nxh5 cxd4 10.Nb5 Nc6 11.Nxd4 Nge7 12.c3 Nxe5 13.Bg5 Nd7 14.Bg2 Nc5 15.0-0 Ne4 16.c4 Nxg5 17.hxg5 Qd7 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Rc1 Bg6 20.Re1 Bxh5 21.gxh5 Kd8 22.g6 Nc6 23.gxf7 Be7 24.Ne6+ Kc8 Bxd5 1-0

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                    • Re: Blindfold Chess - the book

                      Forgive me if this has been posted before, Hans, but I only came across Pillsbury's (chessgames.com's 'Player of the Day' today since it's his 'birthday') May 10th, 1900 article, 'The Chess Player's Mind' today.

                      http://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/th...s-players-mind

                      Tangentially, one can only wonder just how good Pillsbury may have become had he started chess at an earlier age (not taking up the game until the age of 16!). Of course, that didn't prevent him from steamrolling the world's best at Hastings in 1895 at the age of 22, with a remarkable +15 -3 =3, ahead of the first two World Champions, Steinitz (5th) and Lasker (3rd), as well as the likes of Chigorin (2nd) and Tarrasch (4th).

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                        Thanks for bringing this interesting article by Pillsbury to the blindfold thread. Pillsbury played more blindfold chess than any player except Koltanowski. Most of his blindfold games and news items are lost in obscurity although excitingly recently researchers are finding blindfold games and articles by Pillsbury and publishing them. I have found more Pillsbury blindfold games that I will eventually publish here.

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                          Magnus Carlsen - Peter Heine Nielsen, Faaborg, Denmark, Jan 2007 (both blindfold) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.g4 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.b3 Nc6 10.Nde2 h5 11.g5 Nd7 12.Bb2 b5 13.e5 Bb7 14.exd6 exd6 15.Qd2 b4 16.Na4 Bxb2 17.Nxb2 a5 18.Nc4 d5 19.Bxd5 Nb6 20.Nxb6 Qxb6 21.Qe3 Qc7 22.0-0-0 a4 23.Qf4 Ne5 24.Bxb7 axb3 25.axb3 Qxb7 26.Qxe5 Rfe8 27.Qf6 Rxe2 28.Rhe1 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Kh7 30.Re7 Qh1+ 31.Kd2 Rd8+ 32.Ke3 Qe1+ 33.Kf3 Qh1+ 34.Kg3 Qg1+ 35.Kh4 1-0 Both kings end up a little airy and Black forces Magnus' king on a walk to a safe hiding hole on h4.

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                            Magnus Carlsen - Peter Heine Nielsen, Faaborg Denmark, Jan 2007 (both blindfold) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.Bg3 Bd6 17.Qa4 Bd7 18.Qc2 Bf5 19.Qb2 Na5 20.Nd2 Bxg3 21.hxg3 c5 22.Qb5 b6 23.Bg4 Kf8 24.Bxf5 Qxf5 25.Nf3 Qd5 26.Ne5 f6 27.Nf3 Qc4 28.Qd7 Qxc3 29.Rac1 Qb3 30.Qxa7 cxd4 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Qd7 Qc3 33.Re7 Qc4 34.Kh2 Nc6 35.Rxg7 Rd8 36.Qc7 Rc8 37.Qd7 Rd8 38.Qg4 Ne7 39.Rxh7 Qg8 40.Qh4 1-0 The players feel each other out in the opening and into the early middlegame. Than Magnus gets creative with his queen. All those queen moves! and the rooks dance both offense and defence. Black's weakened king position finally collapses.

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                            • Re: Blindfold Chess - the book

                              I was recently reading the British Chess Magazine for 1918 and found this blindfold game in the July issue (p. 204):

                              We are indebted to Mr. Pam Barry, of Winnipeg, for the score of the following interesting and hitherto unpublished game, which was played at Montreal in 1897 against the late Harry Nelson Pillsbury, who had Mr. Barry as one of his opponents in a blindfold exhibition against 12 antagonists.

                              Game No. 4,463
                              Kieseritzsky Gambit
                              Blindfold Simul
                              White H.N. Pillsbury
                              Black P. Barry

                              1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 d5 6.d4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bxf4 dxe4 9.Bc4 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Be5 Nh5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nxe4 Qxh4 15.Qd2 h6 16.Rf4 f5 17.Raf1 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 Qd8 19.Ng3 Kg6 20.Bd3 Qg5 21.Qxc7 Rf6 22.Qe7 Be6 23.Re1 Bd5 24.Re5 Raf8 25.Nxf5 Rxf5 26.Qxf8 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 g3+ 28.Kxg3 Qg5+ 29.Kh3 Qxg2+ 30.Kh4 Qh2+ 31.Kg4 Bf3# 0-1
                              Last edited by Wayne Komer; Wednesday, 25th December, 2013, 12:09 PM. Reason: added a clarification

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                                IM Pedersen - GM Carlsen, Aalborg, Denmark 2006 (both blindfold) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.0-0 0-0 8.a3 Ba5 9.e3 e5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Nd7 13.f4 Nc5 14.Bf3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Bf5 16.e4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.Rd4 Nxc3 19.Rxc4 Nd5 20.Bb2 Rfd8 21.Re1 Rd7 22.f5 Re8 23.h4 b6 24.h5 h6 25.Rg4 Nf6 26.Rh4 Nh7 27.Bc1 Rd5 28.Rg4 Kf8 29.f6 Nxf6 30.Rxg7 Rexe5 31.Rxe5 Rxe5 32.Bxh6 Rxh5 33.Rh7+ Ke7 34.Rh8 Ke6 35.Kg2 Ng4 36.Re8+ Kd7 0-1 Magnus has lots of fun with his king's knight. His opponent plays all sorts of cheapoes but Magnus "sees" further!

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