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http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-blind-simul-game A short detour from the latest modern blindfold play. An excellent article on Morphy's blindfold prowess. Impressive are the first two games where Morphy's opponents prove tough nuts to crack but Morphy shows he is up to the task.
Anand - Kramnik, Monaco Blindfold 2009, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.0-0 Bd6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 0-0 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Bh6 Rfd8 15.h4 Be6 16.Qg5 Qxc3 17.Rfd1 Bf8 18.Bxf8 Rd5 19.Qf6 Rxf8 20.Be4 Rh5 21.Rac1 Qa5 22.f3 Rb5 23.a4 Rb6 24.d5 Bf5 25.d6 Bxe4 26.fxe4 Qxa4 27.h5 Qxe4 28.Qe7 Qb4 29.h6 Rc6 30.Qf6 1-0 Start play on the kingside, create a weakness (the g7 hole), run the H-pawn and you will be rewarded. The game was more complex than that but Anand's timing with the advanced D-pawn is lovely to see. Its amazing after move 22 how fast Anand took control, took the initiative and brought thru the advantage.
Karpov is also a good blindfold player. He gave many blindfold simuls of 4 to 5 boards. Here is an interesting game where he relentlessly pursues a kingside attack.
Karpov - Van Wely, Monaco Blindfold 1997, 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Qa4 Nbd7 6.e4 a6 7.Bxc4 c6 8.Qc2 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.0-0 Be7 13.Bd2 0-0 14.Bd3 h6 15.a4 b4 16.Rfc1 Rc8 17.Qd1 Qa5 18.h4 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Qc1 Bb7 22.Bxh6 Qxa4 23.Bg5 Bxg5 Nxg5 24.Nxg5 Nf8 25.Qc7 Qd7 26.Qc5 b3 27.Qb6 Qc6 28.Qd8 Qc8 29.Qe7 Qd7 30.Bh7 White wins queen or checkmate next move. 1-0
The three Polgar sisters are all excellent blindfold players (they grew up with it). I remember In the 80's in Guelph watching Sofia Polgar playing blindofld speed chess (5 minutes) against all comers (they were all sighted) She had no problems beating them at age 12. Here is a blindfold exhibition speed game between Judith and Sofia broadcast on German TV which took place in Biel, Switzerland (they were ages 10 and 12 respectively). White Judith, Black Sofia 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 0-0 8.d5 Nb8 9.e5 Ne8 10.Nc3 d6 11.Bf4 a6 12. Bxe8 Rxe8 13.Re1 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Bf5 16.Qf3 Nd7 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.g4 Nf6 19.gxf5 Rg8 20.Kh1 Qd7 21.Re6 Rad8 22.Rae1 g5 23.Ne4 Qxd5 24.Qc3 1-0 Judith's attacking instincts found 17.Nxf7! but she missed 24.Rxe7! winning the queen as Sofia's flag fell. Still a good blindfold game considering speed and age.
I did comment to Yuri - basically I agreed his assessment was correct but blindfold play could start at 1400+. However I think my comment was foiled by the security word that you have to retype (maybe they think Im a computer?) Maybe someone else could post a similar comment.
I did comment to Yuri - basically I agreed his assessment was correct but blindfold play could start at 1400 . However I think my comment was foiled by the security word that you have to retype (maybe they think Im a computer?)
He would probably value your comments more than mine. BTW, these security word(s) sometimes have 2 parts; the first part is easily readable and the second part, separated by a small space, is blurry and hard to read. You might have been fooled into thinking that there was no second part.
Maybe someone else could post a similar comment.
Done.
Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Thursday, 29th May, 2014, 06:39 PM.
Reason: Done.
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