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My sleep has been affected for years (but not until I reached age 50 and stopped drinking regularly!) (Maybe I should take it up again!!) However I am alive and doing quite well. (contrary to the expectations of the pundits and critics of blindfold chess)
There has been a lot on blindfold chess in the news recently. Here are tips on how to start with blindfold chess by a well known chess teacher: http://chessimprover.com/focus/
Back to Morozevich. Svidler - Moro, Amber Blindfold 2007, 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.0-0 0-0-0 12.Nd1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 g5 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Bd4 gxf4 16.Qxf4 Rg8 17.Ne3 f6 18.exf6 e5 19.f7 Rxg2+ 0-1 Svidler's howler 19.f7?? (hanging the queen because he was expecting 19...PxQ 20. PxR=Q and of course 19...Rxg2+ means he loses the queen for a rook) should not detract from Moro's well thought and executed attack. Svidler was simply lost in the final position and Moro's excellent play deserves notice.
Moro - Carlsen, Amber Blindfold 2007, 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bf4 Bc4 9.Qd1 Nc6 10.Nd2 Ba6 11.Qa4 Bb7 12.Nb5 Kd7 13.Bg2 a6 14.Nc3 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Kxd6 16.e4 b5 17.e5+ Kc7 18.Qd1 Nd7 19.Nb3 Rc8 20.Qg4 g5 21.f4 h6 22.0-0 Kb8 23.Rad1 Ka8 24.fxg5 hxg5 25.Rxf7 Ndxe5 26.dxe5 Qb6+ 27.Nd4 Nxe5 28.Rxb7 Kxb7 29.Qxe6 Qxe6 30.Nxe6 g4 31.Nf4 Ka7 32.Rxd5 Nf3 33.Bxf3 gxf3 34.Rd7+ Kb8 35.h4 b4 36.Ne4 Rc2 37.Rd2 Rhc8 38.Rxc2 Rxc2 39.h5 Rxb2 40.h6 Rb1+ 41.Kh2 Rb2+ 42.Kh3 Rb1 43.Kg4 Rh1 44.Nh3 f2 45.Nexf2 1-0 Moro forces Magnus to move his king in the opening (12...Kd7) but Magnus recovers and seems to be holding until one king move too many (23...Ka8) In my humble opinion 23...Qe7 must be ok. However lots of wild tactical positions in this game. Magnus sacrifices a knight on d5 (25...Ndxe5) but Moro finds the accurate 28.Rxb7 and white's two knights (and passed pawn) rule supreme in the ending.
From CHESS (Sutton Coldfield) November, 1951, p.31:
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Blindfold Chess
Dear Mr. Wood,
Few people are aware of the large number of young players who practice playing blindfold. For instance in Leeds club alone, which has a membership of 100 players, forty are keenly engaged in a blindfold (knock-out) competition this month!
Gelfand - Moro, Amber Blindfold 2002, 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 0-0 8.Be2 Na6 9.Bf3 Qb6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.Nge2 Nb4 12.0-0 Rd8 13.d6 Rxd6 14.Bf4 Rd7 15.Rfd1 Nfd5 16.Bg3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nc6 18.Nf4 Ra5 19.Nd3 Ra3 20.Rdc1 Na5 21.Rab1 Nc4 22.Rb4 Nd2 23.Rxb6 Nxf3 24.gxf3 Rxa2 25.Nc5 Rd5 26.Nxb7 h5 27.Nc5 Bh3 28.Rb8+ Kh7 29.Nd3 Rf5 30.Re1 g5 31.f4 Rd2 32.Nc5 gxf4 33.Bh4 Bf6 34.Ne4 Bxh4 35.Nxd2 Rg5+ 36.Kh1 Bxf2 0-1 I thought I knew what was going on after 30...g5 but as a mere mortal I would have played 31...h4 winning a trapped bishop. Not Moro!! - he wanted the king and gets it in short order!
Topalov - Morozevich, Amber Blindfold 2003, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.d4 Nd7 11.g4 Bg6 12.Qa4 h5 13.Qxc6 hxg4 14.hxg4 Kf8 15.Nbd2 Rb8 16.Nf1 Rb6 17.Qc4 exd4 18.Qxd4 Bf6 19.Qe3 Ne5 20.N3h2 d5 21.g5 Nc4 22.Qg3 Be5 23.f4 Bd6 24.b3 Bc5+ 25.Kg2 Bxe4+ 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.bxc4 Qd1 28.Qg4 Qc2+ 29.Bd2 Re6 30.Qf5 Be3 31.Rc1 Qxa2 32.Rd1 Qxc4 33.Bxe3 Qe2+ 34.Bf2 Qxd1 35.Qc5+ Qd6 36.Qa7 Kg8 37.Be3 Re8 38.Qb7 Qd3 39.Qc6 Re6 40.Qc5 Qe2+ 41.Kg1 Rb6 42.Qxc7 Rxh2 43.Qc8+ Kh7 44.Qf5+ Rg6 45.Nxh2 Qxe3+ 46.Kg2 f6 47.Ng4 Qf3+ 48.Kg1 fxg5 49.Ne5 Qg3+ 0-1 It seems like Topo starts out dominating the position but everything he does makes Moro's remaining pieces better. Topo puts out the fire by RxB and PxN but then Moro's queen and rooks come in. Its like the pieces are flies furiously buzzing around Topo's head. Finally Moro takes Topo's last trick and turns it around on him. There are a lot of tactics in this game.
http://tvo.org/video/207857/redsign-my-brain From 1 minute 50 seconds to about 4 minutes in this interesting video it shows Marc Lang doing a 12 board rapid blindfold simultaneous exhibition. Marc says he has a room opening up in his mind and when he asks it shows him the next game position.
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