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Thanks for the links and I have moved up my thread: Blindfold Chess - What do you see? to the front page of chesstalk. I describe my experience of visualising an entire game (and attempts to do two). Actually with the board it takes alot more energy and is much harder to visualise. To do simultaneous games blindfold you must give up your fixed focus on the board and then it becomes surprisingly much easier. At first try visualising the moves of your favorite opening and then when you have done that try all the moves of one of your favorite short games. The mind is like a muscle - with repeated attempts (training) it becomes better at "seeing" and clearer (even at my age). Also the mind relies to much on the "comfort zone". Visualisation exercises bring a refreshing change.
Moving on to Pillsbury. Pillsbury was the first "professional" showman in blindfold play and a real dynamic force in inspiring others to play blindfold. He inspired both a young Capablanca and a young Alekhine into desiring to do great exhibitions. His blindfold exhibitions captivated their young minds. He studied the art of mnemonics and added that to his blindfold technique. For me personally his games were the first great inspiration in blindfold play. Sure there was Morphy but I couldnt find enough Morphy blindfold games - but Pillsbury - there were a great many published examples of brilliance. (and then there was Alekhine - but thats another story)
Pillsbury - Amateur Toronto 1899 This game was 1 of 12 chess games, accompanied by 4 checker blindfold simul games as well as Pillsbury was involved in a game of whist (a card game) - Astonishing!
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nbd7 5.00 b6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb7 9.Nxd6+ cxd6 10.Bf4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 d5 12.Bd6 Rc8 13.Rfe1 Rc6 14.Ba3 a5 15.c4 Ne4 16.cxd5 Ng5 17.Qg3 Rc8 18.dxe6 Nxe6 19.Rxe6+ fxe6 20.Qg6+ hxg6 21.Bxg6#
Pillsbury - Marshall Montreal 1893 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd8 5.e4 e5 6.d5 Bd6 7.f4 exf4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bd3 Nh5 10.00 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 Qf6 12.Ne2 g5 13.Qc2 Bb6 14.Bd2 Rg8 15.e5 Qh6 16.a4 Ng3+ 17.Nxg3 fxg3 18.Bc3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 g4 20.f4 Bf2 21.Rxf2 gxf2 22.Qxf2 g3 23.Qd2 Nd7 24.e6 fxe6 25.dxe6 Nc5 26.Bc4 Rd8 27.Qg2 Ne4 28.Rf1 Rd1 29.Be1 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Nf2+ 31.Kg1 gxh2+ 32.Kxf2 Rxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Qxf4 34.Be2 Qd2 0-1
Another reason I admire Pillsbury. He didnt back away from anyone.
Pillsbury - Marshall Montreal 1894 10 board blindfold simul
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd8 5.fxe5 Bc5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Ne4 Bb6 9.c3 Qd5 10.Qc2 Bf5 11.Nf6+ Nxf6 12.Qxf5 Ne7 13.Qg5 Ne4 14.Qxg7 Bf2+ 15.Kf1 Rg8 16.Qxh7 Bb6 17.d4 000 18.Qxh6 Rh8 19.Qf4 Rdg8 20.Rg1 Ng6 21.Qe3 Re8 22.Qd3 Nh4 23.Nxh4 Rxh4 24.h3 c5 25.Bg4+ f5 26.exf6+ Rxg4 27.hxg4 Nxg3+ 28.Qxg3 Qc4+ 29.Kf2 Qe2#
Pillsbury - Amateur Toronto 1899 This game was 1 of 12 chess games, accompanied by 4 checker blindfold simul games as well as Pillsbury was involved in a game of whist (a card game) - Astonishing!
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nbd7 5.00 b6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Bb7 9.Nxd6+ cxd6 10.Bf4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 d5 12.Bd6 Rc8 13.Rfe1 Rc6 14.Ba3 a5 15.c4 Ne4 16.cxd5 Ng5 17.Qg3 Rc8 18.dxe6 Nxe6 19.Rxe6+ fxe6 20.Qg6+ hxg6 21.Bxg6#
According to Pope's monograph on Pillsbury, this game is mistated in a number of sources. It was actually played in Toledo, OH on 15 January 1900 (8 chess games, 6 games of checkers and a game of whist).
Hi Stephen, Thanks for the correction. The circumstances are still astonishing and the finish of the game pure showmanship! I dug it out of Irving Chernev's 1000 Short Games of Chess.
More from Pillsbury: Same 16 board exhibition in Chicago 1900 - Pillsbury-Davis 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nb5 Qd8 8.c3 00 9.f4 f5 10.Nf3 Rf7 11.Bd3 a6 12.Na3 Nf8 13.Nc2 Bd7 14.00 Bb5 15.Bxb5 axb5 16.Qd3 Qe8 17.a3 c6 18.Kh1 Na6 19.Rg1 g6 20.Ng5 Re7 21.g4 Rg7 22.Rg3 Rc8 23.Rag1 Rcc7 24.Ne3 Rce7 25.gxf5 exf5 26.h4 Ne6 27.Nxe6 Rxe6 28.Nxf5 Rc7 29.Nh6+ Kh8 30.f5 Ree7 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Rxg6 Rg7 33.Qf5 Rxg6 34.Rxg6 Rg7 35.Nf7+ Qxf7 36.Rh6+ Kg8 37.Qc8+ Qf8 38.Rh8+ 1-0 Pillsbury-Marshall 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 e4 5.Ne5 Nxd5 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Qe2 f6 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 Bf7 10.Qh3 Bxg6 11.Qe6+ Ne7 12.Qxf6 Rg8 13.Bxg8 Nxg8 14.Qe6+ Ne7 15.Bg5 Nbc6 16.c3 Pillsbury concludes a deep combination even though he is occupied by 15 other boards and is playing Marshall, already a strong master. 16...Qd5 17.Qxd5 Nxd5 18.Nd2 Be7 19.Bxe7 Ncxe7 20.00 e3 21.fxe3 Nxe3 22.Rf3 N3f5 23.Re1 h5 24.Ne4 000 25.Ng3 Kd7 26.Nxf5 Nxf5 27.Re5 Rf8 28.Rf4 Rf7 29.g4 hxg4 30.Rxg4 Bh7 31.h4 c6 32.Kh2 Nd6 33.h5 Nc4 34.Re2 Nd6 35.Reg2 Nf5 36.Rf4 Ke6 37.Re2+ Kf6 .5-.5 (draw) One gets the feeling that Marshall (who had already begun his international career and was a strong master) was following Pillsbury around and playing him in his blindfold simuls. Incredible! Pillsbury would have only been slightly stronger one on one over the board at this time. What is even more incredible was apparently Marshall was joined later in this game by Johnston (one of the strongest players in the midwest United States) It is clear that Pillsbury accepted the strongest opponents in his blindfold simuls and didnt back off from anyone in indulging in his blindfold skills!
The 16 board blindfold simul above by Pillsbury was a total of 466 moves and took approx. 5 hours and 15 minutes which meant that Pillsbury averaged about 40 seconds a move! Very fast thinking for so many games!
Readers are invited to go to:www.blindfoldchess.net The authors of the book: Blindfold Chess have started a blog with several interesting articles and invite your comments.
Pillsbury broke the World Record he tied in Chicago by playing one more board (17 in total) in New Orleans March 8, 1900. April 28, 1900 in Philadelphia he was first in the world to do 20 boards. To top it off he played the following game which is considered by many to be his finest blindfold performance. Pillsbury-Bampton Board 1 of 20 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.00 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Ba4 e4 7.Re1 Be7 8.Ne5 00 9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Ng4! Bxd4 12.Nd5 Be5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Qh5 f6 15.Bb3 Kh8 16.Re3 g6 17.Qh4 Re6 18.Rh3 h5 19.Nxf6!! Nf5 20.Qg5 Nf7 21.Qxg6 Qxf6 22.Rxh5+ N7h6 23.Qxf6+ Rxf6 24.Be5 Kg7 25.g4!! Nxg4 26.Rg5+ Kh6 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Rxf5 Kg6 29.Re5 d6 30.Re7 Bh3 31.Kh1! Rf8 32.Rg1+ Ng4 33.Rxe4 Kf5 34.Re2 Re8! 35.Rge1! Ne5 36.f4 Kxf4 37.Rf2+ Kg5 38.Bd5! c6 39.Rg1+ Ng4 40.Bf3 Re3 41.Bxg4 Bxg4 42.Rfg2 1-0
From the Daily Globe newspaper Toronto Saturday, Jan. 24, 1880! A game titled: "Blindfold Chess in Montreal" White: Mr. Jacob G. Ascher (playing blindfold) Black: Mr JW Shaw (is this John Shaw?) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2 Nxd5 8.Qxe5+ Qe7 9.Bxd7+ Kxd7 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Nxf7 Rhf8 12.Ne5+ Kd8 13.d4 c5 14.Be3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Bd6 16.Nd2 Ke7 17.000 Rf5 18.N2f3 Rd8 19.Rd2 Rdf8 20.a3 g5 21.e4! R5f6 22.Rhd1 b6 23.Nxg5 Rh6 24.Ngf7!? Rf6 25.Nxd6 Kxd6 26.Nf3 Kc6 27.d5+ Kd7 28.e5 Rf4 29.Re2 Re8 30.Ng5 Rf5 31.e6+ Kd6 32.Nf7+ Ke7 33.d6+ Kf8 34.d7 Rb8 35.e7+ Kxf7 36.e8=Q+ 1-0 The blindfold player played well and accurate. His opponent made several mistakes. The notes were atrocious so I didnt include them. The page of the newspaper is also filled with practical tips on all sorts of weird things and alot of gossip items (current news?) The column of the page with the chess news on it concludes with advertising for "Myrtle Navy" tobacco and Saxford's Jamaica Ginger to prevent gout and rheumatism. Thanks to Erik Malmsten for supplying me with a great many newspaper items on blindfold chess from Canada's past. They are so interesting I thought I would include several snippets (translated by me) in this thread.
In Germany Herr Alexander Fritz has been astonishing the locals by amazing blindfold play. His last exhibition resulted in 8 wins and 2 draws out of 12 simul blindfold games. An example of his play: White - G. Deurer Black - Alex. Fritz 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.00 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.gxf3 Qc8 10.Kh1 g5!? 11.d3 g4! 12.f4 g3!! 13.fxg3 Qh3 14.Rf3 Rxg3!! 0-1 Wow! Mr. Fritz will appear in the upcoming great tournaments Brunswick and Wiesbaden. From the Toronto Globe, July 3, 1880. All I can say is that Mr. Fritz did not appear in any previous research that I recall seeing on blindfold chess. Some extra researching is definitely needed on my part.
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