Blindfold Chess - the book

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  • Thanks Peter. I knew Pillsbury's words but not the article. Good read. Alekhine had the best chess imagination of those portrayed but thats an entirely different area. Is there an article on that?
    Pillsbury used a memory system, maybe the first of the blindfold greats to use one.

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    • I came across the new online radio show on women in chess by Jennnifer Shahade. In the second episode she interviews Adia Onyango, 1958, and about half way through she talks about playing blindfold and getting her students to try it:

      https://new.uschess.org/news/ladies-...yango-podcast/

      In the first episode she interviewed Canadian Alexandra Botez, 2072, twitch streamer and bullet player:

      https://new.uschess.org/news/ladies-...-shahadebotez/
      Last edited by Erik Malmsten; Monday, 4th March, 2019, 03:06 PM. Reason: typo

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      • A huge thanks to Erik for this. I would never have found the links on my own and I enjoyed the podcasts.

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        • https://www.chess.com/article/view/a-blind-simul-game Batgirl's wonderful article on Morphy's blindfold skill

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          • Blindfold Chess – the book

            May 8, 2019

            See:

            Vidit Gujrathi’s blindfold magic

            https://en.chessbase.com/post/vidit-...lindfold-magic

            “GM Vidit Gujrathi visited the ChessBase India studio in Mumbai in the last week of April. One of Vidit's excellent qualities is that he likes to share his knowledge with aspiring chess enthusiasts. After years of hard work he has been able to reach a rating of 2700+, a rating which only a handful GMs all across the world can boast of. Vidit is also a fine blindfold player and this is precisely the knowledge he wanted to share. So, we tied a blindfold around Vidit's eyes and gave him five tough compositions to solve. He tried to solve them without looking at the board and the result of all of this was a 46-minute blindfold video!”

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            • https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-german-morphy Another gem of an article by Batgirl referring to blindfold chess.

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              • Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post
                https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-german-morphy Another gem of an article by Batgirl referring to blindfold chess.
                Suhle, a player most of us never heard of, was a Top 10 in the world around Morphy's time.
                http://www.edochess.ca/players/p38.html

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                • https://www.chess.com/article/view/before-philidor I dont know how I missed this article before. Its a history of blindfold players before Philidor (including Philidor) going as far back as the 12th century.

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                  • https://en.chessbase.com/post/anish-...lindfold-simul Anish Giri gives a 3 board blindfold exhibition interspersed with his wit. The whole exhibition can be watched as its only 23 minutes long.

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                    • Blindfold Chess - the book

                      June 7, 2019

                      Photos of Timur Gareyev playing blindfold simul during the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)

                      https://www.fide.com/component/conte...rum-spief.html

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                      • Its nice to see Timur showing his skills amongst the influential. Also nice to see FIDE promoting him as king of blindfold chess.

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                        • A photo of Hans playing blindfold at Harbourfront:
                          https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

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                          • The Benefits of Blindfold Chess by Hugh Patterson

                            a recent piece over at The Chess Improver ...

                            - "a useful training tool to develop focus and visualization"

                            - gradually increase the number of moves, hence, even suitable for beginners!
                            - start with empty board and just identify squares and (possible) blemishes
                            - no need for an entire game played to see improvements, eg, 12-14 moves is good enough
                            - Morphy eg included in the article
                            Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.

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                            • Blindfold Chess - the book

                              August 21, 2019

                              A book has recently come out in Czech:

                              Title: Resme naslepo!
                              Author: Kanovsky, David
                              Publisher: Self-Edition
                              Paperback, 44 pages
                              Year: 2019

                              Publisher’s Blurb

                              (Let's Solve Blindfolded!). The book is intended for intermediate and stronger players. It brings contains 200 examples, which you will see first only in notation and then in a small diagram form. Solution at the end. Author writes in the preface: To solve examples blindfolded is, in my humble opinion, an excellent way to train tactics, calculate variations, and check the overall spatial vision of a chessboard. IM David Dejf Kanovsky is a strong master and successful trainer.

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                              I don’t know how successful this method will be. I shall give three examples in English algebraic and supply the diagrams tomorrow and the answers on Friday.

                              No. 1

                              White: Kf5, Qc7, Rf4, Ne2
                              Black: Kd5, Ra4, Be5
                              Mate in two, White moves

                              No. 111

                              White: Kg1, Qc6, Rc1, Re1, a4, d5, f2, g3, h2
                              Black: Kg8, Qg5, Rd7, Rd8, a7, b6, f7, g7, g6
                              Combination, White moves

                              No. 199

                              White: Ka8, Qb3, b7
                              Black: Ka6, Qc6
                              Study, White moves

                              Quite honestly, I cannot visualize these on the boards. If I were in Mr. Kanovsky’s school, I would get tossed out.
                              Good luck to anyone who attempts these. I shall keep the book as a curiosity.

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                              • regarding the book: Resme naslepo, This training method has been known for years. In a recent article in chessbase the subject was Kramniks training camp in France for young super talents. One of the very young GM's took a look at a problem position and solved it while he was taking a shower. I highly recommend solving puzzles this way IF (and only if) your mind is young, willing, and able.

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