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Hans, and other blindfold players - do you keep in memory a square-color of your bishops? In mine brain a board is simple gray, only imaginary squares exist. In other words, I don't bother that a f1-bishop is on a white square.
Depends if Im having a good day or not (or if I have been practicing). On a good day I see the colour of the square but usually I dont see anything. In other words as to the colour of the square of the Bf8 today I would have to think about it before saying its dark. Please also see my answer that I posted on the thread: Blindfold Chess - what do you see?
Lang-Bofinger, Sontheim Germany, Nov 27, 2011, World Chess Record 1 of 46, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 h6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Be7 7.h3 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Bd6 14.Qe2 Qe7 15.Rad1 a6 16.Rd3 Rad8 17.Re3 Bxe5 18.Rxe5 Rfe8 19.Re1 Rd6 20.Qc4 Rc6 21.Qd4 Rd6 22.Qe3 Qd7 23.Re2 b5 24.a3 Qf7 25.f4 Nd7 Agreed Drawn. A well played game by Marc Lang up to move 20. Qc4 is inaccurate. 20.f4 would have led to advantage (eventually putting decisive pressure on the e6 pawn). As played White shuffles queen and rook and f4 comes to late. The Re5 is caught in a perpetual (potential 26.Re4 Nf6 27.Re5 Nd7 28.Re4 Nf6 etc.)
Hans, and other blindfold players - do you keep in memory a square-color of your bishops? In mine brain a board is simple gray, only imaginary squares exist. In other words, I don't bother that a f1-bishop is on a white square.
Yes, I know the colours of my bishops. In the 2009 thread I mentioned: quick, on which two diagonals is f5?. Of course, the squares are all light. Since I don't "see" anything when playing blindfolded, I don't "see" the colour of the squares of the bishop, but I do "know" it. For me, knowing the terrain of the board is vital.
Lang-Diepold,Duda,Thomas Sontheim Germany, Nov. 27, 2011 World Blindfold Record 1 of 46, 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Bd6 4.Bg3 Nf6 5.e3 Nc6 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 a6 11.Bd3 h6 12.g4 Bd7 13.Rb1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Na5 15.Bd3 Rf8 16.e4 Qe7 17.Qd2 b5 18.Ne5 Nc6 19.Qf4 Rb8 20.0-0 g5 21.Qe3 Rh8 22.Nxc6 Bxc6 23.c4 h5 24.d5 Bd7 25.gxh5 Rxh5 26.e5 exd5 27.cxd5 g4 28.Qg3 Qh4 29.Qxh4 Rxh4 30.g3 Agreed draw. I wonder if the Black team was a team of chess students? After an opening that could put one to sleep you can just imagine their thinking. What to do? Not sure - so lets just wreck White's pawn structure. Whoops - Black shouldnt castle - so lets just play a6 and h6 to let the rooks move. Oh yes Na5 works. Cant castle - so half castle Rf8, Qe7 and wait and see. Marc is patient but finally White castles. Ok, g5 we're on. White meets kingside action with center pawn action. But just when White has his chance with 25 or 26.a7 he decides to deal with kingside threats first and after the queen exchange there is no more play - so draw. A bit of humor and the thinking is all my imagination - but maybe - just maybe.
There's a story of a master playing a blindfold simul. In order to keep the games distinct in his mind, he varied games and opened some e4, some d4, and some Nf3. The club he took on played him a trick. Move 1, they all played b6. Move 2, half played Bb7 and half Ba6. Move 3, some played Bb7, some Ba6, and some Bc8.
Shortly after, the master abandoned the contest due to seeing bishops everywhere!
On the Magnus Carlsen 60 Minutes (CBS) segment, Magnus played 10 blindfold simultaneous. The interviewer, who in general did a good job, I think, gushed over how incredible that is. But back in North America, the general reaction ranges from boredom to stupefaction. Sure, some individuals are amazed, but in general, it's "Yeah, whatever." Even in Europe, it's a bit of a speciality interest. For example, has any 10 or more blindfold simul been used to raise 10 or more (G) for charity?
Magnus spoke Norwegian in the blindfold simul. Now that's amazing.
Edward Winter's Chess Notes 7559 (sorry, no direct link to just the article. If you reference this later, the month is March 2012) is a photo of longtime New Zealand Champion Ortvin Sarapu playing blindfold in 1954.
On the Magnus Carlsen 60 Minutes (CBS) segment, Magnus played 10 blindfold simultaneous. The interviewer, who in general did a good job, I think, gushed over how incredible that is. But back in North America, the general reaction ranges from boredom to stupefaction. Sure, some individuals are amazed, but in general, it's "Yeah, whatever." Even in Europe, it's a bit of a speciality interest. For example, has any 10 or more blindfold simul been used to raise 10 or more (G) for charity?
Magnus spoke Norwegian in the blindfold simul. Now that's amazing.
Good point Jonathan. Somewhere (maybe in another interview) Magnus also said he would be even willing to try more boards (maybe it was my interpretation but I think he meant more than 20!?) becaus it would be great fun! What a great attitude!! (also his willingness to play the local up and coming juniors at speed odds and blindfold)
Back to Koltanowski. Kolty-McCormick, Ventor, New Jersey, Dec. 15, 1940, 1 of 8 boards blindfold. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.f4 d6 8.c3 Bg4 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.f5 Qd7 11.Qe1 0-0-0 12.h3 Na5 13.Bd3 Qa4 14.hxg4 Nxg4 15.b4 Nc6 16.Qe2 h5 17.Bb5 Nd4 18.cxd4 Qxb4 19.Qb2 Qxd4+ 20.Qxd4 exd4 21.Be2 Rhe8 22.Bxg4 hxg4 23.Re1 Re5 24.Bf4 Rc5 25.Nd2 Re8 26.Rec1 Kd7 27.Rxc5 dxc5 28.Rc1 Kc6 29.Nb3 b6 30.Nxd4+ Kb7 31.Ne6! fxe6 32.fxe6 Rxe6 33.e5 Kc6 34.Kf2 Kd5 35.Ke3 b5 36.Rd1+ Kc6 37.Ke4 g6 38.Rd8 b4 39.Kd3 a5 40.Kc4 g5 41.Bg3 Rh6 42.Rd5 Rh1 43.Rxc5+ Kb6 44.Rd5 Rc1+ 45.Kd4 a4 46.e6 b3 47.axb3 a3 48.b4 a2 49.Ra5 a1=Q+ 50.Rxa1 Rxa1 51.e7 Ra8 52.Kd5 Re8 53.Ke6 Kc6 54.b5+ Kxb5 55.Kd7 Rxe7+ 56.Kxe7 c5 57.Kf6 c4 58.Kxg5 1-0 Kolty calls this game: "one of the hardest-fought struggles I have ever experienced against a young expert who has always impressed me as a deep and original thinker." I'll leave it to the reader to judge the quality of the game but I must point out that Edgar McCormick was a strong master for many years and in fact I was crushed by him in the 1976 Canadian Open in Toronto.
Back to Koltanowski. Kolty-McCormick, Ventor, New Jersey, Dec. 15, 1940, 1 of 8 boards blindfold. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.f4 d6 8.c3 Bg4 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.f5 Qd7 11.Qe1 0-0-0 12.h3 Na5 13.Bd3 Qa4 14.hxg4 Nxg4 15.b4 Nc6 16.Qe2 h5 17.Bb5 Nd4 18.cxd4 Qxb4 19.Qb2 Qxd4+ 20.Qxd4 exd4 21.Be2 Rhe8 22.Bxg4 hxg4 23.Re1 Re5 24.Bf4 Rc5 25.Nd2 Re8 26.Rec1 Kd7 27.Rxc5 dxc5 28.Rc1 Kc6 29.Nb3 b6 30.Nxd4+ Kb7 31.Ne6! fxe6 32.fxe6 Rxe6 33.e5 Kc6 34.Kf2 Kd5 35.Ke3 b5 36.Rd1+ Kc6 37.Ke4 g6 38.Rd8 b4 39.Kd3 a5 40.Kc4 g5 41.Bg3 Rh6 42.Rd5 Rh1 43.Rxc5+ Kb6 44.Rd5 Rc1+ 45.Kd4 a4 46.e6 b3 47.axb3 a3 48.b4 a2 49.Ra5 a1=Q+ 50.Rxa1 Rxa1 51.e7 Ra8 52.Kd5 Re8 53.Ke6 Kc6 54.b5+ Kxb5 55.Kd7 Rxe7+ 56.Kxe7 c5 57.Kf6 c4 58.Kxg5 1-0 Kolty calls this game: "one of the hardest-fought struggles I have ever experienced against a young expert who has always impressed me as a deep and original thinker." I'll leave it to the reader to judge the quality of the game but I must point out that Edgar McCormick was a strong master for many years and in fact I was crushed by him in the 1976 Canadian Open in Toronto.
The game as such is rather poor with several blunders, which is not to say that it is uninteresting. But Kolty knew how to put on a show and make his accomplishments look even better than they were, for example by going out of his way to praise his defeated opponents.
For the record I also played McCormick in the '70 I believe but it is not in my databases so I may have lost the scoresheet. I might well have lost... :)
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