Questions tagged [blindfold-chess]

Question 1

When posting a picture of a chess board, in a blog post or a website, what should the alt text be? The text that will be shown in case the image was not shown. example, html img tag <img src"...

Question 2

This question was raised on the latest Chicken Chess Club podcast by a listener writing in who wanted help trying to play blindfold and who said: What do you see when you try to visualise the board? ...

Question 3

Aphantasia is the suggested name for a condition where one does not possess a functioning mind's eye and cannot visualize imagery. Everyone's a bit different. I have a cubics cube on my desk, and ...

Question 4

I would like to learn blindfolded chess. But after about 20 moves I cannot remember the position. My question: Do you know an app for Android that can replace the pieces by dots? For Desktop PC I ...

Question 5

I can do it okay using an empty board (like Luzhin). But I can’t picture 64 squares at once and their colors. Say black has N at b4. White can pin it to a black R on 8. Which file? What color square. ...

Question 6

Is there an algebraic way to know In which square two diagonals meet? For example a2 and f3 meet in d5 How can one find d5 without looking at the board? (Blindfolded chess exercise)

Question 7

I will be sitting in two boring meetings and each one is several hours long. I do not need to participate in any way, nor is the information from the meeting useful to me. However, my presence is ...

Question 8

I am a blind chess player on Lichess. I came across a position in which I wanted to promote to a rook. I learned that you can promote by writing like this: a8=n // promote the pawn at a8 to a knight. ...

Question 9

I am a blind chess player and desperately need a platform that I can play online. I've searched the web and the only thing that I could find is software that you have to download in order for this ...

Question 10

It's been a long time since I wanted to ask this question to a professional player but as I don't know any, I thought maybe this was the right place to ask: Does it change anything to play blindfold ...

Question 11

Roughly how much ELO does it cost a GM or top player to play blindfolded? For instance, if a 2600-rated GM were blindfolded, against what rating of opponent would they be expected to score roughly 50%?...

Question 12

There seems to be no shortage of stories about top rated players playing blindfold, either recreationally, or in tournaments. I'm curious whether all top players have this ability. Are there are GM-...

Question 13

Is there a standard way to learn to play blind? How should one go about becoming better at blind chess? Should it come "natural" to a player at some point? I am interested in knowing if it ...

Question 14

Are blindfold chess games playable for chess world champions and grandmasters? Does the ability to do so show mastery for a player? Blindfold chess is, without looking at board, the player will just ...

Question 15

Since grandmasters are good at calculation, do they practice blindfold for improving calculations, or does it come naturally over time by solving a lot of complex calculations?

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Questions tagged [blindfold-chess]

Alternative text for chess images

How do strong (GM level) players visualise the board?

Playing blind chess with aphantasia

Is there an Android app that can replace pieces by dots?

How do you play blindfold?

How can one know where two diagonal lines meet?

How do I spend time on chess in boring meetings?

On Lichess, how do you promote to a rook with algebraic notation?

Is there a website that supports blind chess? [duplicate]

Does it change anything to play blindfold chess for a "good" chess player? [closed]

Can we quantify the handicap for playing blindfolded?

Are all grandmasters capable of playing blindfold?

How to learn to play blind

Blindfold chess games

Do grandmasters practice blindfold chess or does it come naturally with practice?

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