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baronderkilt
28-Mar-11, 08:01
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 a better plan !? ... |
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baronderkilt
28-Mar-11, 12:34
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Is this why we say ...
" I went on a real Bender last night ~! " ?!
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thereaper1
08-May-11, 01:59
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A little late reply
I'm certainly not a strong player. I only started playing chess last year but have been improving at an astonishing rate. I'm sixteen years old and only rated at 1100 odd however once I have played a few games that should soon shoot up to 1400-1500. As I suppose you can guess I have never tried playing blindfold chess but I can certainly comprehend doing it. After all I am able to easily replay games move for move a few weeks after I have played them. I'm not sure weather this would be the same sort of skill required to play blindfolded but I can't help but think it is at least a bit similar. Not only that but I can play through short variations in my minds eye, for example somebody the other day said something along the lines of " You know that game we played the other day? I found out on move 23. when I traded my bishop for your knight? Well I think you could have done this instead." I thought this through and came up with a reason that wouldn't have worked 4 moves later. We tested this and it turned out I was right. Surely If a sub standard player like me can do this then I could play blind fold chess, although I couldn't comprehend playing multiple blind fold games at once.
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A buddy of mine in the Army and I used to play double blindfolded chess all the time. We would be out in the field, KP, work, on guard duty or whatever...and we call out moves to each other. The most difficult part about it (so said my battle buddy) was to keep track of where the pieces were after the 17th or 18th move. I won every game we played that way, at least in my mind!
It really is not that difficult once you've been playing seriously for several years. It's a great way to practice openings. In fact memorizing openings helps you keep track of the positions if you have trouble visualizing them without any board or pieces in front of you. Visualizing the position this way also helps train your brain to look deeper when analyzing a position that you can actually see on a real board.
Just trying it for fun can stretch your boundaries and get you out of your comfort zone. That's what many people need to really start improving their skills in chess. Unfortunately, few give it a serious try because they believe it is too hard.
People around you simply think you are talking in code or something. Often they don't realize you're even playing chess. As long as you don't do it during critical moments, it's a perfectly safe activity.
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