This is true - I have 8 witness's.
Sandy Bells was full of chess players and three games were on the go
at different tables.
The subject of Blindfold chess came up.
Impossible said a Bells regular (non player).
Keith Ruxton (FM) said I'll prove it can be done and stated there
and then he could play 6 games blindfold.
Six sets were set up, six players from Bells 3 & 4 took their seats.
Keith went to the end of the pub and just stared out of the window
drinking Fosters.
I relayed the moves back and forth.
6-0 to Keith including one very brilliant Queen sac and a very
clever Rook ending.
I was well impressed and if I had not been there I would not
have believed it.
The whole event took an hour and half.
Originally posted by ivan2908If you mean like post the moves here and try to visualize the board in your minds eye, then yeah i would be up for that and i promise i won't set up a board or try to visualize with aids, empty chessboard, online research, etc.
I want to improve my visualisation and calculation. So, fancy a blindfold game ?
How do I know you won't cheat ? Oh, well, I believe you ! 😛
You can even pick the side.
It is not meant to be finished now. It can be a casual game that lasts for days.
we'll do the pgn later.
first person to "lose it" will supply a fen of current game position.
You first.
Originally posted by greenpawn34there's some decent chess skills.
This is true - I have 8 witness's.
Sandy Bells was full of chess players and three games were on the go
at different tables.
The subject of Blindfold chess came up.
Impossible said a Bells regular (non player).
Keith Ruxton (FM) said I'll prove it can be done and stated there
and then he could play 6 games blindfold.
Six sets were set up, ...[text shortened]... f I had not been there I would not
have believed it.
The whole event took an hour and half.
I am pretty happy about these blindfold sessions. I've read some chapters in Dvoretsky tactics manual (with a lot of advices how to train combinative vision) and the other book "How to became a dedly chess tactician" with annotated games and problems from great tacticians/sacrificers so I decided to take my calculation/visualisation to my limits. I stopped to use RHP analysis board, I take 5 or so candidate moves and work hard in my head calculating. I can't say if I will progress at all but I hope I will soon be nasty OTB player 😛
Originally posted by ivan2908For calculation, "Think Like a Grandmaster" by Alexander Kotov is the bible.
I am pretty happy about these blindfold sessions. I've read some chapters in Dvoretsky tactics manual (with a lot of advices how to train combinative vision) and the other book "How to became a dedly chess tactician" with annotated games and problems from great tacticians/sacrificers so I decided to take my calculation/visualisation to my limits. I stopped ...[text shortened]... ulating. I can't say if I will progress at all but I hope I will soon be nasty OTB player 😛
Originally posted by ivan2908I like to think im a good calculator...thats why i do so well in rapid games.
Yes, I took some advices from there also (How to Become Dedly tactician collects the best ideas from the best tactics/calculation books so you can make your own mix of ideas )