Can anyone here play blindfold chess?

vivify

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17 Dec 20 20:26

Wesley Sonner

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23 Jan 21 21:16

Seems to me that ANYONE can play blindfold chess...but can you win?

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ok I'll bite
what were you wearing?

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venda

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I imagine it would take quite a lot of practice.

Paul Leggett

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25 Jan 21 13:55

@vivify Sometimes I play like I'm blindfolded, but it's not exactly the same...

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25 Jan 21 19:42

@venda said
I imagine it would take quite a lot of practice.

Well, yeah. But "experienced" and "quite a lot of practice" are more or less the same thing, aren't they?

Even I can play my favourite openings blindfold for quite a few moves. A whole game is another matter, but then, I've never had occasion to try in earnest. Still, if as bad a player as I can play a serious line blindfold for more than a few moves without seriously trying, it should come as no surprise at all that even a halfway decent player can play a whole game blindfold with practice.