I am looking forward to these articles. I have been wanting to practice blindfold chess for a while but I have found it too daunting. I trust that these articles will help me on my journey.
The colour of the square I find quite easy. I started doing this a while ago by summing the squares (a=1, b=2, finding the sum of the x and y axis), which led me to know if the square was black or white. I won't say too much here in case anyone thinks its cheating. But, after a few months of doing this the colours just come to me now. That being said, every other area of my blindfold chess is abysmal.
For anybody interested in something slightly (but not too much) harder, I'm doing a series of 'skeletal' mating problems tonight (Monday 8th) over on https://twitter.com/unseenchesspod.
Checkmates stripped down to the complete basics.
If they're a bit too tough you can always do the 'what colour are the squares?' for the starting position. And for those looking for something a little more challenging these might be the somethings a little more challenging that your looking for.
Should we make an audio recording of the moves and use that, rather than reading the game record? My idea is doing that is more like actual blindfold chess, and seems like a full-on visualization exercise ... instead of reading the algegraic coordinates and looking them up on an empty board.
I am looking forward to these articles. I have been wanting to practice blindfold chess for a while but I have found it too daunting. I trust that these articles will help me on my journey.
The colour of the square I find quite easy. I started doing this a while ago by summing the squares (a=1, b=2, finding the sum of the x and y axis), which led me to know if the square was black or white. I won't say too much here in case anyone thinks its cheating. But, after a few months of doing this the colours just come to me now. That being said, every other area of my blindfold chess is abysmal.
Thanks again!
For anybody interested in something slightly (but not too much) harder, I'm doing a series of 'skeletal' mating problems tonight (Monday 8th) over on https://twitter.com/unseenchesspod.
Checkmates stripped down to the complete basics.
If they're a bit too tough you can always do the 'what colour are the squares?' for the starting position. And for those looking for something a little more challenging these might be the somethings a little more challenging that your looking for.
Should we make an audio recording of the moves and use that, rather than reading the game record? My idea is doing that is more like actual blindfold chess, and seems like a full-on visualization exercise ... instead of reading the algegraic coordinates and looking them up on an empty board.
Too easy.