What is blindfold chess (BF)?
According to Wikipedia it is a way to play chess, when play is conducted without players having sight of the position of pieces nor physical contact with them. How many times have you been amazed by somebody’s ability to easily and effortlessly calculate long variations during a game or come up with a neat tactics? I can bet that players who do such things are able to play well at blindfold chess. What does the BF chess do to help your game? First of it helps a lot in developing a good board visualization. When player is able to visualize a position in the head his calculation speed greatly increases, blunders are almost completely eliminated; new tactical ideas come up during a game and so on. Every strong player today is able to play blindfold chess. How to play blindfold chess? The easiest way is to learn to play blindfold chess is to get software which supports this option of play. Most modern chess programs such as Chessmaster, Fritz or Rybka allow you to play “vision free” chess.
