Interesting Chess exercise w/ Fritz 13

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xfirstcaptainnyma

For those interested, I've found that setting the pieces to blind and playing out a Fritz v Fritz game blind  is pretty cool and way more interesting than watching an actual game with a physical board (just make a new game and press space bar for both sides).  The pieces are  hidden, but a blank board must be used to make the moves (IMO, it does not make a difference whether it's completely blind or partially blind, because everything is in one's imagination anyways.) When playing out a game, If you're unsure why a move was or was not made, just enter a different move and see how it plays out (then go back to where the game was and continue with the spacebar).

Below is a fritz game I observed blind (I've kept my annotations limited, mainly at key stages of the game).  It was interesting because it confirms some key ideas about chess at the highest levels ( beyond mere humans:) ).  White's advantage in the begining is very real and can only be undermined if white makes a mistake or black sacrifices material for the attack.  Playing chess is easy, but playing the game well is extremely difficult. Well, here it is, and please feel free to share your blind commentaries. Thanks.

 



lrmall01

I don't have fritz 13 so maybe it does it differently, but if you observe a blind game aren't you just staring an empty board?

xfirstcaptainnyma

Yes. But IMO, Everything is in one's mind, so the board itself is irrelevant. When visualizing the game in the imagination, chess can actually be really interesting.