Your visualization skills will develop naturally, as you play more chess. I don't know if it's worth a separate focus.
Memorizing the location of the board for beginners
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"... [Understanding Chess Move by Move, by John Nunn] could interest and benefit anyone up to at least 2000 strength, possibly 2200, and even someone below 1400 could benefit greatly if he has the persistence and motivation to get through those lengthy annotations. ..."
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092945/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review269.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Understanding_Chess_Move_by_Move.pdf
I bought a book, Understanding Chess Move by Move by John Nunn, to help me get better at chess. As I go through the book it teaches the lessons by using a past game and gives coordinates of each players moves with only showing a picture of the games once in a while to write up an analysis and strategies. As a beginner, do you believe it's necessary to memorize the coordinates of each of your pieces? Is this what all pro chess players do? If there were 10 moves with text only where the pieces moved is it required to have a picture in my head how the game looks like?
And is this a good way for a beginner like me to learn chess? Thank you!