Blindfold Chess Memories

Does anyone have any Blindfold Chess Memories, it's one of those fascinating subjects in chess. I hold two such Memories on this amazing subject! It Was in 1977 when I went to see the Legendary Mikhail Tal do a Blindfold Simul when he took on "53 Boards" Blindfolded i was speachkess at the time of such a feet to see such a Legend demonstrate such powers! In 1990 as a Chess Club Secretary I got in touch with International Master Paul Littlewood who agreed to take on 30 boards blindfold at our local chess club, it's always fascinated me how these people can do this and play so well without sight of the board. be interested to hear of anyone else's insights and stories on this subject!?

I still can't understand how to memorize the whole board. I can only think blindfolded a few moves - the opening.

Yes it's amazing how they do it, I cannot imagine how they are able to store in there minds the positions of any of the boards in a simul while Blindfolded, it's amazing stuff, I too are only able to recall the first 6 moves of any given opening but beyond that its outside my imagination how they fo this :thinker