Awesome, I'm definitely going to give this a try in the next few days. Depending on the time control, not sure I would be able to finish a game though hah.
You go to preferences and choose a blindfold set I'm assuming?
Blindfold pieces are up!
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I laughed so hard on your last move ;) but impressive
Yeah, under Settings, like the first drop-down box you see is Piece Set, and Blindfold is at the bottom of the list!
Got my first win on attempt #3, still not exactly a great game and vs. a sub1000 opponent but hey! I'm proud!
EDIT: Lol, just noticed I missed a mate in 2.
It shows the notation for all your previous moves, although I try not to look at it. Too busy concentrating on where the pieces are!
Here's my second win, I actually execute a couple of decent tactics on a sub1000! I'm feeling this is my level.
It'd be really nice to be able to have a separate rating or account so I could track my progress. I bet within a few weeks, maybe a month, it wouldn't be much of a handicap anymore... at least not 1000 points worth of a handicap :)
Jan 16, 2013
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Basically how it works is that in the persons live chess settings (within live chess) on their "Style" tab at the top it shows a drop down to select pieces.
Its the bottom option on the piece selection will show 'blindfold'. As soon as you then click on 'Save Settings' all the pieces on your pieces will disappear.
Even during a game, you can at any time go back into settings, select different pieces and as soon as they click on save settings, your pieces will return.
It is only that player who sees (or doesn't see) pieces, its not both players.
So I can play Piotr, if i want to play blindfold its my choice to hide my own pieces, my actions in settings won't make Piotr's pieces disappear.
It is all controlled by which piece selection you choose, not what game type you choose.
When your opponent makes a move, the squares will auto highlight so you can see on the empty board where they moved.
The cursor icon will appear over a square where there is a piece, but not over a square where there isn't.
It is available in both Full Board and Simple for all members.
I would be as good as normal for at least 2 moves...
I promise I will stop posting these crappy games soon but I'm tracking my progress - think I'm getting better! Here I made it down to a winning endgame before I forgot my opponent had a pawn on g4, and then that I had a passer on d4! He refused to believe I was playing blindfolded and got a bit annoyed when I told him!
This guy played way better than 1000, probably my most satisfactory win of the night.
I wonder what kind of rating progress you could expect? I'm thinking at first you'd be very low rated and then after awhile with little progress within the time of a few days or a week you'd start seeing it much more clearly and jump a few hundred points all at once.
I guess it would depend on the time control too. I see your games were 5 minutes, that's very fast for blindfold! Luckily some of them resigned, if they made you play till mate every time that will also make it harder.
Jan 16, 2013
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How is it possible to play when you can't see your pieces there is no way you can know where they all are later on in the game.
Just played my first and lost to computer1. Very entertaining to watch the game afterwards :) "ahhh so it was a bisshop that took my pawn!"
Jan 16, 2013
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#14
I guess I can't play anyways it looks like you have to be a premium member.
brisket wrote:
How is it possible to play when you can't see your pieces there is no way you can know where they all are later on in the game.
Blindfold games are hundreds of years old. Of course it's very difficult / impossible for newer players. But GMs for example can play very well without sight of the board.
@Brisket
kohai wrote:
Basically how it works is that in the persons live chess settings (within live chess) on their "Style" tab at the top it shows a drop down to select pieces.
Its the bottom option on the piece selection will show 'blindfold'. As soon as you then click on 'Save Settings' all the pieces on your pieces will disappear.
Even during a game, you can at any time go back into settings, select different pieces and as soon as they click on save settings, your pieces will return.
It is only that player who sees (or doesn't see) pieces, its not both players.
So I can play Piotr, if i want to play blindfold its my choice to hide my own pieces, my actions in settings won't make Piotr's pieces disappear.
It is all controlled by which piece selection you choose, not what game type you choose.
When your opponent makes a move, the squares will auto highlight so you can see on the empty board where they moved.
The cursor icon will appear over a square where there is a piece, but not over a square where there isn't.
It is available in both Full Board and Simple for all members.
The blindfold pieces are up! Really really difficult, not going to lie. Of course I tried unrated - no way am I playing a player in rated when I'm blindfolded and he's not.
Anyways, in my first game I lasted 17 moves before hanging my queen lol. Game looks alright up until that point!