With my way you literally calculate. Not so much imagine. (I already posted it)
Calculation/Blindfold play
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I've played against a team blindfolded and it helps me calculate I think. My goal is to get to expert strength and currently I"m around 1500. I like the idea of playing blindfolded and I do think it helps to "see"
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To my knowledge, there is no Soviet study proving that blindfold chess is bad for health.
There's no reason to think that blindfold chess is bad for you. You're just visualising the board in your head. If anything, it improves your chess ability.
Try thinking in pluralism as opposed to monism and dualism (both).
You can use the hexadecimal number system (E4 = 228). Graph with (x,y,z) and calculate slope etc.
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1. e4 (
using the coordinate graphing system is
(5,2) to (5,4).. using slope you can represent what pieces are which.. or if piece are in contact with your pieces or something even deeper.. (4 - 2 ) / (5 - 5) giving this a slope of 2 ... If black follows with E5 his slope would be -2. Since pawns capture diagnally their capture slope would be +1/-1 or -1/+1 which is equals 0...
1. Nf3
(7,1) to (6,3) (3-1)/(6-7) = 2/-1 == -2
while a knight "facing" the other way would have a slope of -2 etc..
you would have to play like that i suppose. :)
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A B C D E F G represent 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 on the x axis
1. E4 (5,4) E5 (5,5)
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offtherook wrote:
For me, blindfold chess is no different from regular chess in terms of how well I play. I play at the same strength, though perhaps a little bit more slowly. This has always been the case, even when I was a much weaker 900-level player. I typically win blindfold games against any class B or A player, despite only being Class C myself. I have never lost blindfold games against anyone but a master.
Blindfold simuls are more difficult. I seldom get a chance to practice these, but 2-3 games at a time is probably my max right now, and in this case my playing strength does drop a bit.
I lolled at this one, cool story bro. 
'Improve your chess' by Jonathan Tistall has a chapter(12pages) called 'Blindfold chess and Stepping-stone-diagrams'. I find it very useful.
Here is an excerpt: The stepping-stone technique consist simply of resetting the mind's eye on the position at that point at which the student feels he is beginning to lose focus. If the natural comfortable depth of a players's calculation is three moves, then when that level is approached, the student should begin to make a systematic effort to burn the characheristics of the new position into the mind's eye. One first sets down stepping stones at the natural length to one's 'stride'.
It 's based pretty much on memory and imagination