i have a hard time with it - use tactics and try to visualize moves when i read them, but i still get caught all the time - strategy training etc is great but this is still making the difference in my games, esp when im going into lines i dont know - if i knew, i'd tell you
Who knows how to visualize?
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Jun 15, 2016
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Hulkyhulk escribió:
I don't know of any software or websites that can help you with visualizing many moves a head. But what I do know is you need to be creative with chess and with time you will be able to think many moves a head. It takes a lot of skill creativity and skill to be able to think many moves ahead. My recommendation for you is just play chess and use your creativity and mind to think many moves a head and read some books and always solve puzzles that have many moves in them that you have to visualize with time you will be able to calculate and have less mistakes in your game. The most important thing is you use your creativity to think outside the box and to always follow your instincts and you have fun doing so. I hope my comment helps.
And after all that effort, you managed to beat Stockfish...
I'm surprised nobody mentioned doing Tactics Trainer yet. Must be because I got here early. Anyway, using Tactics Trainer is a great way to visualize. Also, reminiscent of Fabiano Caruana, avoid using the computer too much since it dulls your tactical ability. In actual games you will be forced to calculate without the computer to help you. I would recommend Tactics Trainer and Chess Mentor.
Jun 15, 2016
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Ian Anderson authored two books on this very subject. The first is called Chess Visualization Course - General Tactics and the second (with the same title) Kingside Sacrifices and Combinations.
Both these books are targeted specifically to enhance visualization ability.
Also I would recommend doing plenty of Tactics Trainer (or other) tactical puzzles.
Jun 15, 2016
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There are actually several training modules in Lucas Chess that would help with blindfold play. VisualWize is cool, too. Also there are some books that give you a position and a list of moves to visualize, then ask you to find the best move from that future position (the same concept as in VisualWize software). I don't really remember the names of these books, but a few years ago I actually started compiling a book of my own based on this concept, but I abandoned it. Here's a sample from that if you want to try the idea:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/141925/Look%20Ahead.pdf
Jun 15, 2016
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Very interesting contributions.I guess I need a web site or software programme becuase I am hopeless on book- learning with chess. I find videos much more interactive and thoughtful. Good comments.
Jun 15, 2016
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Diakonia wrote:
Thanks a lot-very helpful 
..After going to web site and using LUCAS CHESS, I highly recommend it!!
100% what AiryNeon said. Once you get into a habit of doing lots of problems, a lot of common themes emerge. You can figure that certain pieces need to be utilized to achieve desirable positions, so it helps to get into the habit of looking for those possibilities. If you recognize a vulnerable position where tactics may be present, look for ways that those tactics may be available. A crazier board with less coordination by one or both sides will lend itself to tactical positions more often.
Jun 15, 2016
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Surprises me when people ask for software for various skills... to get better at it, practice it. Nothing's going to make it easier for you.
Try to visualize 4-5 moves. Lose track at 3? Start over and try again. Continue this and then take a break after an hour. Do this every day and after a few weeks you'll notice a difference. After a few months you're going to be a lot better.
Jun 15, 2016
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redtrucker wrote:
Lucas Chess is a free program that has some applications that can help.
I've heard mentioned in other forums of some software called "Visualwize". I don't know much about it, I assumed it was just some guy pandering his product.
I found your 'Visualwise' and it looks exactly what I need, so I think I am going to buy it-it's only $39,thanks for your helpful suggestion.
I don't.
DDD12 wrote:
Pleae explain...
I really don't ...
Isn't it actually not visualization but removing that piece from your vision of the board before you start calculating the moves. Follow me? The pieces are dropped from your original board set up. Realize it's not a spoon!!
Ian Anderson in his chess visualization books recommends three ways, one of which is brute force. You must brute force the lines you visualise down to quiescence if and whenever necessary.
For specific visualization training exercises, look for the following tools:
1. IM Rensch's videos called Full Board Awareness/Nirvana here on the site.
2. Ian Anderson's books on Chess Visualization.
3. Alexei Bartashnikov's 'Blindfold' software.
2Q1C, I've had that exact kind of problem in the past, but it's slowly going away for me. You have to realize that reading chess notation is NOT the same as reading your language(s). At least not totally exactly. When you read language, it evokes images, sounds, emotions and thoughts. Likewise when you read notation, you have to make it so that it will evoke a chessboard in your mind's eye, complete with pieces location, squares (and their color too 
) , diagonals, piece control 'auras'. If I read Nf5 for instance, my mind pictures a light square with a knight on Black's kingside, it's 'aura' controlling dark squares e7, g7, h6, h4, g3, e3, d4 and d6, going clockwise. I've literally trained my brain to 'hallucinate' the chessboard. THIS IS DOABLE, you just have to start slow and allow your mind to form the images. It's only 64 squares, no bigger.
Hi All,
One of the main weakness of my play is visualizing 4-5 moves in advance.
Do you know any visualisation traing/software and/or websites to recommend so I could use to improve this aspect of my play..?
All comments appreciated.