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In blindfold chess, players play without sight of the board. They state their moves verbally while a referee makes them on a board, checking for correctness etc.

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Is blindfold chess bad for the health?

From Wikipedia, While blindfold chess has been recommended in moderation by many sources as a method of increasing one's playing strength, simultaneous blindfold exhibitions were officially banned in 1930 in the USSR as they were deemed to be a…
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How can one know where two diagonal lines meet?

Is there an algebraic way to know In which square two diagonals meet? For example a2 and f3 meet in d5 How can one find d5 without looking at the board? (Blindfolded chess exercise)
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Are blindfold players allowed to look at the list of moves?

I just read that Alexander Alekhine simultaneously played 26 blindfold games. Are blindfold players allowed to look at the list of moves? Can they re-create the position in their mind from the list of moves, or do they have to memorize the position…
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How do people 'see' the position in blindfolded games?

How do most people play blindfolded chess? Is it akin to a live video feed in their mind where they can see all of the pieces, or do they just remember what moves have been made so far and go from there?
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How do I spend time on chess in boring meetings?

I will be sitting in two boring meetings and each one is several hours long. I do not need to participate in any way, nor is the information from the meeting useful to me. However, my presence is expected and I am not supposed to look at my books,…
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Blindfold Chess

I'd like to approach this topic as a way to improve my visualization skills. What are the best ways to improve this skill? I have a few blindfolded games at the club level that managed to make it into the mid-game, but as for solving positions or…
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Master blindfold chess in 6 months

I want to be able to play entire games blindfolded, atleast at the strength that I can win against beginner players. My current ELO is around 1800. I usually manage to play ok moves up to move 20, after that I struggle to see the position clearly,…
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Is the level of play impacted when a GM plays blindfolded?

Since my last question was closed before I got an answer I try again (hoping it won't get closed this time): When I look at a game of professional player on the internet, very often they don't even look at the chess board when they are thinking…
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