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Applications

Android App (Help Learn Basics (colours of squares and at higher levels they ask questions about from easy to very difficult)
Chess Vision App
Chessboard Vision App

Android Apps
Some of these apps show you a position for some preset time and then ask you questions about it. What White pieces does Black attack. How many undefended pieces does white have? What pieces attack and defend the white d4 pawn? I found these really hard with a lot of pieces and just a short time view of the board.

I order these by putting the ones that I have on both my phone and Android tablet first.
Visualization Trainer
Blindfold Chess (White icon with a Knight)
Blindfold Chess (green icon)
Blindfold Chess Offline
Chesvis (with openings)
Blindfold Chess Puzzles

Blindfold Chess Trainer
Blindfold Chess Training

Blindfold Chess Tactics
BC Tactics
https://chessmadra.com
https://www.chessvis.com

I tend not to like ads and if an app bothers me I would just uninstall it. So there could be good apps that stop the ads if you give them a small amount of money.

Applications Android App (Help Learn Basics (colours of squares and at higher levels they ask questions about from easy to very difficult) Chess Vision App Chessboard Vision App Android Apps Some of these apps show you a position for some preset time and then ask you questions about it. What White pieces does Black attack. How many undefended pieces does white have? What pieces attack and defend the white d4 pawn? I found these really hard with a lot of pieces and just a short time view of the board. I order these by putting the ones that I have on both my phone and Android tablet first. Visualization Trainer Blindfold Chess (White icon with a Knight) Blindfold Chess (green icon) Blindfold Chess Offline Chesvis (with openings) Blindfold Chess Puzzles Blindfold Chess Trainer Blindfold Chess Training Blindfold Chess Tactics BC Tactics https://chessmadra.com https://www.chessvis.com I tend not to like ads and if an app bothers me I would just uninstall it. So there could be good apps that stop the ads if you give them a small amount of money.

SaltWaterRabbit

#12

Various Web info link
https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/rrwcy/tips_on_playing_blindfold_chess/
https://www.chessjournal.com/blindfold-chess/
https://www.chess.com/terms/blindfold-chess

Vids
https://www.youtubeDOTom/watch?v=XONRKQWgm0M

https://www.youtubeDOTcom/watch?v=3Ere7j6Jbhw

Blindfold Training | How to Read Chess Books Without a Board Part I
(Just get the idea of the types of things that you need to know about a position as the 2 vids are long.)
ChessDojo David Preuss

https://www.youtubeDOTcom/watch?v=gK9eXu7RmdI

Blindfold Training | How to Read Chess Books Without a Board Part II
https://www.youtubeDOTcom/watch?v=IodUwpOEHfk

Misc.:
Some people use a Chess GUI like Arena with keyboard input and voice output.
Some people divide the board into 4 or 5+ sections/ chunks as a way to simplify up the tracking task and this is often the approach used when playing multiple boards. I never found that this worked for me. But I do try to pay especial attention to the 4 central squares chunk.

Books:
Blindfold Endgame Visualization: 50 Chess Positions
Martin B. Justesen (71pp)
LiChess SayChessClassical
https://theabysmaldepthsofchess.blogspot.com/2021/01/blindfold-endgame-visualisation.html#more

Blindfold Chess Essential Training
Dimosthenis Michailidis (101pp)

https://www.amazon.com/Blindfold-Endgame-Visualization-Chess-Positions/dp/B08QRB3H7M

Blindfold Chess by Eliot Hearst and John Knott
http://www.blindfoldchess.net/

Cheers

Various Web info link https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/rrwcy/tips_on_playing_blindfold_chess/ https://www.chessjournal.com/blindfold-chess/ https://www.chess.com/terms/blindfold-chess Vids https://www.youtubeDOTom/watch?v=XONRKQWgm0M https://www.youtubeDOTcom/watch?v=3Ere7j6Jbhw Blindfold Training | How to Read Chess Books Without a Board Part I (Just get the idea of the types of things that you need to know about a position as the 2 vids are long.) ChessDojo David Preuss https://www.youtubeDOTcom/watch?v=gK9eXu7RmdI Blindfold Training | How to Read Chess Books Without a Board Part II https://www.youtubeDOTcom/watch?v=IodUwpOEHfk Misc.: Some people use a Chess GUI like Arena with keyboard input and voice output. Some people divide the board into 4 or 5+ sections/ chunks as a way to simplify up the tracking task and this is often the approach used when playing multiple boards. I never found that this worked for me. But I do try to pay especial attention to the 4 central squares chunk. Books: Blindfold Endgame Visualization: 50 Chess Positions Martin B. Justesen (71pp) LiChess SayChessClassical https://theabysmaldepthsofchess.blogspot.com/2021/01/blindfold-endgame-visualisation.html#more Blindfold Chess Essential Training Dimosthenis Michailidis (101pp) https://www.amazon.com/Blindfold-Endgame-Visualization-Chess-Positions/dp/B08QRB3H7M Blindfold Chess by Eliot Hearst and John Knott http://www.blindfoldchess.net/ Cheers

AIaCiega

#13

@MrPushwood said in #4:

And remember: lichess is not Elo (a 2000 FIDE rating is much higher).
Everyone knows that. Not a very helpful comment.

@MrPushwood said in #4: > And remember: lichess is not Elo (a 2000 FIDE rating is much higher). Everyone knows that. Not a very helpful comment.

AIaCiega

#14

Wow @SaltWaterRabbit that was some amazing content that you've shared, I knew some of the tools but not all. I thank you immensely, thanks for making this community awesome.