I can visualize some pieces moving when looking at the board, but I want to visualize the whole board in my mind. To somehow see the whole board without looking at it. My problem is: Those 32 dark and 32 light squares look all exactly the same. Pieces look different, there are only 2 pieces that look the same, but the squares... ugghh... how can I visualize the board? I am also very bad at math and numbers so the grid a1 to h8 doesn't help me at all. I need something else... maybe another grid? Any ideas?
@SucheSchachfreund
Maybe you are one of these persons who don't have the ability to visualize things in their mind ?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KuWSh4n5AiI
Maybe you are one of these persons who don't have the ability to visualize things in their mind ?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KuWSh4n5AiI
@Bishop1964 I was able to visualize the sky, the brightness and the bird but not the individual colors of the rainbow. I can imagine a lot, but nothing complex like a rainbow :/
Means: I can visualize details of a knight or bishop, but not a board of 64 squares. What should I do?
Means: I can visualize details of a knight or bishop, but not a board of 64 squares. What should I do?
A player normally focusses on part of the board only.
@tpr I've heard that a good player keeps the whole board in mind and doesn't focus too much on one part \_(ツ)_/
Very interesting video. I wonder if someone who has blind aphantasia can improve it. Like me.
@SucheSchachfreund #1
Perhaps as a first aid you may copy this in some text editor with system fonts (fixed width and height):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x
2 x 0 x 0 x 0 x 0
3 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x
4 x 0 x 0 x 0 x 0
5 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x
6 x 0 x 0 x 0 x 0
7 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x
8 x 0 x 0 x 0 x 0
Add coordinates and look what is even and what odd result:
even -> light square
odd -> dark square
1 + 1 = 2 -> 0
1 + 2 = 3 -> x
2 + 1 = 3 -> x
2 + 2 = 4 -> 0
...
Perhaps as a first aid you may copy this in some text editor with system fonts (fixed width and height):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x
2 x 0 x 0 x 0 x 0
3 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x
4 x 0 x 0 x 0 x 0
5 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x
6 x 0 x 0 x 0 x 0
7 0 x 0 x 0 x 0 x
8 x 0 x 0 x 0 x 0
Add coordinates and look what is even and what odd result:
even -> light square
odd -> dark square
1 + 1 = 2 -> 0
1 + 2 = 3 -> x
2 + 1 = 3 -> x
2 + 2 = 4 -> 0
...
#5
No eye movements of players clearly indicate focus on about 1/4 of the board.
That is also consistent with blindfold play, where the blindfold player often has to reconstruct in his mind the position of the pieces in an aerea of the board not within his previous focus.
No eye movements of players clearly indicate focus on about 1/4 of the board.
That is also consistent with blindfold play, where the blindfold player often has to reconstruct in his mind the position of the pieces in an aerea of the board not within his previous focus.
@SucheSchachfreund
Sorry I can't teach you how to do this.
By the way, why do you want to visualize a chessboard in your mind ? Do you want to play blindfold chess ?
Search in the forum after "blindfold chess". I remember that there were a few topics in the past which dealt with this issue.
Sorry I can't teach you how to do this.
By the way, why do you want to visualize a chessboard in your mind ? Do you want to play blindfold chess ?
Search in the forum after "blindfold chess". I remember that there were a few topics in the past which dealt with this issue.
@n321 as I mentioned this grid doesn't help me
@tpr oh so you are saying I am perfectly normal not being able to see the whole board at once? phew :'D But how can they reconstruct everything then? Do they memorize 4 quarters of the chess board? That would be very unusual because you don't look like that at the chess board. I can easily remember like I castled king side and have a fianchetto. I immediately know how a fianchetto looks like, but I cannot keep track with which diagonal or line would open up after a pawn takes another pawn. It's just so confusing ._. You still helped me if what you say is true. Memorizing parts of the board could be indeed easier
@Bishop1964 yes I want to learn blindfold chess, but as I said the system with that grid doesn't help me a lot. I learned to find a square to know where I put something, but this light-dark-odd-even-system doesn't help me at all! I need about 10 seconds to figure out the color of one single square, I really don't know what this should be good for..
@tpr oh so you are saying I am perfectly normal not being able to see the whole board at once? phew :'D But how can they reconstruct everything then? Do they memorize 4 quarters of the chess board? That would be very unusual because you don't look like that at the chess board. I can easily remember like I castled king side and have a fianchetto. I immediately know how a fianchetto looks like, but I cannot keep track with which diagonal or line would open up after a pawn takes another pawn. It's just so confusing ._. You still helped me if what you say is true. Memorizing parts of the board could be indeed easier
@Bishop1964 yes I want to learn blindfold chess, but as I said the system with that grid doesn't help me a lot. I learned to find a square to know where I put something, but this light-dark-odd-even-system doesn't help me at all! I need about 10 seconds to figure out the color of one single square, I really don't know what this should be good for..
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