Talk:Blindfold chess

message: The article says there are blindfold tournaments throughout the year. I have never heard of any except for Amber, which is only partly blindfold. Can anyone provide more information? Nameme 14:53, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I took out the reference to the world chess championship.  It clearly has no direct relevance to this article.  I also removed the names of four players listed in the "see also" section - these were redundant, since they are already mentioned in the main body of the article. Dsreyn 00:46, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old talk 

message: Interesting article, but one claim left me wondering... "blindfold exhibitions were officially banned in 1930 in the USSR as they were deemed to be a health hazard" Why was it a health hazard? The crowds that assembled to watch it? Article should explain that, if anyone knows. --W.marsh 17:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The claim is unsourced. Can somebody find a source, else I'll move it to the talk page. A claim that extraordinary reeks of vandalism without a source. Cheers128.250.5.245 (talk) 13:05, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: http://www.chessclub.com/resources/articles/article11_7.html SunCreator (talk) 13:54, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  (archived link) Jimw338 (talk) 02:48, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  question 

message: Um, wait, we open with a quote saying that Buddha's friends (we're talking 5th century B.C. here..) played mental chess, then we follow that with a statement that it was first played in the 7th Century C.E.. Which one is it? - Eric 01:28, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Siddharta 

message: I felt the article was too POV in favour of Najorf so I've rewritten it to give some more weight to Koltanowski's achievements. There was no source given for the statement that "Today (Najdorf's) feat is considered the most impressive in the history of simultaneous blindfold games." On the contrary, there's considerable evidence that the conditions under which Najdorf's records were set were much less strict than Koltanowski's.Pawnkingthree (talk) 10:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Koltanowski and Najdorf 

message: I'm curious if there are rules governing what happens if a blindfold chess player tries to make an illegal move.  Obviously the feat becomes a bit less impressive if the player has to keep guessing moves until he or she comes up with a legal one.  Of course, in that circumstance there isn't much chance of them winning, but I was wondering if any of the players mentioned in the article played under the condition that trying to move a piece that wasn't there would forfeit the game.  69.133.200.38 (talk) 03:31, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Blindfold chess is a demonstration rather than a serious game.  As far as I know there are no special rules for blindfold chess.  Bubba73 (talk), 05:12, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

text: Playing chess "blindfolded" is not a particularly impressive feat. Many, many years ago when I played tournament chess, I only got to an "A" ranking (below Expert, Master, Grandmaster, and International Grandmaster -- a mere bug on the windshield to these upper ranks), yet my friends of the same ranking and I were able to play blindfold games, often playing in the car going to/from tournaments. There is virtually no chance that a grandmaster playing blindfold would think there was a piece where there was none. Chess players spend a huge amount of time staring at a chessboard during games, mentally picturing the movement and changing positions of pieces before making each move. With that training, removing the board and visualizing it isn't that hard.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.43.89.194 (talk) 21:43, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illegal moves 

message: Useful http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00EED71131F937A15751C1A9609C8B63. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 22:54, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference 

message: "On July 16, 1934 in Chicago, Alekhine set the new world record by playing 32 blindfold games, with 19 wins, 5 losses, and 5 draws. Edward Lasker was the referee for this event."
Can someone check what actually happened with this? Obviously there are 3 other games that were played that aren't mentioned in the results, and I'm not enough of a chess enthusiast to know where to look for the answer, nor make an unsourced change myself. Ty 163.189.7.40 (talk) 23:30, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I checked several sources, and the only one I found just said 32 games.  However, the article on Alekhine gives nine draws and four loses, with a reference to Donaldson.  I don't have that reference to check out, but it is probably right.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 05:29, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ok, thanks for the help Bubba, and for changing it :) 163.189.7.40 (talk) 00:10, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  19 + 5 + 5 = 32? 

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