Blindfold chess
Subtitle: history, psychology, techniques, champions, world records, and important games
By: Eliot Hearst and John Knott.
Contributors: Knott, John, 1940-
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786434442
Subjects: Blindfold chess -- History; Chess; Chess players
Description: "This work provides extensive coverage of blindfold chess from its earliest known instances until present. It describes the personalities and achievements of blindfold chess's greatest players--including Paulsen, Morphy, Blackburne, Zukertort, Pillsbury, Réti, Alekhine, Koltanowski, Najdorf and Fine, as well as present-day grandmasters such as Anand, Kramnik and Morozevich, who play in regular tournaments with players blindfolded"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Before Philidor; title: François-André Philidor; title: Between Philidor and the late 1800s; title: The first part of the twentieth century; title: The last fifty years; title: Women and blindfold chess; title: Major recent tournaments and matches; title: Research on general chess skill; title: Psychological studies and commentaries on blindfold chess; title: The techniques of blindfold champions.