What is Blindfold Chess?
Blindfold Chess is chess played without seeing the board, relying solely on memory and visualization.
Why Practice Blindfold Chess?
Blindfold Chess is the most effective method to develop visualization skills in chess.
Strong players can "see" multiple moves ahead in their mind. This ability isn't innate—it's a skill that can be trained through deliberate practice. Blindfold Chess directly trains your ability to:
- Visualize piece positions without looking at the board
- Calculate variations mentally
- Recognize patterns and structures
- Improve your overall chess strength
What You Can Do Here
Play Against Stockfish
Challenge yourself against Stockfish.
- Adjustable difficulty levels to match your skill
- Pure blindfold mode—no board visualization during your turn
- Track your progress over time
Rich Training Menu
Build your visualization skills with structured training exercises.
Featured Training:
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Position Memory: Practice memorizing chess positions and recreating them on an empty board. Develops crucial pattern recognition skills. Try it
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Knight's Tour: The classic chess puzzle where you visit every square on the board exactly once with a knight. Perfect for training board coordinate awareness. Try it
Learn from Articles
Access a collection of articles covering visualization techniques and chess knowledge:
- Piece movement visualization methods
- Square color recognition
- Coordinate system mastery
- Scientific research on chess expertise (de Groot's experiment)
How to Get Started
Building visualization skills takes practice.
Recommended Path:
- Start with Articles: Read about piece movement visualization and square colors to understand the fundamentals
- Begin with Simple Training: Try basic exercises like square color recognition to get comfortable with mental board visualization
- Progress to AI Games: Once you feel confident, challenge Stockfish at lower difficulty levels
This is just a suggestion. AI games also feature a Help function, so you can improve through practice-based learning as well.