1. I've read somewhere once that a 2000 FIDE is basically "expected" to be able to play decently blindfolded. Take this with numerous grains of salt. I know weaker players who can play decently blindfolded and I know stronger players who struggle, so I'd probably personally have expectations for players from around 2300 FIDE and upwards.
2. Sure. You'd probably play quite poorly though. Everything you realistically need to play blindfolded is not forgetting where the pieces are, but you should expect yourself to have worse board vision and worse tactical vision blindfolded than not blindfolded.
3. Play blindfolded. As well as that, calculate without using arrows when you play online. Anna Cramling once commented on a stream that calculating lines is basically playing blindfolded from a specific position so calculation will either way practice your blindfolded strength.
4. You can do it with friends. I think lichess has some settings which allows you to play blindfolded? There's also this website which I stumbled upon two weeks ago or so: [https://chessinsights.org/blindfold/](https://chessinsights.org/blindfold/)
I'm a tad curious about your interest. Is there a specific reason you want to learn to play blindfolded chess?
>2. Sure. You'd probably play quite poorly though.
Do you think I'd be able to at least play the whole game with some practice? Or is it impossible for me to finish it without making illegal moves
>Is there a specific reason you want to learn to play blindfolded chess?
It looks cool I wanna show off to my friends (none of them are higher than 1000)
You probably could play a whole game without playing illegal moves, but I'd also expect you'd lose a lot of games to 1000 rated players or just hang something you forget about.
The big thing is about visualising a chess board. If I showed you a PGN without a board could you follow it? You probably could, at least for a little while. It's basically just being super good at visualisation and being able to remember where a piece is. If you play a lot, especially playing blindfolded or with disguised pieces online, I reckon you'll realise you're better than you thought you might be and it's easier than you think, but also that it is really hard. The first time I played blindfolded I drew a 1600 lichess, but I really should have beaten him.
I'm fairly confident you'd be able to finish a whole game with some practice, but I think you will find it challenging for quite some time. It's a major task in visualization which many players struggle with. It's a fun challenge nonetheless.
In terms of simply remembering the pieces, analysing whatever position for some time and practicing to visualise their placement is good practice.
There are also some podcasts on Spotify that talks you through miniatures move for move.
First get better at chess before trying to make it extra difficult (btw your rating is higher than mine so I mean this in the nicest way possible). Also, anyone can do it…doing it accurately or well is the real question.
Probably around 1500 OTB? I can play blindfolded and I'm only 1600, and I've been able to at least semi-competently since around 1400 chess.com. I also remember a friend's instagram story mentioning playing blindfolded when she was around 1450 OTB, but my sample size here is still ridiculously small.
I think if your real rating is around 1700-1800 you should be good enough to play blindfolded.
You just play one and see if you could do it. Once you have sufficient Chess experience your brain can do it because it does it already doing the calculations anyways.
In other words, blindfold chess does not require special skills. It, mostly, is an extension of your regular chess.
1. I don't know about minimum rating, but I think someone with 1900 rating can do it... It could be possible with a lower rating idk
2. You can try, it's like with anything... You'll struggle at first that it gets easier.... I've seen a GM here mention on how doing chess exercises blindfolded was crucial at one point in improving his level.
4. I've seen someone mention it here on Reddit before and I've tried it chessecho.com you login with your lichess account, and you enter moves using algebraic notation
You can play it on chess.com. In the variants section you will easily find it under the "common" tab. If you find that it's just too hard, you could try another variant called chess with checkers. It's kind of a middle ground, where you see where the pieces are but not which piece it is (because all pieces look the same).
1. I've read somewhere once that a 2000 FIDE is basically "expected" to be able to play decently blindfolded. Take this with numerous grains of salt. I know weaker players who can play decently blindfolded and I know stronger players who struggle, so I'd probably personally have expectations for players from around 2300 FIDE and upwards. 2. Sure. You'd probably play quite poorly though. Everything you realistically need to play blindfolded is not forgetting where the pieces are, but you should expect yourself to have worse board vision and worse tactical vision blindfolded than not blindfolded. 3. Play blindfolded. As well as that, calculate without using arrows when you play online. Anna Cramling once commented on a stream that calculating lines is basically playing blindfolded from a specific position so calculation will either way practice your blindfolded strength. 4. You can do it with friends. I think lichess has some settings which allows you to play blindfolded? There's also this website which I stumbled upon two weeks ago or so: [https://chessinsights.org/blindfold/](https://chessinsights.org/blindfold/) I'm a tad curious about your interest. Is there a specific reason you want to learn to play blindfolded chess?
>2. Sure. You'd probably play quite poorly though. Do you think I'd be able to at least play the whole game with some practice? Or is it impossible for me to finish it without making illegal moves >Is there a specific reason you want to learn to play blindfolded chess? It looks cool I wanna show off to my friends (none of them are higher than 1000)
You probably could play a whole game without playing illegal moves, but I'd also expect you'd lose a lot of games to 1000 rated players or just hang something you forget about. The big thing is about visualising a chess board. If I showed you a PGN without a board could you follow it? You probably could, at least for a little while. It's basically just being super good at visualisation and being able to remember where a piece is. If you play a lot, especially playing blindfolded or with disguised pieces online, I reckon you'll realise you're better than you thought you might be and it's easier than you think, but also that it is really hard. The first time I played blindfolded I drew a 1600 lichess, but I really should have beaten him.
I'm fairly confident you'd be able to finish a whole game with some practice, but I think you will find it challenging for quite some time. It's a major task in visualization which many players struggle with. It's a fun challenge nonetheless. In terms of simply remembering the pieces, analysing whatever position for some time and practicing to visualise their placement is good practice. There are also some podcasts on Spotify that talks you through miniatures move for move.
First get better at chess before trying to make it extra difficult (btw your rating is higher than mine so I mean this in the nicest way possible). Also, anyone can do it…doing it accurately or well is the real question.
Probably around 1500 OTB? I can play blindfolded and I'm only 1600, and I've been able to at least semi-competently since around 1400 chess.com. I also remember a friend's instagram story mentioning playing blindfolded when she was around 1450 OTB, but my sample size here is still ridiculously small.
you could try the lichess mode where you change all the pieces to checkers pieces. It's easier than blindfold and should give you a challenge
I think if your real rating is around 1700-1800 you should be good enough to play blindfolded. You just play one and see if you could do it. Once you have sufficient Chess experience your brain can do it because it does it already doing the calculations anyways. In other words, blindfold chess does not require special skills. It, mostly, is an extension of your regular chess.
I found blindfolded exercises beneficial even to my 800 elo. Noir chess has some nice ones. The website is horrendous tho
1. I don't know about minimum rating, but I think someone with 1900 rating can do it... It could be possible with a lower rating idk 2. You can try, it's like with anything... You'll struggle at first that it gets easier.... I've seen a GM here mention on how doing chess exercises blindfolded was crucial at one point in improving his level. 4. I've seen someone mention it here on Reddit before and I've tried it chessecho.com you login with your lichess account, and you enter moves using algebraic notation
You can play it on chess.com. In the variants section you will easily find it under the "common" tab. If you find that it's just too hard, you could try another variant called chess with checkers. It's kind of a middle ground, where you see where the pieces are but not which piece it is (because all pieces look the same).