Does anyone know a site where I can type the moves with keyboard, hide the board and only see the score sheet?
I want to play blindfolded. I used to play a lot but I want to play online.
In addition to Brian's answer about chess24.com.
You can play blindfold chess too at chess.com
Here are the instructions how to activate blindfold on chess.com:
ToolsOptionsDesignsBoard Colors- Select
BlindAllfrom the drop down menu for pieces - Then
apply.
More info can be found here
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Why is this the accepted answer? The instructions are for playing the computer, specifically Fritz, locally. – deepyaman Jan 20 '19 at 1:22
Chess24.com allows you to play blindfold in a different way by just hiding the pieces.
When you want to move you drag an invisible piece in the normal way. When your opponent moves you see a line on the board connecting the starting and ending squares of the move.
answered Sep 18 '17 at 22:34
In addition to the other answers, lichess allows you to do this.
Select the menu (three stacked lines to the right of your profile name), select Preferences, select Game Display, and at the bottom turn on Blindfold Chess.
Try https://www.tryit.in/blindchess. It's a very simple interface where you can play against an engine at different difficulty level by just keying in the moves in algebraic notation and see the board as and when you want. Full disclosure: I am the tool developer! :)
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Can you check why I always get the same line? 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nc6 3. exf6 exf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Bc5 6. d4 Bxd4 7. Nxd4 Bf5 8. Nxf5 Qd6 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 and so on... (Level1) And Level4 already takes quite some time for a move to happen. Level 5 is unplayable. – UNeverNo Nov 7 '20 at 0:43
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hi @UNeverNo, thanks for the feedback. Recently I have migrated the backend engine to stockfish so can you try now? Levels are available from 1 to 10 now however on mobiles or low powered devices above level 4 will still be difficult to play though I am able to play till level 7-8 without much issues on my low end desktop. Thanks again for the feedback! Hope you like it now. – user2648031 Nov 28 '20 at 7:41
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Now it plays different lines 👍 Would be nice to have different blindfold-levels ;-) Maybe more complicated positions if you increase the level and more basic if you chose lower levels. Don't know if stockfish supports anything like this though. Or something like automatically showing the board after x moves. – UNeverNo Nov 29 '20 at 22:09
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Thanks for confirming that it works better now! Some of the things you suggested may be already possible, if not I would surely like to understand from you about the details. Will be easier to discuss if you could drop me a mail to the id mentioned in the website, would like to hear your requirements! – user2648031 Dec 2 '20 at 11:31
