Answers.Body: <p>Not strictly on a computer in your sense I assume, and, depending on how good you are, potentially not challenging enough: A friend of mine did this with an old second hand chess computer. The kind that comes with a board and pieces. The board is touch sensitive to register your moves and has LEDs to indicate computer moves. He played without the pieces. </p>
  
  <p>The advantage: Many of these take batteries and allow you to play anywhere.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Great suggestion, I have an old computer like this that I'll have to dig out and try.
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Answers.Text: My first thought too...but my old chess computer wasn't so fancy with touch sensitivity. Just type in the moves and read the computers move. Moving meatspace pieces done separately.
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Answers.Body: <p>One way to do this is to play at <a href="http://www.freechess.org/">FICS</a>. Using the <a href="http://www.playwitharena.com/">Arena</a> GUI - and probably others too, I'm sure (but this didn't work for me when I tried e.g. <a href="http://www.babaschess.net/">BabasChess</a> just now) - you can login to FICS, and then enter "set style 9" in the console to set your <a href="http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/style.html">style variable</a> appropriately. Then just seek/play games as one normally would at FICS, and instead of the game being displayed on Arena's board, you will just be told your opponent's moves in the console, and enter your own there as well. One great thing about this is that you aren't limited to finding others who want to play blind as well, and you can switch between playing blind and playing normally as you wish by resetting the style variable.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: In FICS, you can also apply for a [blindfold account](http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/blindfold.html) which has its own rating. That way you can play rated games and see your progress without affecting the rating of your normal account.
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Answers.Text: I simply use [timeseal](http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/timeseal.html) as a telnet client, as there is no need for a GUI (if you know how to seek matches using the console etc.).
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Answers.Body: <p>You can do this with <a href="http://chessmaster.us.ubi.com/xi/index.php" rel="nofollow">Chessmaster</a> by checking <code>Blindfold Play</code> in the <code>Rules</code> Tab</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>You can play blindfold chess against a strong computer online at <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/computer.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.apronus.com/chess/computer.htm</a> - you need to tick the checkbox called "blindfold chess" and the board will become empty. The moves played will be displayed as text but the empty board is still used as the interface for making moves.</p>
  
  <p>If the engine is too strong you can give it less time to think to make it weaker.</p>
  
  <p>You can untick the box at any time to see the position. You can take moves back. Additionally, by clicking on a button "Chess Editor in New Window" you can transfer your game to a chess editor which allows you to export it as FEN or PGN or to make a permanent link as a bookmark or to share with other people. You can also make an animated diagram with the whole game.</p>
  
  <p>Moreover, you can practice your blindfold chess starting from any set up position. For example, you may start with just the <a href="https://www.apronus.com/chess/puzzle/?p=08X8X8X4k3X8X8X8X1NB1K3_w_-_-_0_1&amp;h=" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bishop and knight against a lonely king</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <h2>GNU Chess</h2>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/chess/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.gnu.org/software/chess/</a></li>
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  <p>GNU Chess works in a terminal. You enter your move, get the response. No board. Only the command line interface.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>you can play blindfold on chess.com. That is a good way to practice if you are like me and dislike playing against computers.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>With Tarrasch GUI you can practice blindfold, you can setup any position and play from there.
  I'd suggest starting with K &amp; Q Vs K, try to mate blindfold, then K &amp; R Vs K.
  Sadly its only available for windows, I haven't found a good linux equivalent yet.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Is there a way to practice blindfold chess on the computer?</p>
  
  <p>For example, are there any programs online which give only a transcript of the moves played, and allow you to type in your next move, rather than showing a board?</p>
  
Tags: <online-chess><blindfold-chess>
Title: What are ways of practicing blindfold chess?
ThreadText: # What are ways of practicing blindfold chess?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-06-12)
  
  Is there a way to practice blindfold chess on the computer?
  
  For example, are there any programs online which give only a transcript of the moves played, and allow you to type in your next move, rather than showing a board?
  
  **Tags:** online-chess, blindfold-chess
  
  
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  ## 7 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2012-06-15. Score: 10
  
  Not strictly on a computer in your sense I assume, and, depending on how good you are, potentially not challenging enough: A friend of mine did this with an old second hand chess computer. The kind that comes with a board and pieces. The board is touch sensitive to register your moves and has LEDs to indicate computer moves. He played without the pieces.
  
  The advantage: Many of these take batteries and allow you to play anywhere.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Great suggestion, I have an old computer like this that I'll have to dig out and try.  
  > **username_3**: My first thought too...but my old chess computer wasn't so fancy with touch sensitivity. Just type in the moves and read the computers move. Moving meatspace pieces done separately.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2012-06-12. Score: 9
  
  One way to do this is to play at [FICS](http://www.freechess.org/). Using the [Arena](http://www.playwitharena.com/) GUI - and probably others too, I'm sure (but this didn't work for me when I tried e.g. [BabasChess](http://www.babaschess.net/) just now) - you can login to FICS, and then enter "set style 9" in the console to set your [style variable](http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/style.html) appropriately. Then just seek/play games as one normally would at FICS, and instead of the game being displayed on Arena's board, you will just be told your opponent's moves in the console, and enter your own there as well. One great thing about this is that you aren't limited to finding others who want to play blind as well, and you can switch between playing blind and playing normally as you wish by resetting the style variable.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_5**: In FICS, you can also apply for a [blindfold account](http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/blindfold.html) which has its own rating. That way you can play rated games and see your progress without affecting the rating of your normal account.  
  > **username_5**: I simply use [timeseal](http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/timeseal.html) as a telnet client, as there is no need for a GUI (if you know how to seek matches using the console etc.).  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2012-06-13. Score: 6
  
  You can do this with [Chessmaster](http://chessmaster.us.ubi.com/xi/index.php) by checking `Blindfold Play` in the `Rules` Tab
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2014-08-13. Score: 2
  
  You can play blindfold chess against a strong computer online at <http://www.apronus.com/chess/computer.htm> - you need to tick the checkbox called "blindfold chess" and the board will become empty. The moves played will be displayed as text but the empty board is still used as the interface for making moves.
  
  If the engine is too strong you can give it less time to think to make it weaker.
  
  You can untick the box at any time to see the position. You can take moves back. Additionally, by clicking on a button "Chess Editor in New Window" you can transfer your game to a chess editor which allows you to export it as FEN or PGN or to make a permanent link as a bookmark or to share with other people. You can also make an animated diagram with the whole game.
  
  Moreover, you can practice your blindfold chess starting from any set up position. For example, you may start with just the [bishop and knight against a lonely king](https://www.apronus.com/chess/puzzle/?p=08X8X8X4k3X8X8X8X1NB1K3_w_-_-_0_1&h=)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_8 on 2018-01-30. Score: 2
  
  ## GNU Chess
  
  * <https://www.gnu.org/software/chess/>
  
  GNU Chess works in a terminal. You enter your move, get the response. No board. Only the command line interface.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_9 on 2014-09-22. Score: 1
  
  you can play blindfold on chess.com. That is a good way to practice if you are like me and dislike playing against computers.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_10 on 2014-06-05. Score: 0
  
  With Tarrasch GUI you can practice blindfold, you can setup any position and play from there.
  I'd suggest starting with K & Q Vs K, try to mate blindfold, then K & R Vs K.
  Sadly its only available for windows, I haven't found a good linux equivalent yet.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_11**: Do you have a link?  
  
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