Visualization refers to the process of chess players imagining the position several moves ahead in their mental calculations.
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Learning to visualize the board
I have read in several sources, it's a important to be able instantly say what colour a square has or for example, if two pieces are on the same diagonal/rank/file, if their squares are given. And this skill can be learned by specific exercise for…
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Do grandmasters practice blindfold chess or does it come naturally with practice?
Since grandmasters are good at calculation, do they practice blindfold for improving calculations, or does it come naturally over time by solving a lot of complex calculations?
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Why do GMs look up during calculations?
I saw some grandmasters looking up or sideways during calculations. Why don't they just look at the board and visualize? Wouldn't that be easier?
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Does playing tournament chess help one in the field of chess-related math?
A question of personal interest. Is "visualization" of various types of boards and graphs helped along by competitive, tournament play? Of course, I'm assuming play beyond simply knowing how the pieces move.
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How do strong (GM level) players visualise the board?
This question was raised on the latest Chicken Chess Club podcast by a listener writing in who wanted help trying to play blindfold and who said:
What do you see when you try to visualise the board? Do you see a 2-D board as on the screen? Do you…
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Chess visualization exercises
As beginner chess player I need an advice from more expert players.
After one month I will partecipate to an OTB tournament and I want to improve my skills doing tactic exercises.
Is it useful to do the tactics on a real chess board or it really…
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How much should I rely on an external board or diagram when reading a chess book?
I'm currently making my first serious attempt to read a chess book. While I can generally follow and evaluate variations mentally if I can at least see the starting position in some diagram, I struggle after the variations continue beyond the page…
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How to improve at calculation and visualisation?
My Lichess rapid rating is around 2100 and I'm quickly realising how poor my visualisation skills are, causing my calculation to be horrible even just two or three moves deep. I have worked on The Woodpecker Method for a while on Chessable and am…
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Which online chessboard orientation do professional players prefer?
Do professional online players always prefer to play on a chessboard oriented with the Black pieces on the top or with their own pieces on the bottom? Is there a consensus on this, and has there ever been a formal or informal poll?
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Suggestions for blindfold exercises
I can now name the color of any square. Does anyone have suggestions for some other visualization exercises I can do to improve my blindfold chess?
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How to visualize in chess?
Skip to 2:08:27 in this video https://youtu.be/nK4SNEbMn7s.
What exactly is GMHikaru doing that?How can I be able to do that?Does it comes naturally with practice or their are exercises?
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Calculation and visualisation exercises - do they work?
I would like input from actual experience of improving calculation and visualization: can anyone testify to achieving actual and significant improvement in ability to calculate and visualize as a result of deliberately doing exercises set to train…
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Mental models in chess
In “Chess as a Behavioral Model for Cognitive Skill Research,” Mechner writes the following about mental representation of the game by blindfold chess masters:
But the bombshell, which prompts the present reexamination of
‘‘visualization,’’ is…
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Playing blind chess with aphantasia
Aphantasia is the suggested name for a condition where one does not
possess a functioning mind's eye and cannot visualize imagery.
Everyone's a bit different. I have a cubics cube on my desk, and then trying to visualise it after closing my eyes,…
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Board Vision Puzzles
There's a plethora of tactics puzzles out there. However, I'm looking for board vision puzzles.
For example, given a certain position, how many legal moves does X piece have? How many pieces are pinned? Which pieces are hanging? Etc...
Here is a…
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