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"BLINDFOLD CHESS"
By Eliot Hearst & John Knott (2009)
McFarland reprint Softback Edition (2013)
Hearst, Eliot & Knott, John: "Blindfold Chess". History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, World Records, and Important Games.
Jefferson, McFarland, 2013 (reprint of the 1st Hardback Ed. of 2009). Original softback edition. VIII (including Half Title page, Frontispiece with a photo of a blind game between Topalov and Judith Polgar and Title page) + 437 pages (containing 62 photos). 25,5 x 17,7 cm. In English.
Very good: The only visible flaw relatively noteworthy is the small creased fold in the top outside corner of the front cover, which affects the first 34 pages. Otherwise, unimportant minor defects, with a fresh interior, almost like new.
McFarland:
"For centuries, blindfold chess—the art of playing without sight of the board or pieces—has produced some of the greatest feats of human memory, progressing to the extent that the world record in 2009 was 45 [and is now 46] simultaneous blindfold games. This work describes the personalities and achievements of some of blindfold chess’s greatest players—including Philidor, Morphy, Blackburne, Zukertort, Pillsbury, Reti, Alekhine, Koltanowski, Najdorf and Fine, as well as present-day grandmasters such as Anand and Kramnik. Including some never before published, 444 games scores are presented, peppered with diagrams and annotations. Hints for playing blindfold, and its practical value, are also included.
Table of Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgments 1
Introduction 7
PART I. THE HISTORY OF BLINDFOLD CHESS
1. Even Before Philidor 15
2. François-André Philidor 21
3. Between Philidor and the Late 1800s 25
Early Post-Philidor Blindfold Players 25; Louis Paulsen 29; Paul Morphy 34; Joseph Henry Blackburne 39; Johannes Zukertort 43; Other Late 1800s Blindfold Players 47
4. The First Part of the Twentieth Century 50
Introduction 50; Harry Pillsbury 54; Vladimir Ostrogsky 59; Richard Réti (with a bow to Boris KostiW) 62; Gyula Breyer 72; Alexander Alekhine 73; George Koltanowski 83; Miguel Najdorf 91; János Flesch 99; Reuben Fine 110
5. The Last Fifty Years 115
Introduction 115; Francisco J. Pérez, Kenneth Rogoff, Leo
Williams, Vlastimil Hort, Anthony Miles, Jacob Øst Hansen,
Hans Jung, Ole Boegh Larsen, and Garry Kasparov 116–127;
Other Players of Note (Val Zemitis, Ortvin Sarapu, Larry
Christiansen, Sergio Mariotti, Dimitrije Bjelica, Jacques
Mieses, Frank J. Marshall, Samuel Reshevsky et al.) 127–135
6. Women and Blindfold Chess 136
7. Major Recent Tournaments and Matches 139
Introduction 139; The Amber Tournaments 141;
The Future 146
PART II. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BLINDFOLD CHESS
8. Research on General Chess Skill 151
Cleveland (large units of thought and “position sense”) 151; Djakow, Petrowski, and Rudik (masters’ memories superior only in chess?) 152; Baumgarten (chess prodigy Reshevsky) 153; De Groot (recognition of patterns) 154; Simon et al. (“chunks” in shortand long-term memory) 155; Some Problems with the Simon Group’s Approach 158; Alternatives to the Simon Group’s Approach 162; Imagery, Verbal Knowledge, “Cartoons” 166
9. Psychological Studies and Commentaries on Blindfold Chess 179
Binet 179; Bergson 184; Fine 185; Ericsson et al. 186; Saariluoma 187; Chabris and Hearst 189
10. The Techniques of Blindfold Champions 191
11. The Supposed Health Hazards 200
PART III. BLINDFOLD CHESS GAMES
World Record–Setting Simultaneous Exhibitions 207
Other Significant Games 313
Afterword 391
Appendix A. “World Record” Blindfold Simultaneous Exhibitions Since 1782 395
Appendix B. Proposed Rules for Serious Simultaneous Blindfold Displays 407
Bibliography 409
Games Index (to game numbers) 415
Traditional Openings Index (to game numbers) 422
ECO Openings Index (to game numbers) 424
Illustrations Index (to page numbers) 426
General Index (to page numbers) 427"
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