Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Chess Vision Trainer


Chess Vision Trainer is a chess training system designed to develop and improve your visualization and move calculation skills in Chess. 
When Alekhine was asked "How many moves do you see ahead?" his answer was "Just one move deeper than my opponent!".
The built-in chess playing engine acts as your training partner. The position displayed on the chess board is not the true position but the past position a certain number of half-moves before the true position.
Then, there is the concept of 'Blindfold Areas'. Blindfold Areas are quadrants of the chess board and these are areas where the pieces are invisible. One of the intentions of this concept is to solve the problem of 'blind spots'. Using the concept of Blindfold Areas will also help you to develop chess board memory. This idea of dividing the chess board into quadrants for the purpose of visualization is revealed by Buckley in his excellent book Practical Chess Analysis.

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