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b'This month on Chess Books Recaptured, guest co-host Jerry Wells and I do a deep dive on the topic of Blindfold Chess. Jerry is an Arkansas-based school teacher, chess coach, and dedicated adult improver who has emphasized blindfold chess in his study regimen. The first half of the show is devoted to discussing the definitive work on blindfold chess, called Blindfold Chess, History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, World Records, and Important Games. The book is by NM Eliot Hearst and John Knott, and it was clearly a labor of love from two passionate chess enthusiasts. Following our conversation about this detailed historical tome, Jerry and I summarize and share many other resources you all can check out if you are interested in improving your own blindfold and visualization skills. We\\u2019ve got lots of detailed links and show notes for this one, so please read on to find them along with timestamps.\\xa0\\n\\n0:00- We begin by learning a bit about the background of our guest co-host, Jerry Wells, and about why he was interested in the book Blindfold Chess, History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, World Records, and Important Games, by Eliot Hearst and John Knott, and why he has worked on his own blindfold game.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Perpetual Chess 191 with GM Daniel Naroditsky, Link for forthcoming blindfold study book by Martin Justesen: https://saychessblog.com/100-blindfold-endgame-studies/\\n\\n10:30- As we discuss, Blindfold Chess is primarily available in paperback from Macfarland Publishing. There are no e-books available.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Richard Reti, GM George Koltanowski\\xa0\\n\\n12:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. One way to work on your visualization skills is through Chessable\\u2019s excellent, Visualize series by Benedictine. Check it out here: https://www.chessable.com/visualise-1/course/25695/\\n\\n13:00- We read the opening paragraphs of the book and dive into its contents.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Alexander Alekhine, Alfred Binet, Harry Pillsbury, GM Timur Garyev, GM Andy Soltis, John Knott\\u2019s essay on Timur Garyev\\u2019s Blindfold Simul Record: https://www.blindfoldchess.net/blog/2017/07/timur-gareyev-and-blindfold-chess . NM Christopher Chabris, Andre Philidor, Lionel Kieseritzky, Louis Paulson, Paul Morphy, Joseph Blackburne, Johannes Zukertort, GM Patrick Wolff\\xa0\\n\\n31:00-\\xa0 A recurring question in the book is whether or not performing many blindfold simuls can drive you insane? What did the authors conclude?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Harry Pillsbury George Koltanowski\\xa0\\n\\n35:30- We discuss a few of the other notable players mentioned in the book.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Miguel Najdorf, GM Ken Rogoff, The simul Polgars, GM Robert Hungaski\\xa0\\n\\n40:00- We answer a Patreon mailbag question about the ranking of\\xa0 George Koltanowski in the pantheon of blindfold players throughout chess history.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Hans Ree, GM Erich Eliskases\\xa0\\n\\n48:30- We discuss part 2 of the book, which synthesizes a lot of the research available regarding how chess players learn, and whether they have superior memories, etc.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: NM Christopher Chabris, The Melody Amber Blindfold Tournaments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_chess_tournament, GM Peter Svidler, GM Vasyl Ivanchuk, GM Aman Hambleton\\xa0\\n\\n56:30- We share a few of our favorite quotes from the book.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: GM Richard Reti, GM Reuben Fine. GM Alexander Alekhine\\xa0\\n\\n1:03:00- We briefly discuss a few of the highlight games from the book.\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: Alekhine-Schwartz 1926- https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012453\\n\\nKoltanowski-Burnett 1937- https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1080667\\n\\nThe Polgar game Jerry mentions is not available online. :(\\xa0\\n\\n1:05:00 What blindfold-playing tips are shared within the book?\\xa0\\n\\nMentioned: George Koltanowski, Branco Tchabritch, GM Anthony Miles, IM John Watson\\n\\n1:11:00- We synthesize a lot of Blindfold Tips from other chess books and other resources.\\xa0\\n\\nHere are the resources we discuss:\\xa0\\n\\nImprove Your Chess Now by GM Jonathan Tisdall\\xa0\\n\\nNoir Chess- http://www.noirchess.com/\\n\\nChessvis- https://www.chessvis.com/\\n\\nIM Danny Rensch\\u2019s- Achieving Full Board Awareness and Nivana videos- https://www.chess.com/video/player/achieving-full-board-awareness\\n\\nhttps://www.chess.com/video/player/achieving-full-board-nirvana\\n\\nChess Steps Thinking Ahead Volume 2-\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Learning-Chess-Thinking-Chess-Steps-Stappenmethode/dp/9077275991\\n\\nVisualize 1 on Chessable by Benedictine-\\n\\nhttps://www.chessable.com/visualise-1/course/25695/\\n\\nChessFox Visualwize-\\n\\nhttps://chessfox.com/discover-visualwize/\\n\\nNM Elliott Neff\\u2019s Step by Step Blindfold Tips- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4U336yifjg\\n\\nNM Elliott Neff on Perpetual Chess- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-94-uscf-master-and-author-elliott-neff/id1185023674?i=1000420893461\\n\\nBlindfold Chess Podcast-\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://open.spotify.com/show/28ktA1QA3CDeVlsmqyBNjU?si=-xR-VwdQSE2p3ostg_B60g\\n\\n1:28:00- Thanks so much to Jerry Wells for suggesting this great topic and preparing so much. You can follow him twitter here: https://twitter.com/jerrywaynewells\\n\\nAnd thanks to his suggestion of another donation to Books Through Bars: http://booksthroughbars.org/\\n\\n1:31:00- Blindfold Puzzle Time!\\xa0\\n\\xa0(from Chess steps thinking ahead)- 1. E4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 Nc6 5. ?\\n\\nAnswer in link\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=i/SeZIPEV+zgh1vQyYxcsHPf4zRuWjC/BEK3DPMwAJMLK3ZaqBz4oIh/i6Lj2FcH\\nMate in 2 from Chess Steps vol. 3)\\n\\nWhite: pawn on a5, queen on h1, King on c5\\n\\nBlack: King on a7, White to move and mate in 2\\n\\nPuzzle here- https://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=i/SeZIPEV+zgh1vQyYxcsPBGfWNYaw1qv8rv75i7wdqAgWRjQ5ZJJsHKak3PbZpn\\n\\nSolution here-\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=i/SeZIPEV+zgh1vQyYxcsAPaHMPl3f4XVKuYmauWUmXuob4BDxSjxMtMPOQGmvN7\\nPillsbury- BVD Dixon, 1900, Blindfold Simul- what move did Pillsbury \\u201coverlook\\u201d on move 10 for Black\\xa0\\n\\n[Event "Pillsbury blindfold sim"]\\n\\n[Site "New Orleans"]\\n\\n[Date "1900.03.08"]\\n\\n[Round "?"]\\n\\n[White "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"]\\n\\n[Black "Dixon, B."]\\n\\n[Result "0-1"]\\ne4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nxc6 dxc6\\nBd3 Qe5 9. h3 Bxh3 10. gxh3\\xa0\\n\\nWhat move did Pillsbury \\u201coverlook\\u201d on move 10 for Black?\\xa0\\n\\nGame link with conclusion here\\u2026\\xa0\\n\\nhttps://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=c57YHXax2Ne7ie/drf4LwuRfIo9w1v+xHVLGC+AXsXkMMdtS+IPivvhL+brTDBwn\\n\\nThanks for listening everyone! If you would like to help support Perpetual Chess, you can do so here: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/donate\\n\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'