Review: Blindfold Chess

The full title of this textbook-like volume is Blindfold Chess: History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, World Records, and Important Games. With its nondescript, solid, hard-cover binding; black and white photos; logical chapter progressions; print style and extensive index; this is not your typical chess book. It screams “Academic Tome.”

The authors have taken their work very seriously and Blindfold Chess represents the culmination of a combined seventy years of research. The depth of their investigation shows in the acknowledgment section, which includes the following prominent names, among many others: Maurice Ashley, Pal Benko, Frederic Friedel, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, George Koltanowski, Danny Kopec, Glenn Petersen, Hanon Russell, Lothar Schmid, Andrew Soltis and Edward Winter.

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