Blind Chess Trainer

Blind Chess Trainer

⭐️3.7 / 5
Rating
🙌6
Ratings
📼5 scs
Content
📦w/o updates
Updates frequency
🗣❌ unsupported
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All Versions of Blind Chess Trainer

3.3

October 11, 2017

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. - iOS 11 update
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2.3

September 24, 2012

- peek button - 6 levels of playing strength

1.0

May 19, 2011

Price History of Blind Chess Trainer

Description of Blind Chess Trainer

Train yourself to play blind chess. Being able to play blind chess will help you to concentrate better, and it will improve your imagination, because you have to constantly keep a mental image of the position. So, how does the training take place? There are five stages: 1. NORMAL CHESS In this mode, you can use the app as an ordinary chess app. Once you have a good feeling for the interface, you can move on the the next step. 2. NO COLORS The pieces of both players are shown in the same color (gray). So, during the game, you have to remember which piece is whose. 3. NO PIECE DIFFERENTIATION All the white pieces look the same, as well as all black pieces. You can see when pieces come into contact with each other, but you have to remember which piece is which. 4. NO COLORS AND NO PIECE DIFFERENTIATION All pieces look the same. This is very close to playing actual blind chess. All you can see on the board is how the pieces are positioned. 5 BLIND CHESS! Congratulations, you are ready to play blind chess! The board is empty. Or, rather, all pieces are transparent. You can enter a move as usual (by dragging or tapping), and the reply will be displayed in the title bar at the top of the screen. If you have mastered the previous stages you will definitely notice an improvement in your ability to play blind chess. During the game, you can ask yourself some questions, like: What is this piece doing here? Why would it have been moved here? Which square did it come from? All this will help you to see the game as a story line. Good luck with learning to play blind chess!
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Blind Chess Trainer: FAQ

Is the Blind Chess Trainer app compatible with iPads?

Yes, Blind Chess Trainer works on iPads.
Marcel J Nijman is the developer of the app.
The Blind Chess Trainer app requires iOS 9.0 or later.
With an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, Blind Chess Trainer has some room for improvement but is not terrible.
The Blind Chess Trainer App Relates To The Games Genre.
The latest version of the Blind Chess Trainer app is 3.3.
July 1, 2024 is the date of the latest Blind Chess Trainer update.
Blind Chess Trainer was introduced to the market on February 5, 2023.
Contains nothing objectionable, appropriate for all ages.
Blind Chess Trainer can be used in Dutch, English.
Unfortunately, Blind Chess Trainer is not on Apple Arcade.
No, Blind Chess Trainer does not allow for in-app purchases.
Sorry, Blind Chess Trainer is not specifically engineered for compatibility with Apple Vision Pro.

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Reviews of Blind Chess Trainer

  • Ridiculous

    The idea behind the app is exceptional. But the bot is far too high rated. I’m not going to learn anything when I’m too busy fighting for my life as the bot slowly and methodically destroys me. Absolutely unplayable unless you enjoy suffering repeated embarrassing losses
  • No variety - no settings

    If you are an accomplished chess player, which you probably are or else you wouldn’t even consider playing blindfold chess, this is NOT the program for you. The chess engine plays the same opening EVERY time with ZERO variation. For example, as Black, it will always play Petroff’s Defense (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6). As White, it will begin EVERY game with Nf3. Every game! The only setting seems to be the option to turn the sound on or off. The internal chess engine seems to play a decent game of chess but I didn’t test it out much as I got bored playing the same opening moves, over and over again. There is no option to control the level at which the engine plays. The lack of variety makes this completely acceptable, in my opinion. Good idea but poorly implemented. I will probably delete it.
  • Seems ideal

    I bought this a week ago or so, and during that time I certainly cannot have become adept at blind chess. However, the app works as described with no flaws, and it seems ideally suited to acquiring the ability to visualize the game without helps. Learning to see the pieces in the mind's eye without helps is probably key to learning the game as a whole. ...... I think that in the long run, the real 'blind chess' one should play isn't just sans pieces but sans board. Now that would be one interesting app to program! But it could be done easily enough. Just list moves, with no board. Present. A-H and 1-8 would be needed as input buttons, and a board flash button. Also, please consider making it possible to set up a position.