Blindfold chess training
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This document provides blindfold chess problems for white and black to solve in 3 moves or less to checkmate the opponent. It also includes summaries of two past games between grandmasters Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura, and Boris Gelfand and Hikaru Nakamura, where black was able to checkmate white in both games.
![BLINDFOLD CHESS TRAINING (NO CHESS BOARD EDITION)
MEDIUM 1 : WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN
A) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 c4 7.Be2 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Nge7
B) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.00 Nxe4 6.Re1 Nc5 7.Nc3 Nxa4 8.Nxe5 Nxc3 9.Nxc6+ Be7
C) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Bc4 b5 8.Bd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 e6
D) 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.h4 c6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h5 h6 8.hxg6 hxg5 9.Rxh8 Bxh8
E) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 Nxe4
F) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qd3 e5 6.dxe5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxe5 8.000 Nxe4
G) 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.d5 Ne5 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qxe4 Ng6 9.Nb5 Nf6
H) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Qa5 9.axb4 Qxa1
I) 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qxd4 5.Qe2 Bg4 6.f3 Bh5 7.Be3 Qb4 8.000 a6 9.Nd5 Qa5
J) 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Ng5+ Kg8 7.Qf3 Qe8 8.e6 h6
MEDIUM 2: BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN
A) 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5 5.e4 g4 6.Ng1 Qh4+ 7.Ke2 g3 8.Nc3
B) 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.00 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Bc5+ 7.Kh1 Qf6 8.Qh5 Qg6 9.Qe5+ Be7
10.Qxh8
C) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Nxe5 d5 5.Qf3 Be6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Bxe4 dxe4 8.Qxe4 Bxe5 9.Qxb7 Bxd4
10.Qxa8
D) 1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.c4 Bd6 6.Ne5 Bxe5 7.Bxe5 Ng4 8.Bb2
E) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 b5 3.Bxb5 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.Nd2 Nf6 6.Qe2 c5 7.Ngf3 c4 8.Bxc4 fxe4 9.Ng5 Qa5 10.c3
F) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bd6 6.Bg5 00 7.d4 Bg4 8.dxe5 Bxe5 9.Qxd8 Raxd8
10.Nxe5
G) 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.Be2 d6 6.00 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Bc5+ 8.Kh1
H) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 Nxe4 6.d5 Ne7 7.Nxe5 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.d6 Nxd6
I) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Qb3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Qxb7 Nb4 7.Nb5 Ng4 8.Nxc7+ Qxc7 9.Qxc7
J) 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.e5 d5 5.Bb3 Ne4 6.Ne2 Bc5 7.f3 Qh4+ 8.g3 d3 9.gxh4
(6449811) So,Wesley (2779) - Nakamura,Hikaru (2814) [E99]
Sinquefield Cup 3rd Saint Louis (6), 28.08.2015
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 00 6.Be2 e5 7.00 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.Be3 f4
12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Ng6 14.c5 Nf6 15.Rc1 Rf7 16.Kh1 h5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nb5 a6 19.Na3 b5 20.Rc6 g4
21.Qc2 Qf8 22.Rc1 Bd7 23.Rc7 Bh6 24.Be1 h4 25.fxg4 f3 26.gxf3 Nxe4 27.Rd1 Rxf3 28.Rxd7 Rf1+ 29.Kg2
Be3 30.Bg3 hxg3 31.Rxf1 Nh4+ 32.Kh3 Qh6 33.g5 Nxg5+ 34.Kg4 Nhf3 35.Nf2 Qh4+ 36.Kf5 Rf8+ 37.Kg6
Rf6+ 38.Kxf6 Ne4+ 39.Kg6 . . .(BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN) 01
(4751467) Gelfand,Boris (2761) - Nakamura,Hikaru (2708) [E97]
WchT 7th Bursa (5.1), 09.01.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 00 6.Be2 e5 7.00 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6
12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.a4 Ng6 15.Ba3 Rf7 16.b5 dxc5 17.Bxc5 h5 18.a5 g4 19.b6 g3 20.Kh1 Bf8 21.d6 axb6
22.Bg1 Nh4 23.Re1 Nxg2 24.dxc7 Nxe1 25.Qxe1 g2+ 26.Kxg2 Rg7+ 27.Kh1 Bh3 28.Bf1 Qd3 29.Nxe5 Bxf1
30.Qxf1 Qxc3 31.Rc1 Qxe5 32.c8Q Rxc8 33.Rxc8 Qe6 0-1](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/blindfoldchesstraining-171113014844/85/Blindfold-chess-training-1-320.jpg)
Blindfold chess training
- 1. BLINDFOLD CHESS TRAINING (NO CHESS BOARD EDITION) MEDIUM 1 : WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN A) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 c4 7.Be2 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Nge7 B) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.00 Nxe4 6.Re1 Nc5 7.Nc3 Nxa4 8.Nxe5 Nxc3 9.Nxc6+ Be7 C) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Bc4 b5 8.Bd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 e6 D) 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.h4 c6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h5 h6 8.hxg6 hxg5 9.Rxh8 Bxh8 E) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 Nxe4 F) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qd3 e5 6.dxe5 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qxe5 8.000 Nxe4 G) 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.d5 Ne5 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qxe4 Ng6 9.Nb5 Nf6 H) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Qa5 9.axb4 Qxa1 I) 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qxd4 5.Qe2 Bg4 6.f3 Bh5 7.Be3 Qb4 8.000 a6 9.Nd5 Qa5 J) 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Ng5+ Kg8 7.Qf3 Qe8 8.e6 h6 MEDIUM 2: BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN A) 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5 5.e4 g4 6.Ng1 Qh4+ 7.Ke2 g3 8.Nc3 B) 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.00 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Bc5+ 7.Kh1 Qf6 8.Qh5 Qg6 9.Qe5+ Be7 10.Qxh8 C) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Nxe5 d5 5.Qf3 Be6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Bxe4 dxe4 8.Qxe4 Bxe5 9.Qxb7 Bxd4 10.Qxa8 D) 1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.c4 Bd6 6.Ne5 Bxe5 7.Bxe5 Ng4 8.Bb2 E) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 b5 3.Bxb5 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.Nd2 Nf6 6.Qe2 c5 7.Ngf3 c4 8.Bxc4 fxe4 9.Ng5 Qa5 10.c3 F) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bd6 6.Bg5 00 7.d4 Bg4 8.dxe5 Bxe5 9.Qxd8 Raxd8 10.Nxe5 G) 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.Be2 d6 6.00 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Bc5+ 8.Kh1 H) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 Nxe4 6.d5 Ne7 7.Nxe5 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.d6 Nxd6 I) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Qb3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Qxb7 Nb4 7.Nb5 Ng4 8.Nxc7+ Qxc7 9.Qxc7 J) 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.e5 d5 5.Bb3 Ne4 6.Ne2 Bc5 7.f3 Qh4+ 8.g3 d3 9.gxh4 (6449811) So,Wesley (2779) - Nakamura,Hikaru (2814) [E99] Sinquefield Cup 3rd Saint Louis (6), 28.08.2015 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 00 6.Be2 e5 7.00 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.Be3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Ng6 14.c5 Nf6 15.Rc1 Rf7 16.Kh1 h5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nb5 a6 19.Na3 b5 20.Rc6 g4 21.Qc2 Qf8 22.Rc1 Bd7 23.Rc7 Bh6 24.Be1 h4 25.fxg4 f3 26.gxf3 Nxe4 27.Rd1 Rxf3 28.Rxd7 Rf1+ 29.Kg2 Be3 30.Bg3 hxg3 31.Rxf1 Nh4+ 32.Kh3 Qh6 33.g5 Nxg5+ 34.Kg4 Nhf3 35.Nf2 Qh4+ 36.Kf5 Rf8+ 37.Kg6 Rf6+ 38.Kxf6 Ne4+ 39.Kg6 . . .(BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN) 01 (4751467) Gelfand,Boris (2761) - Nakamura,Hikaru (2708) [E97] WchT 7th Bursa (5.1), 09.01.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 00 6.Be2 e5 7.00 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.a4 Ng6 15.Ba3 Rf7 16.b5 dxc5 17.Bxc5 h5 18.a5 g4 19.b6 g3 20.Kh1 Bf8 21.d6 axb6 22.Bg1 Nh4 23.Re1 Nxg2 24.dxc7 Nxe1 25.Qxe1 g2+ 26.Kxg2 Rg7+ 27.Kh1 Bh3 28.Bf1 Qd3 29.Nxe5 Bxf1 30.Qxf1 Qxc3 31.Rc1 Qxe5 32.c8Q Rxc8 33.Rxc8 Qe6 0-1