Talk:Blindfold chess

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The article says there are blindfold tournaments throughout the year. I have never heard of any except for Amber, which is only partly blindfold. Can anyone provide more information? Nameme 14:53, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Why does the see also section list the world chess championship? There is no information relation to blindfold chess at that article. Nameme 15:36, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I took out the reference to the world chess championship. It clearly has no direct relevance to this article. I also removed the names of four players listed in the "see also" section - these were redundant, since they are already mentioned in the main body of the article. Dsreyn 00:46, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Is it OK to add a link to my mnemonics memory techniques article on blindfold chess? I will put it on since I have waited a few days for a response. Sorry if it is not suitable. www.NakedScience.com : http://www.nakedscience.com/memory/blindfold%20chess.htm

[edit] question

Interesting article, but one claim left me wondering... "blindfold exhibitions were officially banned in 1930 in the USSR as they were deemed to be a health hazard" Why was it a health hazard? The crowds that assembled to watch it? Article should explain that, if anyone knows. --W.marsh 17:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Siddharta

Um, wait, we open with a quote saying that Buddha's friends (we're talking 5th century B.C. here..) played mental chess, then we follow that with a statement that it was first played in the 7th Century C.E.. Which one is it? - Eric 01:28, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Koltanowski and Najdorf

I felt the article was too POV in favour of Najorf so I've rewritten it to give some more weight to Koltanowski's achievements. There was no source given for the statement that "Today (Najdorf's) feat is considered the most impressive in the history of simultaneous blindfold games." On the contrary, there's considerable evidence that the conditions under which Najdorf's records were set where much less strict than Koltanowski's.Pawnkingthree (talk) 10:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)