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Streaming or teaching?

We've refined the explanations about streaming via the internet (Option A) and Bluetooth (Option B). We've also added a new feature: you can now show a touch-through chessboard (Option C) directly in the app!

See the User Guide (app version 146) for more information.

New video: BLINDFOLD 960 CHESS memorization HACK

On 30 August 2025 we first published (on X) the idea of using a 5-letter code to memorize any 960 chess starting position. Now we've made a YouTube video demonstrating it a bit more detailed:

Edit on 8 Feb 2026: we no longer use X, because that requires users to log in before they can see posts.

New video: How to Learn Blindfold Chess

🏅 Nova Stone is the first external person to have written about blindfold-chess.app 🏅

A real mile-Stone 🥳

Big thanks to Tata Steel Chess for the chance to showcase the app this Jan & Feb 2026 to so many players! ♟️

Now blindfold-chess.app is going global fast 🌐

Another amazing day at Tata Steel Chess!

People noting the originality of this invention.
People offering to share blindfold-chess.app with their club & friends.
Connections being made with chess streamers.

This year may be a "boom"! 🚀

That was fun at Tata Steel Chess.

People were excited that blindfold-chess.app is free to use. Had some great conversations about measuring learning progress and about visualization: do you "see" light or do you "know" space?

See you again on Wednesday!

➡️ We acquired blindfoldchess.app and let it redirect (to blindfold-chess.app)

If not using a touchscreen device, you can simulate touchscreen taps by registering keyboard keys or - since today's update - game controller buttons 🎮

This was a feature request from a chess tournament participant this month.

(Close and reopen the app to get the latest version.)

This is a flyer we hand out to all participants at a chess tournament in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 this month. In January we will also be at Tata Steel Chess! See you there 😎

An unknown blindfold-chess.app player has finished a 4-board simul 🥳

🎉Congrats 🎉

We don't know who the player is or in which country the player lives: for more information, see our privacy policy.

🥳 Thanks, unknown tester!

Less than 24 hours ago, someone found a bug: promotion choices were shown when doing an illegal pawn move to the 8th rank. The issue has been resolved. You can close and reopen the app twice to get the updated app version.

Thrilled to see that blindfold-chess.app is part of a new generation of chess apps on TrendingChess.com 📈

Edit on 8 Feb 2026: IndieChess.com has been changed to TrendingChess.com.

Thrilled to introduce a new way to play chess! The app is already public for over a month now and today videos have been shared via YouTube and X.

🏠 We acquired the domain blindfold-chess.app and moved the app here

🚀 First version of the app was published

🔧 Building started