Blindfold Chess - DarkSquares
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Master blindfold chess: visualize the board in your mind, no pieces needed.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 144 ratings
- Downloads
- 2.9K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Sep 30
- 2026 · v2.7.32
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About Blindfold Chess - DarkSquares
No pieces, no problem. Whether you are a beginner who can barely picture one square or a club player chasing sharper calculation, this is visualization training that actually sticks.
A GUIDED JOURNEY
- Start at your very first square and build up to full blindfold chess
- Earn Bronze, Silver and Gold as your inner board gets stronger
- Clear, bite-sized steps so you are never lost
VISUALIZATION DRILLS
- Square colors: instantly know light from dark
- Coordinates and quadrants: lock the grid into memory
- Knight movement: master the hardest piece to picture
- Memory drills: hold entire positions in your head
PLAY BLINDFOLD VS AI
- Choose your difficulty: full board, faded disks, or a fully blank board
- Type your moves, or speak them out loud
- On-device speech recognition. Your voice stays private, always
REPLAY FAMOUS GAMES
- Walk through Morphy, Fischer, Kasparov and more, move by move
- Rebuild the legends entirely in your mind
DAILY PUZZLE
- A fresh challenge every day
- Build streaks and chase the fastest solve
FREE AND OFFLINE
- Free to start, no account required
- Works fully offline, train anywhere
Blindfold chess is the ultimate test of chess vision. Train it daily and your over-the-board calculation, memory and confidence climb with it.
Train your mind to see the invisible board.
What’s new
Version 2.7.32 · Updated September 30, 2026
- Safer Google sign-in, and your session is now stored encrypted on your device - Your Lichess connection is now stored encrypted on your device too - Livelier buttons and answers, with confetti when you finish an exercise round or a lesson
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User reviews
Great app, I'm giving all the stars to support the app and because the developer is active and constantly improving it
awesome app to learn blindfold chess I love the fact you can connect to lichess and play real players, the puzzle/memory section is fire too 🔥 In hidden mode, it would be better to have no board to avoid peeking (there is an empty board option if you want) and it could use a coaching/tips section to feel less overw...
A very well made app that helps improving blindfolding and vision chess skills. Needs to be more known
Great app..
Good app
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