Game 1 - Alekhine v Tenner BlindChess

In this episode we go over a game played between Alexander Alekhine and Oscar Tenner in Cologne, Germany in 1911. Don't worry if it is still a struggle to follow along, just make sure you try to play some blindfolded games and maybe listen to these episodes multiple times until it becomes second nature, and don't forget to practice with some of the sites below too if you'd like!

Here's the game: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1076122

Check out the sites below for some exercises.

http://www.noirchess.com/blindfoldtrainer/

https://lichess.org/training/coordinate

Also if you'd like to play some blindfolded chess on lichess.org, log in, go to preferences (click on your username at top right and then in the drop down click preferences), then click your username again, and click 'sound' and choose 'speech'. then start a game with the computer. you might need to go to preferences and turn off 'highlight last move and check'.

Hope this episode helps you! feel free to email me at blindchesspodcast@gmail.com if you have any questions!



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