Blindfold Chess - DarkSquares

Play a full game of chess out loud, without ever seeing the board. DarkSquares teaches you blindfold chess step by step, so you can hold a whole position in your mind, track every piece from memory and play your moves by voice.

No pieces, no problem. Whether you are a beginner who can barely picture one square or a club player looking to sharpen your 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 tell light squares from dark
- Coordinates and quadrants: lock the grid into memory
- Knight moves: 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 legendary games entirely in your mind

BLINDFOLD PUZZLES
- Follow a few moves in your head, then find the tactic
- A puzzle rating that adjusts to your level

FREE AND OFFLINE
- Free to start, no account required
- Works fully offline, so you can train anywhere