Blindfold Chess Insanity
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A blindfold match is when a chess player plays multiple people without seeing the board. The players call out the move to the blindfolded player who remembers the position, and calls out his move. Morphy was capable of playing multiple blindfolded games at once (Blindfold simultaneous exhibit). He did an amazing blindfolded exhibit in Paris against 8 of the city's strongest challengers. |
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In Russia, the goverment made it illegal for their great players to play blindfolded games because they believed it was bad for a players health. Morphy dazzled audiences around the world many times a year with his blindfolded play exhibits. Some have theorized that the blindfolded play is what led to Morphy's eventual insanity. (see Fact 14)
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