Chess Vision Trainer is a chess training system to
improve your visualization and move calculation skills
in Chess. Visualization and calculation plays a major
role in chess. These are the skills that separates the
masters from the amateurs.
When Alekhine was asked "How many moves do you see
ahead?" his answer was "Just one move deeper than my
opponent!".
At the first glance, the program looks like just any
other chess playing program. Actually, it does has a
built-in chess playing engine. The chess playing
engine acts as your spar.
The position displayed on the screen is not the true
position but the position a certain number of half-
moves before the true position. You do not decide the
moves based on the displayed position but based on the
true position (which you do not see but you're trying
to visualize). This means that you are always forced
to look ahead of the chess position you see on the
board.
Then, there is the concept of 'Blindfold Areas'.
Blindfold Areas are quarter portions of the chess
board and these are areas where the pieces are
invisible. One of the intentions of this concept is to
solve the problem of 'blind spots'. Using the concept
of Blindfold Areas will also help you to develop chess
board memory. This idea of dividing the chess board
into quarters is derived from Buckley's suggestion in
his book Practical Chess Analysis.
The combination of these training exercises will
improve your visualization and move calculation skills.