[BlindTlk] Playing Chess

[Brandon A. Olivares]

LOL, half tempted to do exactly that. 👍🏻🤔

> On Mar 21, 2022, at 3:01 PM, Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> You need more chess sets and a lazy susan.  Put the sets on the lazy susan
> and turn it for each game in progress.
> R.N.I.B. published a book on chess by Francis Merrick where you  learned
> each of the piece's moves but no strategy tutorials were in that book.
> I had a copy of that book many years ago.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2022, Aaron Allen via BlindTlk wrote:
> 
>> To add to this thread, is there an accessible training or guide on learning
>> Chess?
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Brandon A.
>> Olivares via BlindTlk
>> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 1:42 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Brandon A. Olivares <programmer2188 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [BlindTlk] Playing Chess
>> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> Does anyone here play chess? I've been getting back into it. I found
>> lichess.org <http://lichess.org/>, which is very accessible (my username is
>> devbanana in case anyone wants to play a game).
>> 
>> However, the issue I find is that it's a lot easier for me to play when I
>> can feel the physical board in front of me. I do have a physical, accessible
>> chess board but when I'm playing multiple games, it's a bit of a pain to
>> keep setting up the pieces to the last position of the game I'm in. I'm
>> currently playing 4 opponents and it's quite irritating to have to keep
>> setting up the board in different configurations.
>> 
>> I thought maybe I'd eventually be able to visualize it enough that I could
>> play it without the physical board, but so far I find that very challenging.
>> 
>> If you play chess, how do you handle this? Would love any suggestions.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Brandon
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