Dark Squares

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

Blindfold chess is the ultimate test of chess vision. Train it daily and your over-the-board calculation, memory and confidence grow with it.

Train your mind to see the invisible board.