"Matthew" wrote in message ...
I play a little "blindfold chess" (without sight of the board) and would
like to improve my play. I have noticed that I have two problems.

After about twenty moves, I can still remember where the pieces are, one at
a time. However, I cannot see the whole board in my head. What I mean is,
I have trouble seeing the pieces relationships to each other. I could set
up the current position on a board. Does this make sense?
...
Does anybody have any suggestions or comments?

Dear Matthew,

If you 'cannot see the whole board in (your) head', then you should consider
dividing the chessboard into four quadrants, when it should be easier for you
to visualize only sixteen squares at any one time. Good luck.

'An eye is like a cannon in this respect: It is not so much the eye or the
cannon, in themselves, as it is the carriage of the eye--and the carriage of
the cannon, by which both the one and the other are enabled to do so much
execution.'
--Laurence Sterne (Tristram Shandy)

--Nick