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I just watched Nakamura play chess blindfolded yesterday while holding up a lively conversation. I know that blindfolded chess has been a thing for a long time,
by SubiculumCode 6y ago
I just watched Nakamura play chess blindfolded yesterday while holding up a lively conversation. I know that blindfolded chess has been a thing for a long time, but it is always so impressive to me. Any hope that I'd have of keeping positions in my head would be gone as soon as someone talked to me.
- throwawayiionqz 6y agoWhat's the point of slowly moving pieces of wood when everything fits in RAM
- mlyle 6y agoIt's an networking mechanism to send state changes to the other agent and broadcast them to nearby subscribers. It has the side effect of semi-durably persisting the state, too.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoThe range is terrible. Lower than Bluetooth and mugch tighter line of sight too. And it's less durable than a smartphone which is great as saving to SSD at shutdown.
- addandsubtract 6y agoEven more impressive were the scrambled games, where the back line pieces were out of order. So he first had to figure out where on the board the pieces actually are – blindfolded.