DarkSquares Press Kit

DarkSquares is a chess app that trains visualization and blindfold play as a skill in its own right.

DarkSquares is a chess training app built around visualization. Instead of treating blindfold play as a party trick, it breaks it into seven progressive levels, from naming square colors to playing full games without seeing the board. Free on web, iOS and Android.

DarkSquares is a chess training platform that turns visualization into a trainable skill. Most chess apps treat the ability to picture the board in your head as a side effect of solving puzzles. DarkSquares makes it the main event: seven progressive levels take players from naming the color of a square to calculating tactics and playing entire games blindfold. Along the way it offers voice play for hands-free moves, tactics puzzles, AI opponents, and progress tracking. It is built and maintained by Antoine Tamano, an independent developer, and is available free on the web and as native iOS and Android apps in nine languages. A one-time Pro Lifetime upgrade unlocks the full toolset.