Eyes on the prize at China blindfold chess contest
- Published: 19 Dec 2012 at 19.46
- Online news: Asia
Some of the world's top chess players went eye-to-eye in China on Wednesday in the year's highest-level "blindfold" chess tournament -- seen by some as the toughest challenge in the game.
A chess player prepares to compete in a 'blinfold' chess tournament at the Beijing 2012 World Mind Games Tournament in Beijing on December 19, 2012. Some of the world's top chess players went eye-to-eye in China on Wednesday in the year's highest-level "blindfold" chess tournament -- seen by some as the toughest challenge in the game.
Unable to physically see their own or their opponent's past moves, the players summoned headache-inducing levels of concentration to fight for gold in a silent conference room, lined up in front of laptop screens showing a blank board.
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