Btw, I can play semi-blindfold when I can look at an empty board during the game.

There is a book called "Pump up your rating" by Axel Smith. It's an interesting book and it talks about the subject of visualization starting at p. 149. Basically he claims that he can't see the full board either, to which I would add that this probably the reason why he didn't become GM yet. Well, he is rather close and should eventually get there.

Wow, you'd hate me at the board. I'm usually the one on the other side of that. Plus based on loleuro opinions of USCF ratings I'm barely 2000.

A couple of wins from my last season, including my last official game. You won't find these in any database.

Since all of these opponents were lower rated I didn't prepare for these games as part of a new approach to avoid setting myself under pressure before the game. In fact I even played 1.e4 again for the first time in 20 years since I lost with white in the Marshall back in 1991 and I chose the Nimzo/QID instead of my usual Grünfeld.

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White ""]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Ng4 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Qd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6 Qc7 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. h4 f6 17. f4 Qc5 18. g4 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20.
Nxd5 e6 21. b4 Qc6 22. Qc3 Qa4 23. b3 Qa3+ 24. Qb2 Qxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Rxd5 26.
Rxd5 exd5 27. Re1 Kf7 28. Kc3 Rc8+ 29. Kd3 Rc6 30. f5 h5 31. gxh5 gxf5 32.
Rg1 Rc8 33. h6 Ke6 34. h7 Rh8 35. Rg7 Ke5 36. Rxa7 f4 37. Ke2 b5 38. Kf3 Kf5
39. Rd7 Ke6 40. Rb7 Kf5 41. Rxb5 Rxh7 42. Rxd5+ Ke6 43. Rd4 Rxh4 44. Rxf4 Rh2
45. Rc4 Kd5 46. b5 Rh7 47. b6 Rb7 48. Rb4 Kc5 49. c3 Kd5 50. Kf4 f5 51. Kxf5
Rf7+ 52. Kg6 Rb7 53. Kf6 Kd6 54. c4 Kc5 55. Rb5+ Kd6 56. b4 Kd7 57. Ke5 Kc8
58. Kd6 Rd7+ 59. Kc6 Rc7+ 60. Kd5 Rh7 61. Ra5 Kb8 62. Ra7 Rh5+ 63. Kc6 Rg5
64. Rh7 Rg6+ 65. Kb5 Rg1 66. c5 Rg5 67. Ka6 Rg8 68. c6 1-0

24. Kb1 is something like +5, because the engine goes nuts about the white attack. Naturally I didn't even consider this move.

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. Qc2 f5 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2 Be4 14. Qd2 Qe8 15.
Ng5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rf6 18. Qf4 Qf7 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Qb7 f4 21. f3
Rh6 22. g4 Nf6 23. Qxa7 Qg6 24. Rf2 Nxg4 25. fxg4 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Rh4 27. Rg2 f3
28. exf3 Qxf3 29. Qxc7 Rxg4 30. Rxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1
Qxb2 34. Rd1 Qe2 35. Rc1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 0-1

Missed a mate in 2 with 35. Rf1+, but won the rook at least.

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b3 Bg5 14. g3 O-O 15.
h4 Bh6 16. Bh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. g4 Rf7 20. g5 Qd7 21. Rg3 Qf5
22. Qd2 Qe4+ 23. Qe2 Qxh4 24. gxh6 Qxh6 25. Nde3 Qf4 26. Rg4 Qf6 27. O-O-O Qxf2
28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Rxd6 Rc8 30. Nd5 Kf8 31. Ndxb4 Nxb4 32. Nxb4 a5 33. Nc2 a4
34. Rd7 Rf7 35. Rd5 axb3 36. axb3 Re8 37. Re4 Rfe7 38. c5 g5 39. b4 h5 40. Ne3
h4 41. Ng4 Rf7 42. Nxe5 Kg7 43. Nxf7 Rxe4 44. Nxg5 Rxb4 45. Kc2 Kf6 46. Kc3 Rb1
47. Kc4 Rc1+ 48. Kb5 Rb1+ 49. Kc6 Rb3 50. Kd7 Rb7+ 51. Kd6 Rb5 52. Ne4+ Kf7 53.
c6 Rxd5+ 54. Kxd5 Ke7 55. Ng5 Kd8 56. Kd6 1-0

22. Qd2 was already bad, but 25. Nde3 basically blew it, because of Nd4 which I saw when it was his move.

I probably get accused of cheating on chess.com once a week. My games are usually littered with errors, but there are always opponents that if they miss a tactic or lose 3 or 4 games in a row think that only way that could happen is if I was cheating. When I point out errors I've been told that I just must be using a weak engine. people are terrible losers.

Man, this thread delivers in a big way. Before I opened this thread, I couldn't at all visualize how amazing it would be, so that probably lends some credence to Shandrax's claims. For reference, my forum browsing ability Elo is probably about 1800, though it used to be much higher.