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DarkSquares

DarkSquares is a blindfold chess trainer designed to sharpen your visualization skills through progressive exercises.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Pay once)
  • Proprietary

Platforms

  • Online
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • iPad
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  • Developed by

    FR flagIndieFoundry

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.

  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs from $49 + free version with limited functionality.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • French
    • Spanish
    • German

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What is DarkSquares?

DarkSquares is a blindfold chess trainer designed to sharpen your visualization skills through progressive exercises.

TRAINING (13 exercises) • Board Fundamentals — square colors, coordinates, quadrants, diagonals • Piece Movement — knight and bishop visualization, maze challenges • Piece Interaction — attack detection, position memory • Blindfold Puzzles — mate-in-X tactics at 3 difficulty levels (easy, intermediate, expert) • Game Visualization — replay famous games mentally, endgame training

BLINDFOLD PLAY • Play against an AI engine without seeing the pieces • 7 blindfold levels: full board, silhouettes, disks, hidden pieces • Choose piece display or text notation input

PROGRESS TRACKING • XP system with levels and streaks • 40+ achievements to unlock • Leaderboards for every exercise • Public profile to showcase your progress

FREE & PRO • Free: unlimited exercises and blindfold games, levels 1-3, AI difficulty 1-3, one voice-controlled game per day • Pro Lifetime ($49, one payment): all 7 training levels, all 8 AI difficulties, unlimited voice-controlled games, famous games library, endgame training, intermediate tactics

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