I didn't read the article. I assume he wasn't blindfolded until AFTER seeing the initial configuration?
If blindfolded from the beginning then much more impressive. But I once played a game of chess against a guy who played me and three other boards simultaneously while sitting under my dorm room desk unable to see any of the boards. He won all four games.
I also had another dorm mate on the gymnastics team who could do a one-handed hand stand on the back of my deak chair without tipping it over. I've never decided which of these feats impressed me more (since I could never do either of them).
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