In a blindfold match or exhibition, the person being blindfolded is expected to know the position at all times; asking for clarification defeats the purpose of the exhibition. This type of chess is just an exhibition of memory skills, and is rarely a "real" game in a tournament.
There are blind individuals who can "play blindfold" and do so in tournaments, but often if the game is "serious" the arbiter (tournament director) may insist that the blind person actually use a chess set, so that it can be verified as to position. Otherwise an unscrupulous blind player could get into an inferior position and then say, "Oh, I have a different position, we have to go back..."
So when we speak of "blindfold chess" it is almost always just a "show off" thing, a demonstration of memory skills rather than chess.
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