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Blind Chess Players - Chess.com » T. Thomas was the first blind player to play in a chess Olympiad (Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia). Blind player R. Bonham formed the International Braille Association. The first World Blind Correspondence Championship began in 1955 and was won by R. Bonham. James Slagle won the first U.S. Championship for the blind in 1971... Chess.com

How Visually Impaired Play Chess » International Braille Chess Association (IBCA) is the apex body of chess for the blind and affiliated to FIDE. ...The Chess Board of 64 squares has the following modifications: All the Black squares are raised ...By feeling the squares, the player is able to determine whether the square is a black or a white one. Each of the... Ibca-info.org

Blind Chess Player Challenges Khet's Inventor Luke Hooper ... » May 14, 2012 ...Blind Chess Player Challenges Khet's Inventor Luke Hooper at Schogini Iphoneapps on May 12, 2012. The game lasted for more than hour, there were many tense m... Youtube.com

rating - The strength of blind chess players - Chess Stack Exchange » Sep 20, 2015 ...I believe Stanislav Babarykin is the current (or former) world champion among blind chess players and his rating is around 2350. In my country India, arguably the strongest (blind) player is Darpan Inani (rated 2041). So while the current strongest blind chess players are not in the GM category, it is also the... Chess.stackexchange.com

The Secret of Playing Blindfold: Memory May Be the Least of It - The ... » Dec 24, 2006 ...François-André Danican Philidor, the greatest player of the 18th century (and a composer whose bust is carved on the side of the Paris Opera House), would amaze crowds by playing up to three people at a time blindfolded. In those days, playing blindfold chess (a slight misnomer, as the player is usually... Nytimes.com

Chess grandmaster plays 48 games at once, blindfolded while ... » Feb 10, 2017 ...The world record for blindfold chess has been broken by Timur Gareyev, a 28- year-old US grandmaster. He played 48 games simultaneously in Las Vegas in December, scoring 80%, wearing an actual blindfold and taking 23 hours, all the while on an exercise bike on which he rode the equivalent of 50... Theguardian.com

Timur Gareyev - Blindfold Chess » I started playing Blindfold Chess a couple of years ago. After several matches I became fascinated with the way it feels to play blindfolded. My dream was to break the world record for the most simultaneous games played at a time. I accomplished this goal December 4, 2016 when I played 48 games blindfolded at the same... Blindfoldking.com

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The United States Chess Federation - The Road to the Blind World ... » Apr 4, 2014 ...In the past few years, I've written articles for CLO about several U.S. Blind chess championships. But beyond the U.S., there's an international chess scene for blind players, and it's lively and strong. ...This year, we have a chance to play in the individual world championship in Katerini, Greece, in May. Uschess.org

A documentary on blind chess | ChessBase » Aug 18, 2015 ...Most of us take our eyes' role for granted while playing the game. This is not true however. Chess is a game of vision. Algorithms is a sport documentary that tells the story of the little known, nevertheless thriving world of blind chess in India. Filmed over three years across various cities of this country, this... En.chessbase.com