Chess For Blind People

These chess sets are designed specially with easily differentiable squares and pieces.

Chess for blind people.

Here s an elegant full sized completely tactile chess set for blind and visually impaired players and their sighted friends and families. The selection of chess sets begins with our newest solid wood design in sheeshamwood and boxwood. This forces players to maintain a mental model of the positions of the pieces. The pieces have points or pegs atop one color of chessmen.

The united states blind chess association us bca has been around since the late nineteen sixties and is dedicated to encouraging and assisting in the promotion and advancement of correspondence and over the board chess among chess enthusiasts who are blind or visually impaired. In simultaneous blindfold play an intermediary usually relays the moves. Large tabletop chess set comes with two slide open drawers that neatly hold all the playing pieces. When playing chess there is a rule that if you touch a piece on the board you have to move with it.

Moves are communicated via a recognized chess notation. Blindfold chess was considered miraculous for centuries but now there is greater recognition of people who can keep track of more than one simultaneous blindfolded game. Blindfold chess is a form of chess play wherein the players do not see the positions of the pieces and do not touch them. Play this tactile chess game.

Large table top chess set for the blind or those with low vision. White pieces have bumps on top to differentiate against the black pieces. Chess for blind people our company is located in athens greece we ship worldwide using greek post or dhl in registered packages for questions and inquiries email us at. Now obviously this doesn t work for blind people as they have to feel the pieces and board but according to the official chess rules a piece in blind chess is considered as touched when it s being removed from it s position on the board.