Youngster from Odisha village wins Greece ticketTuesday, 4 March 2014 – 8:30am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNAAdit Ganguly Soundarya Pradhan – a 15-year-old blind chess player from Boden – is all set to compete in World Championships...
Braille Chess championships for visually impaired
Braille Chess championships for visually impaired1:30pm Monday 3rd March 2014 A CHESS championship for visually impaired players is to take place in North Yorkshire next weekend. The Braille Chess Association is hosting its general meeting and chess congress at...
Patil sole leader of AICFB National Championship for the Blind
Patil emerges sole leader V Anand, TNN | Feb 26, 2014, 06.42 PM IST Sirish Patil (Mah) emerged sole leader with 3.5 points after the completion of the 4th round of the 10th AICFB National A Chess Championship for...
13th IBCA World Individual Chess Championship
The 13th IBCA World Individual Chess Championship for Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Players will be held in Katerini, Olympus Riviera, Greece, from May 4th 2014 (arrivals) until May 15th 2014 (departures). The tournament hall is the conference center...
Tournament for the visually impaired in Chennai
Chess tournament for visually impaired precedes World ChampionshipAbhimanyu Oct 29 2013 Chennai: Tamil Nadu State Chess Association (TNSCA) and All India Chess Federation (AICF) had organized a tournament for the visually impaired on Tuesday. This was a part of...
1st World Championship for Disabled in Dresden
On October 21st the FIDE Continental President for Africa Mr. Lakhdar Mazouz opened the 1st World Championship for Disabled in Dresden. The next day the first round was started and is still in progress. Follow live games and more...
Light at the end of the tunnel for blind chess players
For the blind, chess provides light at the end of the tunnelAug 02, 2013 – Pramita Bose For them, failure is the first step towards success. The more they falter, the stronger their willpower grows, pushing them to rise...
Opening eyes to blind chess players
Opening eyes to blind chess players July 30 2013 at 11:59am By Latoya Newman THE African premiere of a documentary that focuses on the blind chess players of India screened in the closing week of the Durban International Film...
AIR jockey designs chess board for visually impaired players
AIR jockey designs chess board for visually impaired players Stuti Shukla : Mumbai, Mon Jun 17 2013, 01:01 hrs That only 1,500 out of the 5,000 registered blind or partially blind chess players in India are active due to...