Chess For Blind

Blindfold chess is a form of chess play wherein the players do not see the positions of the pieces and do not touch them.

Chess for blind.

Chess for blind or visually impaired. The 12 square wood chess board offers alternating depth squares to help with tactile identification of the square. Specially created chess sets for blind and partially sighted chess players. The selection of chess sets begins with our newest solid wood design in sheeshamwood and boxwood.

Product features wooden playing board with 32 plastic men. These chess sets are designed specially with easily differentiable squares and pieces. Large tabletop chess set comes with two slide open drawers that neatly hold all the playing pieces. Raised dark squares staunton design bottom dowells in the pieces to hold the pieces in place in their hole slight spikes in the dark pieces to designate the piece colour.

Playing pieces are shaped differently to aid in tactile identification. Instead of moving the pieces like normal the moves are communicated with chess notation. A peg on the bottom of each piece fits snugly into the board so they can be felt during game play. Moves are communicated via a recognized chess notation.

This forces players to maintain a mental model of the positions of the pieces. In simultaneous blindfold play an intermediary usually relays the moves. By feeling the squares the player is able to determine whether the square is a black or a white one. The chess boards have raised and recessed squares.

The set has a number of features to make playing chess enjoyable. All the black squares are raised about 3 4 mm above the white squares. Blindfold chess is precisely what it sounds like one or both of the players playing is either literally blindfolded or cannot see the board or pieces. 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.

Play this tactile chess game. This set is designed specially for players who are blind or have very limited vision. The pieces have points or pegs atop one color of chessmen. How visually impaired play chess the chess board of 64 squares has the following modifications.

Black squares on. In the center of the squares are holes for pegs beneath each piece. White pieces have bumps on top to differentiate against the black pieces. As required by the braille chess association these sets have the following characteristics.