Welcome to the United States Braille Chess Association home page.

The purpose of the United States Braille Chess Association (USBCA) is to actively encourage and assist in the promotion and advancement of correspondence and over-the-board chess among chess enthusiasts who are blind or visually impaired.

the U.S. Braille Chess Association now has a listserv. To subscribe, send a blank e-mail message to:
usbcachess-subscribe@topica.com

You will receive confirmation from the listserv software. For more information about this list, visit:

USBCA members enjoy the following benefits:

playing friendly games against other USBCA members to get more practice and experience. Challenge a member to a game.

USBCA president Alan Dicey and member Woody Anna Dresner discussed how blind people play chess and the USBCA on a Tek Talk broadcast in May 2008. Select this link to go to a page where you can hear the show.

playing chess tournaments by e-mail or by phone against other players of about the same strength.

Here are some tactile chess sets used by blind players.

Challenger the magazine of the U.S. Braille Chess Association.

Read the May 2008 issue of Challenger.

access to a library of chess materials in braille, on cassette and on computer disk.

an annual over-the-board championship tournament sanctioned by the United States Chess Federation.

Results and games of past tournaments

Related chess links
related chess links. These are links to other associations of blind chess players, accessible computer chess games and more. These sites are not part of the U.S. Braille Chess Association.

Membership in the USBCA costs $15 for two years. To join, or for more information, contact: