Who are we?
We are the national association of visually impaired chess players. Our aim is to encourage and support the playing of chess at all levels by blind and partially sighted people. Membership is open to blind and partially sighted people while sighted friends and family may join as associate members. Associate members play a vital role within the association and they are eligible to play in most of our tournaments. We were formed in 1932 and developed from a Braille correspondence chess organisation to a community of chess players taking part in correspondence chess and over the board tournaments, at home and abroad. This is why the word Braille is in our title but you do not have to use Braille to be part of our association as we now use a variety of means of communication.