Blind chess is thriving despite the coronavirus pandemic as participants have brought the game from an in-person environment to online one, playing from their homes. The competition will begin next Monday, April 27th.
The games will be played on the platform www.freechess.org via the Winboard application, an application that is fully accessible to blind users of screen readers.
The playing time allocated to each chess player for a match will be 15 minutes + 12 seconds/move incrementally, the arbitration will be provided by Mr. Florin Jidanu, the only chess referee with a vision disability from Romania, and the results and even the games can be tracked on the specialized server www.chess-results.com.
The other organizational aspects, such as the game system, the round schedule or the value of the prizes will be determined according to the number of participants.
