Blind Chess Olympiad

The Blind Chess Olympiad is a world-wide chess competition.  It is for the blind.  Teams from all over the world compete against each other.  The event takes place every four years. International Braille Chess Association sponsors the event. The Blind Chess Olympiad is the largest sporting event in the international field of chess for the visually impaired.XIII Olympiad for Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Players  Retrieved September 7, 2009

 History 
The first blind international chess tournament was held in Rheinbreitbach, Germany, in 1958.  The winner of the event was Reginald Walter Bonham.  He later started the International Braille Chess Association.  The first Blind Chess Olympiad was held in 1961 in Meschede, Germany.  Eight teams played 122 games in round-robin format. Team Yugoslavia was the winner.Blind Chess Olympiads History Retrieved September 7, 20091st Blind Chess Olympiad: Meschede 1961 Retrieved September 7, 2009  For the third Blind Chess Olympiad in 1968, held in Weymouth, England, 20 teams played. Russia won the event with Yugoslavia in second place. At the 2008 13th Blind Chess Olympiad in Heraklion, Crete, 34 teams play. This made it the biggest sporting event in the international field of chess for the blind to date.XIII Olympiad for Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Players  Retrieved September 7, 200913th Blind Chess Olympiad at the Merseyside Chess Association  Retrieved September 7, 2009

 Results 
#YearCityGold medalSilver medalBronze medal11961Meschede, Germany21964Kühlungsborn, Germany31968Weymouth, United Kingdom41972Pula, Croatia51976Kuortane, Finland61980Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands71985Benidorm, Spain81988Zalaegerszeg, Hungary91992Majorca, Spain101996Laguna, Brazil112000Zakopane, Poland122004Tarragona, Spain132008Heraklion, Greece142012Chennai, India 14th IBCA World Chess Olympiad 2012152017Ohrid, North Macedonia 15th IBCA World Chess Olympiad 2017162021Rhodes, Greece172025Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia 17th IBCA World Chess Olympiad 2017

 References 

 Other websites 

 Olympiads results at IBCA website
Category:Chess competitions
Category:Blind sports