The Chess By India is pleased to offer our specially created brand new design chess set for the blind and visually impaired chess players. these Chess sets have the following characteristics:
All the dark Golden Rosewood squares on the Braille chess board are slightly raised above the white maple squares, each square has a hole in the centre where the chess pieces are placed.
We have used a popular Staunton design, where t he chess pieces are pegged so each piece has a short piece of dowel underneath which fits into the holes on the chess board.
All the dark wood pieces are specially designed to be identified by touch and have slight spikes, to designate the piece colour for both tournament and league play.
The heavy-weight playing Chess board is 33cm (13”) made from genuine Golden Rosewood and Maple, the chess pieces are made from fine Golden Rosewood and Boxwood, and will look elegant on any surface,
In summary, there have been many Chess sets made over the years, only a very few have ever been adapted to be played by the blind.