Answers.Body: <p>Searching the web, I haven't found anything directly answering your question. However, the <a href="http://www.ibca-info.org/rules-of-chess.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rules supplements for blind chess</a> apply to games between a sighted player and one who is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_impairment#Legal_definition" rel="nofollow noreferrer">legally blind</a>. Thus it seems a safe inference that one would need to be legally blind to participate in IBCA events.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Answering this <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/12368/the-strength-of-blind-chess-players/21305#21305">question</a>, I was wondering how visually impaired or blind a player should be to participate at the <a href="http://chess-results.com/tnr281869.aspx?lan=1&amp;art=2&amp;rd=1&amp;turdet=YES&amp;flag=30" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IBCA Chess Olympiad for Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Players</a>.</p>
  
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Title: Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Players
ThreadText: # Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Players
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-05)
  
  Answering this [question](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/12368/the-strength-of-blind-chess-players/21305#21305), I was wondering how visually impaired or blind a player should be to participate at the [IBCA Chess Olympiad for Blind and Visually Impaired Chess Players](http://chess-results.com/tnr281869.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1&turdet=YES&flag=30).
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-08-21. Score: 1
  
  Searching the web, I haven't found anything directly answering your question. However, the [rules supplements for blind chess](http://www.ibca-info.org/rules-of-chess.php) apply to games between a sighted player and one who is [legally blind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_impairment#Legal_definition). Thus it seems a safe inference that one would need to be legally blind to participate in IBCA events.
  
  
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