• The purpose of the United States Braille Chess Association (USBCA) is to actively encourage and assist in the promotion and advancement of correspondence and over-the-board chess among chess enthusiasts who are blind or visually impaired.

  The U.S. Braille Chess Association now has a listserv. To subscribe, send a blank e-mail message to: usbcachess-subscribe@topica.com

Membership in the USBCA costs $15 for two years. USBCA members enjoy the following benefits:

• Current correspondence ratings, playing friendly games against other USBCA members to get more practice and experience.
• Playing correspondence chess tournaments by e-mail, in braille or on cassette against other players of about the same strength.
• Independent Living Aids, a source for an inexpensive, quality tactile chess set and a more expensive, fancier set approved for tournament play.
• Challenger the magazine of the U.S. Braille Chess Association.
• Access to a library of chess materials in braille, on cassette and on computer disk.
• An annual over-the-board championship tournament sanctioned by the United States Chess Federation.