And now she needs to find a way to get to Russia to play chess, because she can’t afford it. Blind chess champion. She can tell when a square on the board is occupied, but she can’t always tell which piece it is. When she’s playing against a sighted player in a tournament, she will explain all of this. The biggest problem is the touch-move rule in chess, which says that if you touch a piece, you have to move it.

Source: International New York Times December 24, 2020 15:56 UTC