IBCA Member Countries

Nr.CountryNational member federation recognized by the IBCAPresidentIBCA Delegate
1ArgentinaACUA (Ajedrecistas Ciegos Unidos de Argentina)José Maria SaponaraJosé Maria Saponara
2Austria Österreichischen BlindenschachbundMahendra GalaniMahendra Galani
3AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Braille Chess and Draughts FederationJabbarov Jamal Boris Mushailov
4BangladeshAssociation For Blind Chess (AFBC)Ijaz HusainIjaz Husain
5BelarusNational Paralympic Committee of Belarus  
6BelgiumBSFVG (Belgische Schaak Federatie voor Visueel Gehandicapten)Herman JennenHerman Jennen
7BoliviaFederación boliviana de deportes para ciegos (FEBODEC)Germán Espada LezcanoJuan Antonio Loayza Velasco
8BrazilFederação Brasileira de Xadrez para Deficientes VisuaisMárcia Maria Dias LopesJanuário Pereira do Couto
9BulgariaBulgarian Sports Federation for the Visually ImpairedIvan YanevIvan Yanev
10CanadaBraille Chess Canada / Échecs Braille CanadaDiana TsypinaDiana Tsypina
11ChileConsorcio ajedrez para ciegos de ChileAlberto Paredes Ortiz 
12ColombiaFederación deportes limitados visuales de Colombia (FEDELIV)José Domingo BernalJosé Domingo Bernal
13Costa RicaAsociación Deportiva de Ajedrecistas Especiales (ADAES)Jorge Hernández HernándezJorge Hernández Hernández
14CroatiaCroatian Blind Sport AssociationVilliam JelušićBlažimir Kovačević
15Czech Republic   
16DenmarkDanmarks blindeskak skak forenings kontaktDennis Bonet AabankErnst Bindzus
17Dominican Republic   
18El Salvador   
19EcuadorFederación Ecuatoriana de deportes para personas con discapacidad visual (FEDEDIV)Luis Edison ugenio llbay 
20Finland Seppo Pukkinen 
21FranceAEPA (Association Echiquéenne pour les Aveugles)Bernard DuthoitOlivier Deville
22GermanyDeutscher Blinden-und Sehbehinderten Schachverband e.V. (DBSB)Thorsten MuellerThorsten Mueller
23GreeceHellenic Sport Federation for persons with disabilitiesIoanna KariofiliNikos Kalesis
24GuatemalaComité pro ciegos y sordos de GuatemalaMaria de los AngelesJorge Mario Cifuentes
25HondurasFederación Nacional de deportes para ciegos de Honduras (FENADECI)Rony Kahun Chavarria FunezMarco Tulio Lopez
26HungaryFODISZGabor Toponary 
27Iceland   
28IndiaAll India Chess Federation For The BlindCharudatta JadhavCharudatta Jadhav
29IndonesiaNational Paralympic Committee (NPC) Indonesia  
30IranI.R. Iran Sports Federation for the Blind and Visually ImpairedMohammadreza Mazlomi 
31Ireland   
32IsraelIsraeli Chess Association for the Blind & Visually HandicappedMichael KnafoAlexey Streltsov
33ItalyASCId (Associazione Scacchisti Ciechi Italiani dilettantistica)Bersan VrioniBersan Vrioni
34KazakhstanKazakhstan Chess Federation of Athletes with DisabilitiesOleg Ivanovich BurlutskyZinyatkyz Nussipbayeva
35KenyaChess Kenya FederationBenard WanjalaHarrison Nyaga
36Kosovoër të Verbër e Kosovës  
37Kyrgyz RepublicKyrgyz Republic Public Association “Chess and Draughts union of the Kyrgyz Republic among disabled people”Ermek MukashevDarika Mamytova
38Latvia   
39LithuaniaLietuvos aklųjų sporto federacijosArnoldas JanuškevičiusNeringa Paraščiuk Balčiūnienė
40North MacedoniaNational Union of the Blind of North MacedonieZarko SelkovskiZarko Selkovski
41MexicoAsociación Mexicana de Deportes Adaptados Para Ciegos y Débiles Visuales A.C.Benito Enrique Hernandez LopezBenito Enrique Hernandez Lopez
42MoldovaMoldova Blind Sport FederationGheorghe StaverStefan Oprea
43Mongolia Nomin ErdenebatNomin Erdenebat
44MontenegroUnion of the Blind of MontenegroZana Djacic 
45NetherlandsNSVG (Nederlandse schaakvereniging voor visueel gehndicapte)Jan BoerSergio Harnandan
46NicaraguaAsociación Nicaragüense de Deportes para Ciegos (ANDECI)Jairo Oswaldo Leyton Calderón.Jairo Oswaldo Leyton Calderón.
47Norway Arild Oyan 
48PakistanPakistan Blind Sports FederationMuhammad Waqas WaraichMuhammad Waqas Waraich
49PanamaAsociación nacional de deportes para ciegos de Panamá (ANADEPC)  
50Paraguay   
51Peru   
52PhilippinesPhilippines Para Chess AssociationJames InfiestoJames Infiesto
53PolandCROSSMiroslaw MirynowskiPiotr Dukaczewski
54PortugalLiga Portuguesa de Desporto para SurdosSusana Lourenço 
55Puerto RicoFederación puertorriqueño de deportistas ciegosFelipe FloresVladimir Ortiz
56RomaniaRomanian Association of the BlindTudorel TupidusiSorin Lapadatu
57RussiaAll-Russian Society of the BlindVladimir Vasilievich SipkinDmitry Andreev
58SerbiaNational sports organisation of blind and visually impairedPetar VranjkovicSaša Božić
59SlovakiaSlovenská asociácia zrakovo postihnutých športovcovPavol Valent 
60SloveniaNational Paralympic Committee of SloveniaDamijan LazarEmil Muri
61South AfricaSouth African Braille Chess AssociationJoan RossouwJohan Grové
62SpainFederación Española de Deportes para Ciegos (FEDC)Ángel Luis Gómez BlázquezPablo Martínez Rodríguez
63Sri LankaSri Lanka Council for the BlindTuan RushdiTuan Rushdi
64SwedenThe Swedish chessfederation for visually impairedJorgen MagnussonJorgen Magnusson
65Switzerland Bernhard SüessBernhard Süess
66ThailandThailand Boardgame Club for the BlindKrisada Kietkongtawee 
67TurkeyTurkish Blind Sports Federation  
68TurkmenistanChess Center for the Blind of TurkmenistanAmanov KulmuhammetBatyr Orazov
69UkraineSports Federation of the Blind of UkraineLubov ZiltzovaVladislav Kolpakov
70United KingdomBraille Chess Association of the United KingdomNorman Wragg 
71United States of AmericaUSBCAJames thoune 
72UzbekistanUzbekistan Blind sport federationAbror AbdullayevAbror Abdullayev
73VenezuelaFederación Polideportiva de ciegos de Venezuela (FEPOCIVE)Juan Blanco 
74ZimbabweZimbabwe Braille Chess AssociationKudzai Shava 

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