Membership Information

Come Join Us

If you are blind or visually impaired, all you need to become a member of the USBCA is the desire and the readiness to enjoy some great games of chess. Membership is $30 per year and covers things like tournament prizes and chess instruction.

As a member of the USBCA, you get:

• The ability to play in correspondence and realtime chess tournaments and friendly games with other members
• Your own correspondence and realtime ratings
• Your name and rating on the USBCA correspondence and realtime ratings lists
• Access to The USBCA Braill Library of chess material
• Access to USBCA news about the anual over-the-board tournaments where you can meet and play chess live and in person with fellow USBCA members.
• The ability to vote in USBCA board elections and to run for office
• Access to our Challenger magazine
• Chess instruction from our consultants
• The ability to volunteer to promote chess in the blindness community

For joining instructions or for more information, feel free to see our Home page