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People with disabilities play chess.

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One day, I became curious about the success of people with disabilities in gaming, particularly in chess. I found a few interesting examples on the internet.

Chess players with disabilities around the world. Some of them record videos of their game or is streaming it:

1. 17-Year-Old Earns Master Title After Four Brain Surgeries - https://www.chess.com/news/view/17-year-old-earns-chess-master-title-after-brain-surgeries-griffin-mcconnell (USA)

2. https://ipcachess.org/ International Physically Disabled Chess Association (Associate Member Organizations includes Europe, India, Israel, etc.)

3. Sergey Voskoboynikov from Russia, Rostov region. 1981 y. of b. Translated from his channel description: "I have been a disabled person of the 1st group of cerebral palsy since birth, I play with my foot". YouTube streamer. Probably his page:  https://www.chess.com/member/sergeyvsk1981. You can watch his live streams here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuUdnb4YNvzcjiXbp2zQTww His chess rating pages: https://ratings.fide.com/profile/54114004 https://ratings.ruchess.ru/people/7512

4.  Twitch streamer Sebastian "D1sabl3dSWE" (Sweden), this is from his channel description: "I am disabled and have been disabled since birth" . Probably his page: https://www.chess.com/member/svenskarullstolen

5. Maxim Petrov from Moscow, 2003 y. of b. A short report with his participation on television, video from his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NET4dVTOnlQ . His chess rating pages: https://ratings.fide.com/profile/24216836 https://ratings.ruchess.ru/people/27050

(cover for this blog is from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFpZA9hMp3s&t=75s )