On Feb 11, 4:32*pm, "Chess One" wrote:
I am currently playing a blind player from Yugoslavia, ["Mr. M."] *he is
rated almost 1900 cc. He is not doing great with white or black in our
games, BUT if I also played blind he would take me to the cleaners! Does
anyone out there know any unsighted players? *Phil Innes

A member of my local club played a blind man in the under-1400
section of the 1996 World Open. The man used a tactile board. The game
isn't very good, both players were rather low-rated, but here it is:

J. Buzas (USCF 1366) - A. Perese (1224, blind), Philadelphia, 1996: 1.
d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e3 c5 6. c3 d5 7. Bd3 Nd7
8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. e4 Bf4 12.e5 Qe7 13. g3 Bxd2 14.
Qxd2 f6 15. Nh4 Qd8 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qc7? 18. Bg6?!

Missing 18. Qc2! Re8 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rf1 Nf8 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Ng6+
Kxh7 23. Nxf8+ Kg8 24. Rf1 and wins.

18... Ba6 19. Qc2 cxd4??

A blunder; better 19... Rfc8.

20. Bh7+ Kf7 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Qxg7+ Kd8 23. cxd4 Qc4 24. Qg4 Nxe5!?

Objectively not good, but trappy and worth a try in a losing
situation. If now 25.Rxe5? Rf1+!.

25. Qd1?

Missing the refutation: 25. Qxe6 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Nd7 27. Bf5 Qg7 28. Ng6
etc.

25... Qxd4+??

Finally the sort of blunder one might expect from a blind person,
leaving his queen en prise.

26. Qxd4 1-0.