[1] The event takes place every four years, and is sponsored by the International Braille Chess Association.
The winner of the event was Reginald Walter Bonham, who would found the International Braille Chess Association.
[3] The first official Blind Chess Olympiad was held in 1961 in Meschede, Germany.
[1][4] For the third Blind Chess Olympiad in 1968, held in Weymouth, England, 20 teams competed.
The Polish team arrived by train in the early hours of the morning bringing with them the body of their sighted translator who had died en route (Reference: Organizer, John Graham).