Chess debuted at the 2019 Winter Deaflympics in Valtellina-Valchiavenna with the men's and women's singles blitz competition and the team event. 

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At the 2022 ICSD Congress in Vienna, Austria, the Congress voted to shift Chess to the Summer Deaflympics program beginning in 2029. 

Upcoming Events

​6th Pan-American Games for the Deaf

Manabi, Canonas, Brazil, November 10-17, 2024
 

​20th Winter Deaflympics

Ankara, Turkey, February 18-24, 2024