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Daniel Pulvett of Venezuela won the Chess Championship for the Blind and Visually Impared 2009.
The winners: Igor Khmelevskoi RUS (3rd), Daniel Pulvett, VEN (1st), Stanislav
Babarykin RUS (2nd)
Daniel Pulvett receives his gold medal
The final standings after seven rounds (top 16 out of 34) were:
| Rk. | Name | Nat. | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Pulvett Daniel | VEN | 2250 | 6.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 22.0 |
| 2 | Babarykin Stanislav | RUS | 2164 | 5.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 25.5 |
| 3 | Khmelevskoi Igor | RUS | 2100 | 5.5 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 23.5 |
| 4 | Berggren Marcus | SWE | 1897 | 5.5 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 22.5 |
| 5 | Yuvarlak Ugur | TUR | 1845 | 5.0 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 20.0 |
| 6 | Berggren Patrik | SWE | 1960 | 4.5 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 21.0 |
| 7 | Dimic Pavle | SRB | 1892 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 29.0 | 18.0 |
| 8 | Renkowski Piotr | POL | 1677 | 4.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 16.0 |
| 9 | Szurgot Dominik | POL | 2002 | 4.5 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 16.0 |
| 10 | Iwancio Lukasz | POL | 2018 | 4.0 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 20.0 |
| 11 | Czajkowski Adam | POL | 1741 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 18.0 |
| 12 | Saikrishna S. T. | IND | 1701 | 4.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 17.0 |
| 13 | Escudeiro Tilve Ramon | ESP | 1929 | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 16.0 |
| 14 | Bulgakov Pavel | RUS | 2050 | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 14.0 |
| 15 | Jandric Damjan | SRB | 1744 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 15.0 |
| 16 | Desmas William | FRA | 1667 | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 14.0 |
A key game in round seven:
Berggren,Patrik (1960) - Pulvett,Daniel (2250) [A25]
Junior world championship for blind Uppsala (7), 24.06.2009
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.Nd5 Qd7 8.0-0
Nd8 9.b3 c6 10.Ne3 c5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.f4 Nge7 13.Qc2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 0-0 17.fxe5 Bxe5 18.Qd3 Qg4 19.Be4 Rae8 20.Kg2 f5 21.Bf3 Qg5 22.Bxd4
Bxd4 23.Qxd4 f4 24.Be4 Qg4 25.Qd3
25...Nf5 26.Bxf5 Re2+ 27.Rf2 Rxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Rxf5 29.Kg2 f3+ 30.Kg1 Qh3 31.Qf1 f2+ 32.Kh1 Qg4 33.Qd3 Re5 34.Rf1 Qh3 35.Qb1 Re2 36.d4 Rb2 37.Qc1 h5 38.Qd1 h4 39.Qd3 Kg7 40.c5 hxg3 0-1.
During the games the players are allowed to touch the pieces on separate
pegged boards
The tournament setup for a blind player
In the thought process the visual aspect is replaced by a tactile process
A round under way
