Jessica Lauser is relentless on the chess board. She plays quickly, applying constant pressure on her opponents. She attacks constantly Her success in the game has won her dozens of major accolades, and a spot on a championship squad that held its own against the best chess players in the world last year. If this dossier isn't impressive enough, consider that Lauser is legally blind.
For Lauser, 41, chess has been an obsession and avid pastime since the second grade. She's leaned on it to help her transcend a tough childhood. She loves the game, and she has never let her disability get in the way of this passion.
Lauser has been blind for almost her entire life. She was born 4 months prematurely, and needed oxygen, which damaged her eyes, a condition called retinopathy. Because of this condition, one eye is completely blind; in the other she has 20/480 eyesight. This means her visual field is severely limited and that she has little to no depth perception.
Story. CNN
20-June-2021
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