Six Nations Tournament (Blind Chess)

The first Six Nations tournament was held in 1971 in Belgium. Six teams to take part in the premier edition were Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland and England. This has slightly changed recently: Ireland, Sweden and Austria have occasionally taken part. The tournament has been organized as much as 21 times already and is held every two years (odd). The teams play five rounds in three days, each team eligible to field four players and no reserves. Until 1985 only three rounds were played but since the tournament was organized for the first time in the Netherlands the number of rounds was extended to five. / Info taken from Dutch Blind Chess Association site /

Winners: 18x Germany, 2x Switzerland, 2x Great Britain, 1x Netherlands


no. host city year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th PGN
1. Mariakerke-Oostende Belgium 1971 GER GBR SUI NED FRA BEL
2. Hitzkirch Switzerland 1973 NED GER SUI GBR FRA BEL
3. Nice France 1974 GER & SUI NED GBR FRA BEL
4. Mündersbach West Germany 1977 SUI BEL GER GBR NED FRA
5. Blackpool Great Britain 1979 GER GBR FRA DEN NED SUI
6. Saanen Switzerland 1981 GER NED
7. Oostende Belgium 1983 GER BEL GBR & FRA NED SUI
8. Leysden Netherlands 1985 GER GBR NED FRA BEL SUI
9. Paris France 1987 GBR & GER NED BEL FRA SUI
10. Bad Liebenzell West Germany 1989 GBR NED BEL GER FRA SUI
11. Blackpool Great Britain 1991 GER GBR NED BEL SUI FRA
12. Wijk aan Zee Netherlands 1993 GER FRA NED BEL GBR SUI
13. Blankenberge Belgium 1995 GER GBR NED BEL FRA SUI
14. Paris France 1997 GER GBR NED FRA BEL SUI
15. Saanen Switzerland 1999 GER GBR FRA BEL NED SUI
16. York Great Britain 2001 GER BEL GBR IRL SUI NED PGN
17. Bad Hönningen Germany 2003 GER GBR & FRA BEL NED SUI PGN
18. Nunspeet Netherlands 2005 GER GBR IRL NED SUI BEL PGN
19. Bad Meinberg Germany 2007 GER SWE NED GBR BEL SUI PGN
20. Glarus Austria 2009 GER AUT NED GBR BEL SUI PGN
21. Harrogate Great Britain 2011 GER GBR IRL FRA NED BEL PGN