AGM

[Hugh Brechin]

Unless of course, there is no disabled person entering...

Aha. That's handy. So it's a 'if this situation arises, which it might not, we'll do our best to deal with it' rather than a 'we cannot hold these tournaments'. It'd be a shame if FIDE-rated tournaments stopped being held there, it's a great venue (and, you know, owned by a chess club) and lord knows we don't have enough FIDE-rated tournaments as it is.

As I say, I don't think there's really any future whatsoever in attempting to make a stand against this motion (though whether it is susceptible to amendments or flexible interpretation is a more interesting question), and I think it's a good thing that we're looking to be more explicitly inclusive of the disabled.

(Also, I worry that we're beginning to give the impression that Edinburgh Chess Club play their matches atop an inaccessible peak surrounded by a moat of lava and guarded by tetchy dragons - it's one flight of stairs and has a side room which can be utilised; 'disabled' is not a binary characteristic and I'm hopeful that a lot of people would still be able to manage.)