14-08-2014, 10:17 PM
Patrick McGovern Wrote:there are very few disabled chess players in Scotland
perhaps we be looking to address that and try to tap into the various disabled organisations with a view to promote chess. My worry is the SNCL . As I've said before Glynis and her helpers do a fantastic job with an allocated area for disabled players. even when she had restricted access , she still pulled it off. However I honestly don't know how she would cope with a 3m space between desks for example. As we know division 1 is fide-rated so how would this work? I assume that all players including disabled players can demand the right to go around all the desks without infringement. What if the fide-rated games were on the stage?
Please don't get me wrong, I want this to work but it has to be practical and realistic.
I also feel Pat made some good points which cannot be brushed aside carte blanche. In fact there have been a lot of good points made by everybody but this probably my last post on this because I fear i'm flogging this thread to death