26-08-2014, 01:07 PM
"A player can always refuse to play someone. The reason for the refusal may have to be considered and what action, if any, should be taken by the arbiter/organiser.[/quote]
Then surely Alex the onus would be on the Federation to give guidance to the arbiters to base their decisions on. If a pairing has been done correctly there are no grounds for refusal to play an opponent. This is separate from rules of play with the disabled.
Matthew, your post is disgraceful this is a serious issue. If a blind player is paired with a deaf player and its a correct pairing there would be no grounds for refusing to play. As for the practicalities that is a different matter and assistant would be required to communicate the moves to the blind player. This in fact happened to me at the Scottish in Hamilton in 2010 when I was paired with a deaf player. I recall that Donald W and Andy H took it in turns to assist in the game. The result was a well fought out draw
Then surely Alex the onus would be on the Federation to give guidance to the arbiters to base their decisions on. If a pairing has been done correctly there are no grounds for refusal to play an opponent. This is separate from rules of play with the disabled.
Matthew, your post is disgraceful this is a serious issue. If a blind player is paired with a deaf player and its a correct pairing there would be no grounds for refusing to play. As for the practicalities that is a different matter and assistant would be required to communicate the moves to the blind player. This in fact happened to me at the Scottish in Hamilton in 2010 when I was paired with a deaf player. I recall that Donald W and Andy H took it in turns to assist in the game. The result was a well fought out draw