26-08-2014, 04:58 PM
Matthew Turner Wrote:Steve,
"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."
So, just to be clear then a deaf player who couldn't hear what a blind was saying and therefore couldn't ensure that the blind player's assistant was making the 'correct' move would have no recourse to request an alternative pairing. I wonder if you need to think about it a little bit more?
Matthew it is not I who should read my whole response but you, I have worked in disabled chess for a number of years so I do know what it is like when deaf and blind players meet. The deaf player could make use of an assistant as well had you considered that? They tend to have their own sign language assistant.
I attended an event in Dresden in October 2013, called the World Disabled Chess Championships and it was a great success and no problems