National FIDE rated rapidplay event

[Phil Thomas]

I thought that the specialised clocks supplied by visually handicapped players were invariably used by both players.

nope not from what I've seen, I've only seen two independent clocks running not connected at all. O've always wondered what would happen in any time scamble and I've yet to see any digital clocks used by blind players , making incremental time controls impossible. So we have the potential double whammy of not accomodating incremental time controls as well as no synchronised time controls. If thw same clpck is used then iy may require to be ab;e yo support incremental times, un;ess we abandon the incremental time idea, at least for a couple of years

Hopefully Phil you may have a suggestion or two to help out

Still baffled here Ian,

If you look at the requirements for braile clocks in the current FIDE rules


5.A specially constructed chessclock for the visually disabled shall be admissible. It shall incorporate the following features: a.a dial fitted with reinforced hands, with every five minutes marked by one raised dot, and every 15 minutes by two raised dots, and
b.a flag which can be easily felt; care should be taken that the flag is so arranged as to allow the player to feel the minute hand during the last 5 minutes of the full hour.
c.optionally, a means of announcing audibly to the visually disabled player the number of moves


No mention of a second timing device for the same game.
FIDE requires a clock with hands which the sighted player can read. The digital versions I have seen have a LED display readable by the sighted player.


Steve,
have you had any strange time experiences with two clocks showing different winners by flagfall ?