Equipment for Disabled Players

[David G Congalton]

David,
Who was consulted over the use of incremental time controls?
Were CS consulted?
Where disability issues taken into consideration?
By announcing this type of time control, you are effectively banning disabled players particularly blind and deaf/blind from participating in the event. You simply cannot do that.
I would ask you to reconsider this

Steve

I did not consult with anybody over the use of incremental time controls. There was a lengthy discussion on the forum regarding incremental time controls which I considered before making a decision.

Disability issues are always taken into consideration. Last year at least 3 players who have disability issues took part and I did everything I could to assist where required.

With regard to "effectively banning players" I do not believe I am doing anything of the sort.

Thomas Luther won the 1st World Chess Games for Disabled which was held October 25-29 in Dresden, Germany. The competition was a 7-round open tournament that followed the Swiss pairings system, and only for disabled chess players. There was a separate team ranking and each team consisted of four players.

The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move from move one.