07-01-2013, 03:45 AM
I want to deal with the points made by Joe, Adam and David.
Joe,
Yes I am serious. Incremental time controls are very difficult for blind players in particular to deal with. Unless proper equipment is provided, then it will be very difficult for a blind player or a deaf blind player to participate in such a tournament, where such time controls exist. I said it makes things more difficult for us.
Don't we have the same rights in a tournament as our able bodied friends?
Adam ,
I never said that time increments stopped blind players from playing, but it does make things more difficult for them to do so. Deaf/Blind players do make use of an assistant where as blind players don't always make use of an assistant.
David,
I never said that was your intention, the reality is that time incremental time controls do make things more difficult for the blind and deaf/blind player.
I know the event you were quoting. I also know most of the blind players who were taking part in that event and they said that the time control was very difficult to play to. I know that our teams in the FIDE Olympiad play under the same time control, and many of them tell me it is very difficult for them getting used to the time control.
As tournament organiser, you do have the right to organise the time controls as you please, but I am asking you again to reconsider the time control.
Joe,
Yes I am serious. Incremental time controls are very difficult for blind players in particular to deal with. Unless proper equipment is provided, then it will be very difficult for a blind player or a deaf blind player to participate in such a tournament, where such time controls exist. I said it makes things more difficult for us.
Don't we have the same rights in a tournament as our able bodied friends?
Adam ,
I never said that time increments stopped blind players from playing, but it does make things more difficult for them to do so. Deaf/Blind players do make use of an assistant where as blind players don't always make use of an assistant.
David,
I never said that was your intention, the reality is that time incremental time controls do make things more difficult for the blind and deaf/blind player.
I know the event you were quoting. I also know most of the blind players who were taking part in that event and they said that the time control was very difficult to play to. I know that our teams in the FIDE Olympiad play under the same time control, and many of them tell me it is very difficult for them getting used to the time control.
As tournament organiser, you do have the right to organise the time controls as you please, but I am asking you again to reconsider the time control.