Equipment for Disabled Players

[Phil Thomas]

I really don't get what the problem is. So I'll ask again, is there an identifiable need for this equipment?

In other words how many Scottish players are there who have played in just one congress, in say the last ten years, and currently would use a tactile clock?

It may also be helpful to know how many Scottish players who are chess club members in Scotland currently use tactile clocks and would benefit from talking digital clocks, should incremental time controls become more prevalant in Scotland.

We can then at least consider the implications of incremental time controls based on current facts and not generalisations and what if scenarios.

Pehaps the lack of players using tactile clocks is linked to the difficulty and cost involved in getting access to such equipment.

Sounds like this impossible to answer question - "what came first the turkey or the egg?"