26-04-2013, 01:28 AM
Lets carry the controversy.
There is one marketing point for chess that everyone has over looked.
The integrational value of Chess.
In the small town of Haaksbergen near Enschede in Eastern Netherlands, they have been running a tournament with the the Initials IBIS short for Integrating Blind into Society. The local government and townspeople of Haaksbergen have supported this event for 39 years. This event you have 2 able bodied and 2 visually handicapped playing each other. The event has won a FIDE award for the ideals of the tournament.
Where else can you find this happening? Not in Field sports, by this I mean able bodied and disabled competing on equal terms . That would impress any grant body I would say
There is one marketing point for chess that everyone has over looked.
The integrational value of Chess.
In the small town of Haaksbergen near Enschede in Eastern Netherlands, they have been running a tournament with the the Initials IBIS short for Integrating Blind into Society. The local government and townspeople of Haaksbergen have supported this event for 39 years. This event you have 2 able bodied and 2 visually handicapped playing each other. The event has won a FIDE award for the ideals of the tournament.
Where else can you find this happening? Not in Field sports, by this I mean able bodied and disabled competing on equal terms . That would impress any grant body I would say