As for flags falling, the best way to know is to keep track of the
time like a hawk and to be very explicit as your time is coming down
to the last tick.
In three of my games at the Mid-America Open, each of my competitors'
clocks and mine went under two minutes. That makes for extremely long
rounds where it's very easy to lose focus, especially on time. One of
my opponents simply announced both of our times after each move we
made coming down to the finish. And afterward, we were both to tired
to care about who won or lost until we gasped for air an did a joint
postmortem.
In another of the games, my opponent didn't have a clock, but I did.
So, we used it and, with the guidance of an assistant TD, calculated
the increment additions as necessary. He'd directed a couple of the US
Blind Players' Championships here in the States back in the 1980s. He
actually gave me some suggestions for improving the accommodations for
increment allowance per move which I'd be happy to share with Janel,
who's on the list and a member of the disabilities committee for the
USCF.
Oh, and if you are playing a kid or an adult who's a first-time player
in a tournament open to blind and sighted players, you may need to
repeat various rules for clock and other accommodations quite
frequently. Folks get excited in the heat of competition and simply
forget what needs to happen. It's okay. They're going to be nervous or
uncertain on a lot of things, too. Playing in sighted tournaments is
just as enjoyable for me as playing in those involving only blind or
VI players.
All the best in chess,
David
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Cellphone: (260) 206-9277
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On 4/10/19, Lucas Radaelli <lucasradaelli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there a way to buy the kaissa chess clock here in the us?
it is a digital talking chess clok that works well.
Em 4/10/2019 12:28 PM, Charles Rivard escreveu:
I have been searching for ways to modify chess clocks for blind
users. The flags on those I have looked at do not make any noise when
they fall. I thought of placing dymo tape with appropriate dots for
checking the time. I have asked jewelers if they can modify chess
clocks and have gotten nowhere. In most cases, the faces are covered,
and cannot be opened without great difficulty. If anyone knows of any
mechanical chess clocks that can be used, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
If you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished!!
-----Original Message----- From: JT
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 11:26 AM
To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Chess Clock
Hi All,
Just a couple add-ons to what David has already provided. Tournament
etiquette is that black gets to decide where to place the clock. And
of course general courtesy dictates that whoever is placing the clock
places it so that both players can read it comfortably. In all the
tournaments that I have played, this has never been an issue.
The second thing I'll mention is that whenever it occurs that the
clock being used is not an "accessible clock," which is often, these
days, given the evolution of using delay or increment factors in
tournaments, I always ask my opponent for permission to ask him or her
to read the clock, stipulating that I will only do so on my time.
Again, I have never had an issue.
For anyone who is not familiar with the ideas of delay and increment,
it means simply this: the times for each player is altered on every
move by the delay or increment factor listed in the tournament
invitation information and repeated by the tournament
director--usually before every round. The delay or increment factor
refers to the number of seconds given to each player on each move.
Game/45 D5 means, the game must be completed within 45 minutes, for
each player of course, and that, for each move, the clock will delay
for 5 seconds before continuing to count down. Increment works
essentially the same way, except that the clock adds in seconds
whatever the increment factor is before continuing to count down. To
my knowledge, there are only a couple of accessible clopcks
manufactured in the world which have the capability of setting a delay
or an increment factor, none of them are braille and all of them
require the user to wear an earbud to use them. If anyone knows of a
braille clock that does delay and increment, I'd dearly love to know
about it. The audible clocks run well over a hundred dollars and have
to be ordered from overseas. The analog clock, I believe, runs about
$35 or so??
Cheers,
Jim T
-----Original Message-----
From: usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Rosenkoetter
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 9:42 PM
To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Chess Clock
Hi, Jim.
Your best bet is the good ol' stand-by made by Garde. I've got it and
have used it several times in tournaments with sighted players. It is
often the case that, in larger tournaments, you'll run into
particularly first time competitors who forget their clocks. Or, out
of interest, some folks will want to see how we work the clock in a
match. So, I make sure the clock is visible to my competitor and
accessible to me.
In fact, I will often offer to use my clock. We'll see how things go
with it this weekend. We've got the Queen Quickly tournament over at
the Purdue Chess Club in West Lafayette. It'l be game in 30, so
keeping time on my clock will be easy. I've never had an opponent give
pushback about it.
David
On 4/9/19, Jim <jhomme1028@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi All,
What are the rules in tournaments regarding chess clocks for blind
players in sighted tournaments, and are there clocks blind people can
use that work for the roules? If so, how costly are they and where can
I get one?
Thanks.
Jim
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