The Chess Club of the Romanian Association of the Blind and the Tandem- Arena Sport Club, are pleased to announce that organizes, in partnership, starting Monday, April 27, an international online chess competition with prizes. The games will be played on the platform www.freechess.org , via the Winboard application, an application that is fully accessible to blind users of screen readers, and which has, thanks to Mr. Antoniu Ioan, interface in the Romanian language. The playing time allocated to each chess player for a match will be 15 minutes + 12 seconds/move incrementally, the arbitration will be provided by Mr. Florin Jidanu, the only one visually impaired chess referee from Romania, and the results and even the games can be tracked on the specialized server www.chess-results.com. The other organizational aspects, such as the game system, the round schedule or the value of the prizes will be determined according to the number of participants. Those wishing to take part in this unique action are asked to email the referee of the competition, at the address [email protected]. In troubled times and marked by uncertainties such as those we live in, we have the belief that the chess passion microbe can defeat the " coronavirus ". Therefore, we invite you to the contest!

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