17-09-2012, 03:35 PM
At present, Chess Scotland has 33 DGT clocks (including those that belong with the sensory boards) and 40 Saitek clocks, all of which can handle incremental time controls. That's 73 in total, enough for a congress with 146 entries - call that 140, to allow for a few malfunctions. If more are needed, there are clubs which own such clocks, and it should be possible to come to an amicable arrangement to borrow some. And if necessary, it is certainly permissible to have a traditional time control in the lowest tournament and incrementals in the higher tournaments, though I would always prefer uniformity.