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Vote for new features

Voting has now finished on the LMS updates. Work will start on the enhancements with the most votes from the this list . Most likely the top 9. See the list of new features that you have already voted for.

How to vote

Bug Reports

There is a list of LMS bug reports here

If you notice a problem with the LMS please look at this list to check that the problem has not been reported already. If you wish to report a new problem request a new feature please use the main Ask for help link.

There is a list of LMS new feature requests here

Volunteers

Would anyone be interested in volunteering to:

Test changes to the system
Update the help files
Create new logins
Help new league organisers
Software development (needs good PHP skills and be willing to learn drupal)

If so contact Malcolm

LMS Features

Team captains login and update match results to which they have been given access. Players are selected from predefined drop down lists.
Can be used for Team Leagues, Team knockouts, Individual Swiss, Individual All play all.
League tables updated automatically
Administrators login to define the league structure, events, teams, number of boards etc.
Automatic generation of file for ECF grading
Automatic League Fixture generation taking into account dates to avoid and teams to avoid clashes with.
Reports to track games played by none-members, Late matches, adjournments.
Keep track of club details, team captains, and all the information to manage your league

ECF League Management System

Welcome to the English Chess Federation League Management System (LMS). Please see the ECF Privacy Statement.

LMS is free to use for ECF affiliated Leagues, Clubs, Counties and Congresses. If you want to use LMS:

Apply for a login here
Click here for instructions following new login request
Request a new organisation here
Please note that if you are a brand new Club you will first need to register with the ECF and obtain a 4 digit Club Code. To do this you should email either lmsadmin@english chess.org.uk or [email protected], giving the name of your Club and the County that you come under. Please note that this is not the same as adding your Club to the ECF Club Finder, although you should still do this as well.

To get help:

see the context sensitive help link below the user login at the top right hand side
outdated introduction video from old LMS
outdated setting up a new league video from the old LMS
Look at the settings on the test league for an example of use
Request a password reset link via the sign in option on the top right
Use the Ask For Help link on the top menu - please do NOT contact the ECF Office for LMS queries as they will not be able to assist you. The ECF Office do not provide LMS support. You MUST use the Ask For Help link and a member of the LMS team will deal with your request.
Guide to running online events and help for lichess events
Guide for running a League
Guide for running internal Club competitions
Guide to autorating
Guide to LMS End of Season procedure

For more general queries regarding English chess, such as ECF Membership and finding local clubs, you should refer to the English Chess Federation web page . For information about specific leagues, use the contact link on their own LMS page.

To report bugs, please first check here to see if it has been reported already, then use the contact form under the Ask for help option at the top. For a detailed explanation of the recent changes to LMS see this page This link to the help has a table of the new access rules

News

Updates April 14th

Updated to new version of the Terms and Conditions module which was preventing new users from setting their password (without knowing their password)

Updates February 16th

In Potential Game Fee report, remove reason of expired before game since it is not relevant and caused dupes. Also add expiry date and link from rating code to rating system
Add links from rating code to rating system in other reports

Updates February 10th

bug fix - organisation not being set on players added from rating list.
remove delete button (which did not work) from event Edit
bug fix - add events players to club
validate invalid dob on player Edit properly
prevent 10 digit FIDE codes on player edit which can't be stored in the DB.
prevent duplicates in New Players report and add a column to it with a link to the player

Updates February 8th

Separate options for adding new league or club organisations (for LMS administrator )
Prevent organisation owner from changing its type
Prevent organisation owner from changing a clubs club code
Add PDF and Excel links to Admin/Players/All Players
Prevent surname being blank when pressing Add New Player button
Minor bug fixes

Updates February 5th

bug fix - game updates from individual cross table were not updating date to trigger auto rating
latest third party software updates
updates to fix warnings showing in log files