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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:

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

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

  • 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
  • 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 
  • 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
  • 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