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by Andrew Walker
Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:18 am
Forum: Congress Diary
Topic: ECF Events Diary - Map View
Replies: 1
Views: 640

Re: ECF Events Diary - Map View

There is no map view as such, Ken. There are two filters at the top of the calendar page called Categories and Tags, and you can use these to select regions of the country and types of event so that you'll only see rated events in East Anglia, for example - https://www.englishchess.org.uk/event-cale...
by Andrew Walker
Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:59 am
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: Membership
Replies: 12
Views: 3773

Re: Membership

John Upham wrote:
Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:20 pm
Ernie - Your ECF membership code would appear to be ME11053
Not so - ME004852
by Andrew Walker
Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:56 am
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: Membership
Replies: 12
Views: 3773

Re: Membership

The office is not being regularly attended ... Not strictly true. I took five days off this week to spend a little time with my beloved, but otherwise the main telephone number (01424 775222) is answered between 0930 and 1630 every weekday, although when it's only me on duty then you may have to tr...
by Andrew Walker
Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:20 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: ECF Office Staff on Furlough
Replies: 47
Views: 9716

Re: ECF Office Staff on Furlough

Thanks Nick, one compliment is worth a thousand moans :D
by Andrew Walker
Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:36 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: Should the ECF try to organise more chess?
Replies: 66
Views: 8746

Re: Should the ECF try to organise more chess?

Andrew Zigmond asked --- Are the current office staff non players? The name of the best known office member is taken twice in the database and the most likely candidate has a respectable enough grade of 163. If that's the name Andrew Walker (best-known?) it's me and I am a non-player If that's Gary ...
by Andrew Walker
Sun Jul 26, 2020 7:54 am
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: Membership Renewal
Replies: 323
Views: 37462

Re: Membership Renewal

RE: Is the office open
I've been working from home since June 1st, five days a week. Gary returned to work (from home) on the 1st July. We have been open, and I have visited the office in Battle once per week (on average) to deal with the post.
by Andrew Walker
Fri Jul 24, 2020 4:16 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: Membership Renewal
Replies: 323
Views: 37462

Re: Membership Renewal

In case any forum readers are unclear, all ECF members who paid their membership by Direct Debit last year need take no action should they wish to pay by Direct Debit in 2020-2021 and remain members at the same level. We hope to put the 2020-2021 memberships on sale shortly, and current members will...
by Andrew Walker
Tue Feb 11, 2020 9:53 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: UK Pun day
Replies: 8
Views: 1832

Re: UK Pun day

When I was learning chess, I once tried to move my castle first. Bit of a rookie error.
by Andrew Walker
Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:04 am
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: Badge
Replies: 17
Views: 3891

Re: Badge

Brian Look no further for the culprit than me. I ordered the badges, OK'd the design, queried and obtained the funds, created the list, set up the mail merge, printed the labels, stuck the labels on the jiffy bags and organised the posting. I was not solely responsible for putting the letters and ba...
by Andrew Walker
Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:19 pm
Forum: ECF Matters
Topic: Results of the ECF 2018/9 Grand Prix
Replies: 68
Views: 13976

Re: Results of the ECF 2018/9 Grand Prix

QUOTE --- There's no obvious link on the ECF's site. A Google search came up with https://www.englishchess.org.uk/ecf-grand-prix/ --- UNQUOTE Roger - I really do try my best, and have done so for the past ten years. Is this link, from the very front page of the website, not obvious enough? https://w...
by Andrew Walker
Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:27 pm
Forum: Rating Debate
Topic: ECFgrading SSL
Replies: 5
Views: 2637

Re: ECFgrading SSL

This reply from Dave Thomas, via Andrew Walker in the ECF office --- The SSL certificate is used to encrypt data transmitted between the user and the web site. There is no facility for confidential data to be passed between the user and the grading website - therefore using HTTPS (and thereby access...
by Andrew Walker
Tue Jul 30, 2019 4:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Hastings Congress
Replies: 161
Views: 18925

Re: Hastings Congress

I am, and always will be, open to fresh ideas / images / suggestions, especially directly, which I feel is always more polite than via the forum, which I visit very rarely. Send your images to andrew@englishchess.org.uk and when a suitable image presents itself, I'll change it :D :D :D :D :D Good ne...
by Andrew Walker
Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:50 am
Forum: Seniors Chess
Topic: FIDE Senior Championships 2019
Replies: 43
Views: 12552

Re: FIDE Senior Championships 2019

... but thanks for the few kind words, Keith A. You can always reach me at the office, rather than via this forum, where I am very, VERY rarely ...
by Andrew Walker
Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:47 am
Forum: Seniors Chess
Topic: FIDE Senior Championships 2019
Replies: 43
Views: 12552

Re: FIDE Senior Championships 2019

It's true that we used to have all the links in dropdowns at the top of the page, but far more people complained that these were too busy and too complex and that all the links should be visible than are complaining here, so I put them all in plain sight. However, as the one, the only webmaster, I a...
by Andrew Walker
Mon Mar 18, 2019 3:09 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Getting back into playing chess ...
Replies: 4
Views: 1410

Getting back into playing chess ...

POSTED on behalf of Tim Clare (details below) - please contact him if you can help Dear Andrew Regarding our telephone conversation this afternoon about finding a chess partner to rekindle my game. Over 30 years ago I sustained a spinal injury in a car accident which left me as a permanent wheelchai...