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Thanks for that.

Do you know where I can get an Excel template of the rating submission files?

Has there been any update on this?

Does there exist an API for other LMS's to submit results to the ECF grading system?

The ECF have announced that they will be moving to a monthly grading system and on the FAQ they state: "How will graders handle the increase in workload? The ECF has a League Management System up and running. The results will be extracted from these records automatically. Other event management syst...

Noy a free game, I wanted to avoid rating loss Here's a funny thing. I get lots of free games with no rating loss (or gain, for that matter) down my local chess club. Some evenings more than half a dozen, depending on the time control me and my opponents agree on. They're called "friendlies". You s...

That seems to be most generous of him, but only highlights the fact that those 'in the loop' are able to make informed decisions while everyone else is at the mercy of the ECF's 'communication strategy'.

I would have expected at least a website announcement or an update to the relevant sections.

Were Devon (and others) made aware of the rise or will they unexpectedly find themselves out of pocket when the bill arrives?

Not just Game Fee, membership cost as well. Membership for 2014-15 is supposedly now closed, although appears still open. https://paysubsonline.com/thirdpartyregistration.aspx?clubID=9967eb1c5995e58af7bd317a4fc08722 The theory was that new membership for 2015-16 would cover 14 months, notwithstandi...

Yes, and the pay-to-play fee is going up too. My point is that the ECF are not communicating with those of us who need to book venues, print entry forms etc.

So, when do the ECF plan on announcing the price hike to their customers? Or do they expect everyone to read the minutes of the finance council meeting.

The issue is neither your idea of enormous really isn't in this day and age. The statement on the grading site says: "The game lists have been an increasing drain on resources, culminating in a complete crash of the site for a few hours..." So if the number of requests aren't the problem and the am...

OK, that makes sense

Will the ECF need to upgrade their server, or can they maybe partition the games table to make it less resource intensive?
e.g. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/librar ... rti_topic4

The official comment implies that the down time is due to excessive usage.

If perhaps the 'View by Event' feature was removed, would this reduce the number of database calls as users wouldn't need to select each event in turn to view their season records?

Is there any update as to when the games lists will be back online?

It sounds like your browser isn't configured to view pages with frames.

If a non ECF member plays in a congress and then subsequently joins the ECF within the membership year, would the congress organisers still need to pay the £6 'pay to play' fee?