{"id":2414,"date":"2023-02-19T18:39:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T18:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=2414"},"modified":"2023-02-19T23:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T23:26:33","slug":"news-summary-ecf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/news-summary-ecf\/","title":{"rendered":"ECF news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-dates has-authors has-excerpts wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/ecf-arbiter-appointments-in-2025-26\/'>ECF Arbiter Appointments in 2025\/26<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-29T11:29:48+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">29\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The New Arbiter Appointments Policy The new policy for appointments was published last summer: https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Arbiter-Appointments-Policy.pdf This was the first time the ECF had a published policy for its own events,&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/2026-ecf-awards\/'>2026 ECF Awards<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-22T11:00:58+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">22\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Nominations are now invited for this year\u2019s ECF awards, covering the period from 1st June 2025 to 31st May 2026. To apply for an award you must complete the official&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/winton-british-chess-solving-championship-2026-2027\/'>Winton British Chess Solving Championship 2026-2027<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-20T08:00:16+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">20\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Organised by the British Chess Problem Society!\u00a0 Entry to this competition sponsored by Winton is by solving the starter problem below.\u00a0 White, playing up the board, is to play and&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/uks-favourite-educational-book-seller-supports-english-schools-chess-championships\/'>UK\u2019s favourite educational book seller supports English Schools Chess Championships<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-15T09:53:05+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">15\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">England\u2019s most prestigious team chess competition for schools has found a new homegrown sponsor in\u00a0educational books specialist CGP.\u00a0The Cumbria-based publisher has stepped forward to support the\u00a02026 English Schools Chess Championships,&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/password-expiration-phishing-emails\/'>Password expiration phishing emails<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-13T08:47:48+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">13\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Please ignore any emails that are not from a named person in the ECF Office asking you to \u2018Update Password\u2019 or similar, and claiming your email account passord is set&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/kayal-vijay-under-9-girls-champion-european-schools\/'>Kayal Vijay Under 9 Girls Champion \u2013 European Schools<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-06T10:52:13+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">06\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">We are delighted to share the news that Kayal Vijay has been crowned Under 9 Girls Champion at the European Schools Chess Championship 2026, held in Croatia from 27th April&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/ecf-yearbook-2026\/'>ECF Yearbook 2026<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-05T14:32:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">05\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The 2026 ECF Official Chess Yearbook is now available as a free PDF to all readers here: https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yearbook-2026-compressed.pdf Weighing in at just over 300 pages, the yearbook\u2019s contents include: Home&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/expression-of-interest-glorney-cup-2026\/'>Expression of Interest: Glorney Cup 2026<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-05T13:30:35+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">05\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The 2026 Glorney Cup, involving junior teams from six nations including England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, is being held at the University of Limerick, Ireland on 27-30 July.\u00a0England will be&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/rating-system-incident-and-file-resubmission-required\/'>Rating System Incident and File Resubmission Required<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-01T15:24:34+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">01\/05\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Melinda Wilde<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Our hosting provider, which provides the server for our websites, email, rating and LMS systems, has informed us of a global security incident impacting managed cloud servers across the internet&#8230;.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/problem-with-swiss-manager-and-the-ecf-rating-list\/'>Problem with Swiss Manager and the ECF rating list<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-20T13:25:04+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">20\/04\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">There is an ongoing problem at the moment in that Swiss Manager, the main pairing program used at events around England can\u2019t access the latest ECF rating list.\u00a0There is 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