ECF Grading Database

Site history

Release 2.2

1.2 06-02-2012 FIDE age limit option added to top players lookups
1.1 28-01-2012 Games lists, games statistics and grade progress features added
1.0 28-01-2012 Now using the January 2012 grading list

Release 2.1

1.1 15-12-2011 Lookups for top players made more flexible
1.0 15-12-2011 Site ported to content manager on ECF web host server

Release 1.6

1.1 27-08-2011 Revised version to match the printed list becomes the official release
1.0 24-07-2011 Now using the 2011 grading list

Release 1.5

1.4 16-01-2011 Latest version of the database for halfyear rapidplay release
1.3 28-11-2010 Revised version of the database was uploaded
1.2 29-08-2010 Revised version to match the printed list becomes the official release
1.1 28-08-2010 List of top English players changed to anyone over 200
1.0 25-07-2010 Now using the 2010 grading list

Release 1.4

1.5 21-03-2010 Revised version of the database was uploaded
1.4 10-01-2010 Latest version of the database for halfyear rapidplay release
1.3 05-09-2009 Revised version of the database was uploaded
1.2 03-09-2009 Amended to use alternate font size due to display issues
1.1 30-08-2009 Revised version to match the printed list becomes the official release
1.0 11-08-2009 Now using the 2009 grading list

Release 1.3

1.6 03-03-2009 Revised version of the database was uploaded
1.5 20-01-2009 Latest version of the database for halfyear rapidplay release
1.4 29-11-2008 Added top rapid female and girl players on request
1.3 31-08-2008 Revised version to match the printed list becomes the official release
1.2 05-08-2008 Revised version of the database was uploaded
1.1 22-07-2008 Minor alterations to most active sort orders
1.0 21-07-2008 Now using the 2008 grading list

Release 1.2

2.0 19-04-2008 Another small alteration to the FIDE reference lookup
1.9 12-04-2008 Revised version of the database was uploaded
1.8 11-04-2008 Minor fix to the FIDE link in the individual reference page
1.7 22-01-2008 Latest version of the database for halfyear rapidplay release
1.6 11-12-2007 Revised version of the database was uploaded
1.5 10-12-2007 Minor consistancy changes to sort orders of top player lookups
1.4 10-10-2007 Revised version of the database was uploaded
1.3 22-08-2007 Revised version to match the printed list becomes the official release
1.2 28-07-2007 Revised version of the database was uploaded
1.1 21-07-2007 Now using the 2007 grading list
1.0 01-07-2007 Started adding the ability to show inactive players in the list

Release 1.1

3.2 11-05-2007 Added the nation code to the live database download extract
3.1 02-04-2007 Added a simple menu link to the official ECF forum site
3.0 22-03-2007 Changed to a better quality ECF logo that the main site is now using
2.9 21-02-2007 Removed the 2005 list since a reference history is now supplied
2.8 09-02-2007 Added a simple search by grading reference to the home page
2.7 27-01-2007 Further cosmetic changes to external web sites interface
2.6 25-01-2007 Amended to use an alternate version of history information
2.5 24-01-2007 Cosmetic correction to most active rapid players output
2.4 23-01-2007 Latest version of the database for halfyear rapidplay release
2.3 16-01-2007 Historical breakdown is now live in the reference page
2.2 07-11-2006 System alteration to use a DNS failover mechanism on site down
2.1 11-10-2006 Cosmetic changes to help outside sites present grading information
2.0 02-10-2006 Latest version of the database with amendments and corrections
1.9 01-10-2006 The breakdown change has been put on hold for the time being
1.8 01-09-2006 Added historical breakdown of grade to the individual reference page
1.7 31-08-2006 Fixed a minor calculation problem with number of games counted
1.6 23-08-2006 Revised version to match the printed list becomes the official release
1.5 10-08-2006 Additional work to pass accessibility checks as needed
1.4 04-08-2006 Fixed some code malformation in the individual lookup page
1.3 03-08-2006 Added top rapid play juniors by age limit after users request
1.2 02-08-2006 Fixed a minor problem with the most improved rapid lookup
1.1 01-08-2006 Added some top English lookups and moved the menu to the left
1.0 31-07-2006 Thanks to Paul Dupré a mistake with downloads has been corrected

Release 1.0

5.1 25-07-2006 Cosmetic changes to rapid most active and rapid most improved
5.0 24-07-2006 Added top rapid junior players and top girl players
4.9 23-07-2006 Now using the 2006 grading list
4.8 18-07-2006 Added age and gender of player as well as initial junior lookups
4.7 15-07-2006 Cosmetic changes to move alternate lookups to a seperate section
4.6 07-07-2006 Added a live data extract to downloads bringing it up to date
4.5 21-06-2006 Increased number of top rapid players and added top female players
4.4 21-03-2006 Footer advertisement was added and some of the help text was changed
4.3 30-12-2005 Amendments to the style of footer being displayed on the site
4.2 22-12-2005 Increased the limit on the number of players looked up on a search
4.1 07-12-2005 Some query optimisations before switching to the alternate server
4.0 28-11-2005 Changed character set page encoding to deal with high byte letters
3.9 16-11-2005 Fixed a minor cosmetic problem with some players names
3.8 10-11-2005 Started the gradual source change from BCF to ECF as required
3.7 01-11-2005 Amendments to both the style sheet and to the dynamic colour headings
3.6 29-10-2005 Changes for the amendments list to highlight alterations as needed
3.5 08-10-2005 Finally added most improved and most active rapid lookups
3.4 29-09-2005 Amendments to the font size so everything can be adjusted as needed
3.3 28-09-2005 Removed the banner logo since the overhead needed was not acceptable
3.2 17-09-2005 Added an additional lighter club page that webmasters can link to
3.1 06-09-2005 Fixed forward slash encapsulation causing the odd club lookup fault
3.0 23-08-2005 Revised version to match the printed list becomes the official release
2.9 20-08-2005 Added a lookup for the most improved players this season
2.8 18-08-2005 Minor changes to correct malformed xhtml as required to pass checks
2.7 17-08-2005 Added BCF grading sponsorship banner to link to the Chess World site
2.6 15-08-2005 More internal script changes needed for a php software upgrade
2.5 14-08-2005 Script changes since later versions of php require security alterations
2.4 11-08-2005 Added a lookup for the most active players by games this season
2.3 10-08-2005 Changes to the club and county search and to total games reporting
2.2 08-08-2005 Minor cosmetic changes to two external web site links
2.1 04-08-2005 Changes to the style sheet and additional sort order processing
2.0 01-08-2005 Included some minor cosmetic changes to the contact form
1.9 29-07-2005 Fixed leading spaces and missing grading sort on club by code output
1.8 28-07-2005 Changes to the contact form to make more of the fields mandatory
1.7 27-07-2005 Added the ability to display the club output in grading order if needed
1.6 25-07-2005 Fixed a problem with trailing spaces causing some searches to fail
1.5 23-07-2005 The help section has been expanded to include general grading information
1.4 22-07-2005 We went live a little early but downloads are now available
1.3 17-07-2005 Now using the 2005 grading list
1.2 13-07-2005 Special thanks to Neville Belinfante who assisted greatly during testing
1.1 11-07-2005 Further test release to check speed is acceptable on searches
1.0 09-07-2005 First release