March / April 2008 NEWSLETTER OF THE ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION £1.50 Chess for Schools . the beginning The office of Fergus Christie, Sales Director of Holloid Plastics, the sponsor behind the whole Chess for Schools scheme. The first of the 250,000 chess sets have rolled offf o the production line in the Holloid factory and have landed in their sales directors office as pictured above. The ECF Office has logged over 2000 requests from schools for chess sets, with many more yet to be processed. If your local school has not yet requested their 10 free sets, then please encourage the school to send an email to
[email protected] Editorial I am very pleased to announce that the official opening of the National Chess ECF News Library will be on the 10th June 2008 (for invitees only). Charles Clarke MP (former Home Secretary and Minister Monroi Personal Chess Manager for Education) will formally perform the opening. Sir Richard Clarke the father of - Electronic Notation Device Charles donated his personal library to the It is my view that the Monroi system is a direct substitution for a scorebook, with the BCF. It would be wonderful if our library advantage that pages cannot accidentally be turned over during a game to reveal a grew to rival the largest Chess Libraries previous game. The Monroi system is endorsed by FIDE and the Monroi devices are used in the world (I am assured space will be at many prestigious international tournaments. provided). To do this we need donations of It is my recommendation that they should be permitted to be used in any event where a single chess book or whole libraries (you scorebooks are allowed or where the controller does not need a paper copy of the game may need the room).