Manchester Chess League

The Manchester Chess Federation provides the main league and knockout trophy competitions in our region and includes teams from throughout Greater Manchester.

These pages show the clubs involved in the leagues along with the relevant player registrations and their ratings to be used in these competitions.

For a list of fixtures and results, take a look at the ECF League Management System here

The spreadsheet available here includes all this information along with some explanatory notes and additional information for team formation etc.

2026.09.24 MCF Register – Standard – Version 1 Download

3Cs

No.	Full name	ECF Rating		Bracketed	ECF Rating
1	Alexander Longson	2249	k
1	Robert McLean	2199	k	Stephen J Gordon	2492	k
2	Greg T Eagleton	2151	a	Edward Jackson	2241	k
3	Alan J Walton	2094	k	John L Bentley	2111	k
4	Mitchell R Burke	2066	k
5	Joao Rita	2040	k
6	Philip Adams	2028	k
7	Dale R James	2026	k	Kyle Pelling	2022	k
8	Tim Hilton	2010	a
9	Andrew Lewis	1988	a
10	Ben Newton	1995	a
11	Ved Sudeep Boganadham	1911	k	Shever Mapira	1901	e
12	Yavuz Aydin Kocak	1861	a	Beyazid Kocak	1820	a
13	Michael Tebelev	1853	k
14	Hunain Malik	1866	k
15	Marlon Espiritu	1755	k	James Marshall	1731	k	Freya Austin	1751	k	Helal Ahmed	1750	k
16	Mohammed Rohman	1670	a
17	Jonathan Miller	1638	a	Declan Johnston	1678	k
18	Nana Yaw Asare Frimpong	1608	e	Hazel Austin	1498	k
19	Karl Moorcroft	1596	k
20	Sam Owen	1589	k
21	Claire Kerton	1545	a	Suleiman Nisar	1516	k
22	Everson Correa	1485	k	Charlie Locke	1499	k
23	Noah Hicks	1401	a	Rebecca Correa	1496	k
24	Edward Correa	1382	k
25	Hafsa Riaz	1356	a
26	John F Walton	1346	k
27	Jayden Cheung	1333	k
28	Aaron Lewis	1321	k
29	Sean Hicks	1314	a
30	Mark Harris-Jones	1250	e
31	Victor Pelling	1191	k
32	Tisha Suvarna Boganadham	1185	k
33	Ibrahim Riaz	1137	k
34	Mike Howarth	1100	e
35	Abbas Ali	1100	e
36	Jack Gladwin	1100	e
37	Kai Fitton	1100	e
38	Kingston Au	1100	e
39	Samuel Singleton	1100	e
40	Sachin Osmond	1054	k
41	Mason Yui	1000	e
42	Ryan Ainley	1000	e
43	Marvis Yuu	1000	e
44	Will McGrath	900	e
45	Muhammad Rayyan	900	e
46	Calann Kouam	900	e
47	Timmy Drake	750	e
48	Sean Kalkhoben	750	e

Altrincham

No.	Full name	ECF Rating
1	Rojas, Nicolas	1795	a
2	Roche, John JP	1778	k
3	Calvert, Simon	1770	k
4	Simpson, Guy	1759	k
5	Khalil, Sheraz	1743	k
6	Clucas, Reg P	1740	a
7	Lane, Anthony J	1697	a
8	Hague, Thomas	1693	e
9	Lowe, Nick	1667	k
10	Tomkins, Tom	1660	k
11	Clucas, Daniel	1643	k
12	Kakarparthi, Vijay	1611	k
13	Lawrence, James D	1584	k
14	Douglas, Steve	1584	k
15	Tyson, Alan G	1537	k
16	Brophy, John	1453	k
17	Ashby, David E	1391	p
18	Burgess, Steve	1310	k
19	Saravanan, Vinay	1282	k
20	Ko, Joseph	1258	k
21	Ward, Stephen W	1255	e
22	Brophy, Jane	1250	e
23	Hoban, John	1250	e

Ashton

No.	Full name	ECF Rating		Bracketed	ECF Rating
1	Tim Elgar	2217	k
2	Michael Handley	2095	a
3	Sai Vaddireddy	2051	a
4	Joel McBeath	2002	k
5	Sithun De Silva	2016	a
6	William Peacock	1902	a
7	Glenn Trueman	1891	k
8	Matthew Grimley	1890	a
9	Tony Entwistle	1869	k	Samuel Esayas	1809	k
10	Elias Asef	1825	e
11	William Bartlett	1816	a
12	Paul Keech	1768	k
13	Andeel Mohammed	1704	a
14	Alan Hall	1693	k	David Hardy	1722	e
15	Daniel McGlashan	1679	k
16	Edmund Jones	1669	e
17	Ross Evans	1655	k
18	Paul Johnson	1570	k
19	Sacha Torregrosa	1568	k
20	Jay Unadkat	1522	k
21	Sam Bartlett	1491	a
22	Phil Shaughnessy	1483	k
23	Dheer Bhatia	1465	k
24	Max Rogers	1456	k
25	Julian Zhu	1455	e
26	Ayhan Deniz	1435	e
27	Steve Eddleston	1434	k
28	Alicia Custy	1407	k
29	Isaac Cain	1400	e
30	Jack MacDonald-Hulme	1400	e
31	Nikos Bakalopoulos	1400	e
32	Ronald Eccles	1400	e
33	Philip Treanor	1313	e
34	Finley Dry	1280	e
35	Thomas Taylor	1100	e
36	Rafael Musayev	1021	e
37	Connor Atherton	1000	e
38	Chithesh Delpachithra	994	e
39	Sam Leitch	950	e
40	Timi Oyedele	900	e
41	Shriaan Kulkarni	796	e
42	David Orehhov	693	e

Blue Club

No.	Full name	ECF Rating
1	Philip Armstrong	2028	k
2	Robert Newton	1929	a
3	Matthew Searles	1905	k
4	Mark Taylor	1822	a
5	Armand Catz	1875	a
6	Abraham Shiju	1821	k
7	Robin Wilding	1755	k
8	Richard Gavin	1745	k
9	Jake Howard	1696	a
10	Chris Gallagher	1686	k
11	Jon Coupe	1597	a
12	Lewis Sharples	1551	k
13	David Kilmartin	1550	k
14	Robert Willans	1549	a
15	Dan Burgess	1470	k
16	Jeff Wilson	1466	a
17	Donovan Brooks	1440	e
18	Paul Czyrski	1427	k
19	Con Carey	1423	k
20	Harry Altoft	1385	k
21	Dave Paylor	1369	k
22	Dan Corbishley	1224	k
23	Terence Robinson	1156	k
24	Svetlana Popova	1076	k
24	Rana Abbas	937	e

Bolton

No.	Full name	ECF Rating		Bracketed	ECF Rating
1	Plamen Mladenov	2437	k
2	Nigel R Davies	2328	k	Bogdan Lalic	2401	k
3	Nikolay Milchev	2280	k
4	Michael Lamb	2021	k	Lee Bailey	2042	k
5	Lorand Sakic	1937	k
6	Nicholas Barnaby	1923	k
7	Adam Tyton	1909	a
8	Cameron Challands	1900	e
9	Simeon Sakic	1861	a
10	Kelechukwu Nkwonta	1890	k	Andy Yang	1861	a
11	Ashton Morrissey	1811	a	David Agyemang	1854	k
12	Allan Gardner	1784	a
13	Jonathan Manson	1734	k
14	Rod Middleton	1632	k
15	Zac Walsh	1651	k
16	Rowan Eccleston	1647	a
17	James Storrie-Baxter	1634	k
18	Julian Clissold	1625	a
19	Ian Lamb	1578	a
20	Bryony Eccleston	1568	a
21	Frederick Stevenson	1559	a
22	Geoff Swallow	1546	k
23	Thomas Humphreys	1526	k
24	Brian Twinn	1478	k
25	Dheer Shah	1456	k
26	Michael Houlston	1434	k
27	John Skipworth	1380	k
28	Gary Cresswell	1376	k
29	Dale Eccleston	1343	k
30	Mike Swift	1342	k
31	Parshottambhi DPatel	1281	a

Bury

No.	Full name	ECF Rating
1	Jack Barnes	1836	k
2	Martin Pope	1836	k
3	Anthony M Lee	1798	k
4	Michael J Norris	1751	k
5	Mohammad H Bakhsh	1687	k
6	Richard Leese	1639	k
7	Jason Bonavia	1615	k
8	Oliver Wilson	1583	k
9	Andrew Jacketts	1576	k
10	Ray Rushworth	1467	k
11	Tom Rowley	1451	k
12	Steven Press	1431	k
13	Jeremy F Peach	1418	k
14	Brian J Forrest	1387	k
15	Lewis Brett	1377	k
16	David McCarthy	1318	k
17	Tom Hall	1300	e

Chorlton

No.	Full name	ECF Rating		Bracketed	ECF Rating
1	Soares Danilo	2241	k
2	Sanada Tetsuaki	2162	a
3	Joseph, Patrick	2111	a
4	Barnes, Jamie	2078	k
5	Lee, Daniel T (Captain)	2038	a
6	Knox, David	1988	k
7	Parker, Ethan	1953	a
8	Johnson, James	1950	e
9	Alderton, Julian A (Captain)	1947	a
10	Vassiliou, Chris	1917	a
11	Elliott, Austin	1920	k
12	Virgin, Jack	1873	a	Reed, John S	1876	k
13	Cameron, Josh	1865	a
14	Hussein Homam	1823	a
15	Kierman, David (Captain)	1762	k	Taylor, Simon J	1790	k
16	Barry-Allwood, Ben	1730	k	Greenwood, Rory	1725	k
17	Strisiver, Christopher	1717	k
18	Summers, Iain	1709	k
19	Marsh, Aram	1702	a
20	Nurse, Richard	1701	k
21	Horwell, Peter	1683	k
22	Dao, Brandon (J)	1650	a
23	Beswick, Andrew	1622	a
24	Phythian, Graham	1612	k
25	Bennett, Phil (Captain)	1586	k
26	Chapman, Fred (Reg)	1620	e
27	Prittee Joel	1591	k
28	Shijo, Joel (J)	1540	a
29	Hargreaves, Ben	1532	k
30	Donegan, Jack (Captain)	1528	a
31	Harding, Lachlan	1517	k
32	Ramesh, Kiruthikvarshan (J)	1479	k
33	Chowdhury, Dean	1449	e
34	Walker, Jack	1423	k
35	Mallinson, Sam	1400	e
36	Younis, Atif	1375	e
37	Salih, Zakariya	1355	k
38	Thorpe, Chris	1352	k
39	Dinsmore, Adam	1350	e
40	Mathew, Reji	1349	k
41	King, Kit	1300	e
42	Corr Jacob	1300	e
43	Ciaran McGurdy	1300	e
44	Shaw, Lilian	1279	e
45	Shuttleworth, Elliott	1250	e
46	Brown, Matthew	1245	k
47	Joy, Shijo	1209	k
48	Taylor, Tim (captain)	1139	k
49	Mathew, Steve (J)	1050	e
50	Duncombe Dominic	1048	k

Glossop

No.	Full name	ECF Rating
1	Matthew Cosgrave	1720	e
2	David J Fowler	1638	K
3	Ian Oates	1634	K
4	Mark Harrison	1630	e
5	Matthew Bailey	1542	K
6	Jonathan Burton	1518	A
7	Andrey Mirzoyan	1499	K
8	Alan Dow	1390	K
9	Nadhim Bayatti	1388	K
10	Arthur Ryder	1388	K
11	Sarah Hanson	1380	e
12	Dan Hill	1350	e
13	Richard Leyshon	1336	K
14	Edward Morley	1330	e
15	Dan Brown	1279	K
16	Nigel Woods	1201	K
17	Rodger Holden	1100	e
18	Steve Vernon	1040	K

Heywood

No.	Full name	ECF Rating
1	Bill O’Rourke	1826	k
2	Lucas Stubbs	1794	k
3	Dave Almond	1633	k
4	Steve Flaherty	1618	a
5	Peter Hurn	1582	k
6	Steve White	1557	a
7	Steve Jones	1555	a
8	Peter Edhouse	1552	k
9	Paul Curran	1545	k
10	Ian Mitchell	1530	k
11	Tony Jinks	1520	a
12	Oscar Ye	1519	k
13	Laurence Berry	1332	k
14	Kingsley Shi	1328	k
15	Roy Bywater	1301	k
16	Matthew Chandler	1272	p
17	Donna Chadwick	1172	k

Marple

No.	Full name	ECF Rating
1	Marshall, Richard	1817	k
2	Taylor, Mike	1815	k
3	Szozdowska, Monika	1635	k
4	Cowling, Terry	1598	k
5	O’Donnell, John	1592	k
6	MacNeill, Phil	1555	k
7	Dee, Neil	1538	a
8	Shaw, Peter	1461	a
9	Dainty, Neil	1390	k
10	Doust, Tony	1387	k
11	Pitchforth, Ray	1287	k

Northenden

No.	Full name	ECF Rating		Bracketed	ECF Rating
1	Tom D.A. Green	1896	k	Anubhab Gupta	2066	k
2	John Reed	1876	k
3	Fiona Green	1874	k
4	Nathan Harvey Jones	1787	a
5	Joe Barker	1731	k
6	Stephen Katona	1736	a
7	Jason Wildgoose	1703	k
8	Vijay Kumar	1635	k
9	Neil Oddie	1630	k
10	Liam Lougheed	1607	k
11	Alex Benner	1597	k
12	Jim Morris	1571	a
13	Libor Zeman	1565	k
14	John Hennessy	1547	k
15	Anthony Hunt	1528	k
16	Khalid Khokhar	1508	k
17	Jacques Teale	1462	e
18	Paul Adams	1442	e
19	Sergio Russo	1426	k
20	Des Lougheed	873	k

Stockport

No.	Full name	ECF Rating		Bracketed	ECF Rating
1	Allan Beardsworth	2229	k	Sarah Longson	2021	a
2	Joshua Pink	1994	a
3	Andy Stoker	1916	k
4	Michael Crowther	1848	k
7	Gareth Griffiths	1840	a
8	Andy Coe	1795	a
9	Connor Price	1795	k
10	Joseph Day	1756	a
11	Jeff Mason	1731	a
12	Scarlett Rozman	1726	a
13	Simon Coleclough-Worrell	1702	k
14	Joe Morris	1641	k
15	Marc White	1571	k
16	Anthony Prime	1565	k
17	Philip Clare	1519	a
18	John Kelly	1456	a
19	Ian Anderson	1437	k
20	Chris Murfin	1430	k
21	Mark Andrew	1397	e
22	Benedict Robinson	1396	k
23	David Peatfield	1392	k
24	Harry Chandler	1360	e
25	Ryan Davies	1360	e
26	Grace McDonald	1356	k
27	James Stuart	1346	k
28	Beau McKellar	1301	e
29	Taran Davies	1300	e
30	Jonathan Laver	1235	e
31	Tim Hupfield	1205	k
32	Peter Hupfield	1204	k
33	Kemal Azizoglu	1136	k

Swinton and Worsley

No.	Full name	ECF Rating		Bracketed	ECF Rating
1	Mahin Rughani	2150	a	Yang-Fan Zhou	2454	k
2	Steven Riley	2147	k	Paul Macklin	2358	k
3	Andew Wilson	2019	k
4	Dominic Rabbitte	2002	k
5	Liam Rabbitte	2057	k
6	Leo Cheung	2014	a
7	Daniel Okorafor	1949	a
8	Alex Burke	1926	k	Grieg Ichim	1915	k
9	Dave Burgess	1926	a
10	Adam Scoular	1854	k
11	Chris Hodgson	1831	a
12	Ondrej Chalupa	1817	a
13	Shlok Maheshwari	1814	a
14	Simon Wright	1814	k
15	Taarush Goel	1762	a	Tyler Sweeney	1767	a
16	Damien McElvenny	1754	k
17	Michael Connor	1743	a
18	Edward Chu	1673	a	Marcus Fung	1712	k
19	Vehant Sharma	1594	a
23	Ryan Chattopadhyay	1580	k
24	David Otaryan	1547	a
25	Benjamin Abraham	1534	a
26	Yihang Sun	1507	a
27	Keshav Sadh	1500	e
28	Atul Rughani	1489	k
29	Yin Chu	1430	k
30	Windsor Ludlow	1429	k
31	Gabriel Nelson	1377	k
32	Jiwei Yu	1305	a
33	Prabhat Maheshwari	1300	e
34	Lorenzo Michael Sayana Micael Vino	1272	k
35	Vibhav Talluri	1245	e
36	Arjun Suresh	1227	k
37	Alex Yeung	1200	e
38	Louis Tramaseur	1133	k
39	Yugav Rangaraju	980	e
40	Austen Miller	900	e
41	Grace Yeung	850	e
42	Leon Porter	850	e
43	Toby Tramaseur	800	e
44	Zac Scoular	750	e

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Urmston

No.	Full name	ECF Rating		Bracketed	ECF Rating
1	Andreas Iliopoulos	1997	k
2	Damian McCarthy	1964	a	Jonathan Hill	2027	k
3	Robert Furness	1921	a
4	Dennis Owen	1860	k
5	Laugutani Lucas Nyamandi	1836	k
6	David Newell	1787	k
7	Elliott Barnett	1736	k
8	Alex Robinson	1707	a
9	Edward Pinder	1661	k
10	Grant Randall	1651	k
11	Matthew Wilson-Brady	1641	e
12	Keiran Moore	1610	k
13	Josh Davies	1594	k
14	Lee O	1579	k
15	John Reyes	1572	k
16	Mark Davis	1557	k
17	Dave Bellis	1427	k
18	Srikrish Vijaysampath	1383	k
19	Alex Tuck	1318	e
20	Vijay Vijaysampath	1290	e
21	Florian Luca Ratcliff	1282	e
22	Paul Wild	1270	k
23	Thomas F Hynes	1263	k
24	Stephen Taylor	1259	k
25	Michael Ashworth	1237	k

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