FFÉchecs Chess Clubs · French Directory

Export French chess club contacts from the public FFÉchecs (Fédération Française des Échecs) directory. Pick a department (or nationwide) and get one row per club: name, address, published email and phone, website, and Facebook or Instagram when the club listed them.

No login. No API key. No federation account.

Who is this for?

You are…	Typical goal	Suggested setup
Chess equipment or publishing brand	Prospect list of clubs that buy sets, clocks, books	One department first, then All departments
Tournament or school organiser	Clubs that can host or fill an event	Your département + neighbouring codes
Agency / outbound	CRM feed with mailbox and phone	Overview or Outreach CRM view
Local authority / school sport	Territory map of chess clubs	One code, then neighbours
Data / ops	Scheduled master table of the federation	departments: ["ALL"], maxItems: 0

What you get by default. Club name, department, address, federation club page, website when the club published one. Email and phone only when the club sheet publishes them — the federation HQ mailbox (contact@ffechecs.fr) is skipped. Facebook and Instagram are filled when that URL is on the sheet. This Actor never invents a mailbox.

When to go nationwide. Use All departments on a paid plan with maxItems: 0. Corsica (2A / 2B) and overseas departments are included (Réunion 974 maps to the federation committee code automatically).

How to use

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console.
2. Pick one or more departments, or All departments.
3. Keep Max clubs at 20 for a first run (Free plan is always 20 per run). Set 0 on a paid plan for a full export of the selection.
4. Click Start. Rows appear in the Dataset while other club sheets are still opening.

Ready-made examples (published tasks)

Example	Best for
Find Paris chess clubs with published contacts	First run / Île-de-France
Rhône chess clubs, CRM-ready emails and phones	CRM import
La Réunion FFÉchecs chess club directory	Overseas department
Find Ain chess clubs from the FFÉchecs directory	B2B test / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

What it extracts

Category	Fields
Identity	Club name, affiliation number, FFÉchecs club id
Location	Department, town, postcode, address
Contact	Email, phone (when published on the club sheet)
Web	Club website, Facebook, Instagram when listed
Page	Public federation club page

Typical coverage

On a 10-club Paris sample: 100% name / department / address / club page; 70% email, 70% phone, 70% website. Facebook and Instagram appear only when the club listed them (0/10 on that sample). Empty fields are omitted. This Actor never invents a mailbox or a number.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Notes
departments	array	["75"]	Department codes, or ALL for nationwide including Corsica. Omitted = Paris. Empty array = nationwide.
maxItems	integer	20	0 = no row ceiling. Free plan: 20 / run.

API-only keys

Not shown on the Console form. Safe defaults are already in code.

Key	Type	Default	Notes
delayBetweenRequests	integer	80	Pause between club sheets (ms)
verboseLogs	boolean	false	Extra diagnostics in the run log
proxyConfiguration	object	platform default	Optional; cloud runs can use Apify Proxy

Examples

Paris (Try):

{ "departments": ["75"], "maxItems": 20 }

Nationwide, paid plan, no row ceiling:

{ "departments": ["ALL"], "maxItems": 0 }

Corsica (2A / 2B) and Alsace:

{ "departments": ["2A", "2B", "67", "68"], "maxItems": 0 }

Output sample

{
  "clubId": "960",
  "affiliationNumber": "M75005",
  "structureName": "Tour Blanche Echecs",
  "departmentNumber": "75",
  "town": "PARIS",
  "postalCode": "75020",
  "address": "38 rue des Amandiers",
  "contactEmail": "laurentgagnepain1@gmail.com",
  "website": "http://www.tourblanche.asso.fr",
  "url": "https://www.echecs.asso.fr/FicheClub.aspx?Ref=960"
}

You can download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

How to scrape FFÉchecs chess clubs

This Actor reads the public FFÉchecs club directory by department, then opens each club sheet for published contacts. You do not need a federation account.

How much does it cost to scrape FFÉchecs clubs?

HTTP-only — no browser. You pay pay-per-event on the Store: about $0.00749 per exported club plus a negligible run start.

Scenario	Approx. cost (list / Free PPE)
20 clubs (Try / Free plan)	~$0.15
1,000 clubs	~$7.49
Full selection with maxItems: 0	$0.00749 × clubs exported

Include the one-time actor-start charge in run totals. Higher Apify subscription tiers may pay less per event when the Store listing uses tiered PPE.

Is scraping FFÉchecs free?

Apify Free plan users get 20 clubs per run. Paid plans follow PPE and your max charge. Compute is cheap because this Actor does not launch a browser.

Is it legal to scrape FFÉchecs?

This Actor only accesses data that Fédération Française des Échecs makes publicly available in its chess club directory. As with any data containing personal information, ensure your use complies with GDPR and relevant regulations.

Local development

cd ffechecs-clubs-scraper
npm install
apify run --input-file=./.actor/INPUT.json

storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json must satisfy the input schema, or pass --input-file. On local apify run, platform/CLI input overwrites overlapping keys from a root input.json.

Support

Contact corentin@outreacher.fr if you need a custom scraper or tailored automation.

Also available

Also available as a pack: France Sports Clubs hub — merge several federations into one dataset.

Same job (French department → published club contacts). One Actor per federation.

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