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UK chess statisticsBerkshire

Chess in Berkshire

883 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Berkshire club in August 2026 — the 10th largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

883

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+75%

Constant definition

Before the boom

449

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

25

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Berkshire clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Berkshire clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.02505007501,00019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge883
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DateRated players
July 1994185
July 1995203
July 1996212
July 1997210
July 1998214
July 1999218
July 2000200
July 2001216
July 2002231
July 2003374
July 2004455
July 2005249
July 2006237
July 2007228
July 2008243
July 2009244
July 2010255
July 2011272
January 2012250
July 2012259
January 2013271
July 2013254
January 2014238
July 2014256
January 2015318
July 2015337
January 2016342
July 2016330
January 2017344
July 2017383
January 2018415
July 2018440
January 2019455
July 2019449
January 2020446
July 2020850
August 2020850
September 2020850
October 2020850
November 2020850
December 2020850
January 2021850
February 2021850
March 2021850
April 2021850
May 2021852
June 2021853
July 2021853
August 2021856
September 2021857
October 2021871
November 2021878
December 2021891
January 2022902
February 2022926
March 2022941
April 2022953
May 2022967
June 2022505
July 2022511
August 2022503
September 2022499
October 2022514
November 2022539
December 2022528
January 2023518
February 2023503
March 2023520
April 2023496
May 2023514
June 2023535
July 2023547
August 2023554
September 2023570
October 2023589
November 2023636
December 2023663
January 2024677
February 2024691
March 2024722
April 2024760
May 2024770
June 2024782
July 2024790
August 2024794
September 2024800
October 2024816
November 2024845
December 2024863
January 2025876
February 2025884
March 2025879
April 2025892
May 2025886
June 2025878
July 2025877
August 2025873
September 2025874
October 2025881
November 2025887
December 2025899
January 2026905
February 2026914
March 2026904
April 2026910
May 2026899
June 2026892
July 2026892
August 2026883

County attribution uses each player's latest-known club, so the early decades understate clubs that have since closed — recent years are exact, the far left of the chart is indicative. The two marked breaks are changes in the national list definition, not local events. Full caveats on the methodology.

Berkshire clubs fielding rated players
Berkshire clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.01020301998200420102016202225
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DateActive clubs
July 199414
July 199514
July 199612
July 199713
July 199813
July 199914
July 200014
July 200113
July 200214
July 200316
July 200416
July 200516
July 200616
July 200716
July 200816
July 200916
July 201017
July 201117
January 201217
July 201217
January 201317
July 201318
January 201418
July 201418
January 201518
July 201519
January 201619
July 201618
January 201718
July 201718
January 201818
July 201818
January 201919
July 201919
January 202019
July 202020
August 202020
September 202020
October 202020
November 202020
December 202020
January 202120
February 202120
March 202120
April 202120
May 202120
June 202120
July 202120
August 202120
September 202120
October 202120
November 202120
December 202120
January 202220
February 202221
March 202221
April 202221
May 202221
June 202220
July 202220
August 202220
September 202220
October 202220
November 202220
December 202220
January 202320
February 202320
March 202319
April 202319
May 202319
June 202319
July 202319
August 202319
September 202319
October 202319
November 202320
December 202321
January 202421
February 202421
March 202422
April 202422
May 202422
June 202422
July 202422
August 202422
September 202422
October 202422
November 202422
December 202422
January 202522
February 202522
March 202522
April 202523
May 202523
June 202524
July 202524
August 202524
September 202524
October 202524
November 202524
December 202524
January 202624
February 202624
March 202624
April 202625
May 202625
June 202625
July 202625
August 202625

Berkshire, club by club

Every Berkshire club with rated players on the current list, including school and junior organisations, with their July 2019 and June 2022 figures for the before-and-after. The ECF rating list records one club per player, so players who turn out for more than one club are counted once, at their listed club.

ClubJul 2019Jun 2022August 2026
Camberley Junior Chess Club3048109
Reading4863103
Maidenhead Junior767496
Maidenhead426488
Camberley212975
Crowthorne495565
Berkshire Junior864265
University of Reading2444
Bracknell111332
Chess with Dino41228
Holyport College—528
Slough151526
Eton College202524
Newbury101819
Henley81115
Abbey School Reading1214
Wellington College2311
Sandhurst151310
Bradfield College——10
Westgate School Slough——7
Papplewick School Ascot114
Reading School643
Yateley Manor School353
Altwood Church Of England School——3
Wren School——1

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