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UK chess statisticsBuckinghamshire

Chess in Buckinghamshire

393 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Buckinghamshire club in August 2026 — the 27th largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

393

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+101%

Constant definition

Before the boom

206

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

16

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Buckinghamshire clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Buckinghamshire clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.015030045060019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge393
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DateRated players
July 1994104
July 1995100
July 1996113
July 1997118
July 1998133
July 1999108
July 2000101
July 2001104
July 2002107
July 2003115
July 2004131
July 2005115
July 2006101
July 200789
July 200881
July 200982
July 201078
July 201180
January 201288
July 201290
January 201396
July 201391
January 201497
July 201497
January 2015153
July 2015158
January 2016151
July 2016213
January 2017220
July 2017224
January 2018220
July 2018163
January 2019151
July 2019206
January 2020202
July 2020432
August 2020432
September 2020432
October 2020432
November 2020432
December 2020432
January 2021432
February 2021432
March 2021432
April 2021432
May 2021433
June 2021433
July 2021433
August 2021437
September 2021437
October 2021437
November 2021439
December 2021449
January 2022450
February 2022451
March 2022453
April 2022463
May 2022467
June 2022196
July 2022190
August 2022180
September 2022178
October 2022180
November 2022180
December 2022183
January 2023182
February 2023184
March 2023179
April 2023170
May 2023175
June 2023185
July 2023188
August 2023190
September 2023191
October 2023192
November 2023198
December 2023209
January 2024210
February 2024216
March 2024218
April 2024222
May 2024219
June 2024237
July 2024239
August 2024239
September 2024239
October 2024241
November 2024261
December 2024273
January 2025275
February 2025297
March 2025317
April 2025337
May 2025337
June 2025324
July 2025326
August 2025324
September 2025323
October 2025333
November 2025334
December 2025358
January 2026359
February 2026362
March 2026381
April 2026395
May 2026393
June 2026394
July 2026395
August 2026393

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.

Buckinghamshire clubs fielding rated players
Buckinghamshire clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.051015201998200420102016202216
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DateActive clubs
July 19949
July 19959
July 19969
July 19979
July 19989
July 19999
July 20008
July 20017
July 20027
July 20037
July 20048
July 20057
July 20067
July 20078
July 20087
July 20098
July 20107
July 20118
January 201210
July 201210
January 201310
July 201311
January 201411
July 201411
January 201512
July 201512
January 201612
July 201610
January 201710
July 201711
January 201811
July 201810
January 20199
July 20199
January 20209
July 202011
August 202011
September 202011
October 202011
November 202011
December 202011
January 202111
February 202111
March 202111
April 202111
May 202111
June 202111
July 202111
August 202112
September 202112
October 202112
November 202112
December 202112
January 202212
February 202212
March 202212
April 202212
May 202212
June 202210
July 202210
August 202210
September 202210
October 202210
November 202210
December 202210
January 202310
February 202312
March 202312
April 202312
May 202312
June 202312
July 202312
August 202312
September 202312
October 202312
November 202312
December 202314
January 202414
February 202415
March 202415
April 202415
May 202415
June 202415
July 202415
August 202415
September 202415
October 202415
November 202415
December 202415
January 202515
February 202515
March 202517
April 202517
May 202517
June 202515
July 202515
August 202515
September 202515
October 202515
November 202515
December 202516
January 202616
February 202616
March 202616
April 202616
May 202616
June 202616
July 202616
August 202616

Buckinghamshire, club by club

Every Buckinghamshire 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
Buckinghamshire Juniors1158270
Sir William Borlase School1554
Aylesbury GS5940
Gerrards Cross323437
Aylesbury142130
MK Bishops——28
Great Marlow School——23
Bourne End151822
Wycombe & Hazlemere182322
Ostrich Junior1122
St Michael’s Catholic School——15
Stowe School——14
Bletchley365
The Chalfonts Independent.GS——5
Wycombe Abbey school664
RGS High Wycombe312

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