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UK chess statisticsCambridgeshire

Chess in Cambridgeshire

264 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Cambridgeshire club in August 2026 — the 34th largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

264

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+43%

Constant definition

Before the boom

144

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

18

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Cambridgeshire clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Cambridgeshire clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.010020030019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge264
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DateRated players
July 1994148
July 1995142
July 1996160
July 1997146
July 1998155
July 1999124
July 2000124
July 2001125
July 2002112
July 2003105
July 2004100
July 2005103
July 2006104
July 2007101
July 200891
July 2009101
July 2010107
July 201196
January 201296
July 201291
January 201397
July 201384
January 201496
July 201494
January 2015123
July 2015115
January 2016114
July 2016119
January 2017126
July 2017130
January 2018145
July 2018141
January 2019147
July 2019144
January 2020138
July 2020230
August 2020230
September 2020230
October 2020230
November 2020230
December 2020230
January 2021230
February 2021230
March 2021230
April 2021230
May 2021231
June 2021231
July 2021232
August 2021232
September 2021241
October 2021253
November 2021255
December 2021256
January 2022256
February 2022257
March 2022258
April 2022259
May 2022262
June 2022184
July 2022168
August 2022157
September 2022154
October 2022156
November 2022160
December 2022158
January 2023155
February 2023156
March 2023158
April 2023151
May 2023153
June 2023156
July 2023176
August 2023176
September 2023177
October 2023184
November 2023187
December 2023190
January 2024190
February 2024199
March 2024200
April 2024209
May 2024211
June 2024215
July 2024222
August 2024224
September 2024225
October 2024231
November 2024233
December 2024232
January 2025232
February 2025241
March 2025252
April 2025249
May 2025249
June 2025242
July 2025247
August 2025249
September 2025248
October 2025259
November 2025261
December 2025270
January 2026276
February 2026277
March 2026282
April 2026281
May 2026281
June 2026277
July 2026265
August 2026264

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.

Cambridgeshire clubs fielding rated players
Cambridgeshire clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.0102030401998200420102016202218
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DateActive clubs
July 199430
July 199527
July 199629
July 199728
July 199831
July 199928
July 200027
July 200127
July 200222
July 200323
July 200421
July 200520
July 200620
July 200722
July 200818
July 200918
July 201018
July 201118
January 201216
July 201215
January 201313
July 20139
January 201410
July 201410
January 201513
July 201512
January 201611
July 20168
January 20177
July 20177
January 20186
July 20186
January 20197
July 20198
January 20209
July 202010
August 202010
September 202010
October 202010
November 202010
December 202010
January 202110
February 202110
March 202110
April 202110
May 202110
June 202110
July 202110
August 202110
September 202110
October 202111
November 202111
December 202112
January 202212
February 202212
March 202212
April 202212
May 202212
June 202211
July 202211
August 202211
September 202211
October 202210
November 202210
December 20229
January 20239
February 20239
March 20239
April 20239
May 202310
June 202310
July 202311
August 202311
September 202311
October 202312
November 202312
December 202312
January 202412
February 202412
March 202412
April 202412
May 202413
June 202413
July 202413
August 202413
September 202413
October 202413
November 202412
December 202411
January 202511
February 202512
March 202514
April 202514
May 202514
June 202514
July 202516
August 202516
September 202516
October 202517
November 202517
December 202517
January 202617
February 202617
March 202618
April 202618
May 202618
June 202618
July 202618
August 202618

Cambridgeshire, club by club

Every Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge City365170
Linton373764
Ely111830
Cambridge University112030
Cambridgeshire Junior464513
Stephen Perse Foundation——11
Northstowe1110
Cambourne179
Cherry Hinton——9
Cardiff Sixth Form College Cambridge——5
March CC——5
Kings College CU122
Perse School111
Queens College CU111
Jesus College CU111
Trinity College CU211
Clare College CU111
Trumpington Junior——1

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