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UK chess statisticsCornwall

Chess in Cornwall

144 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Cornwall club in August 2026 — the 40th largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

144

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+67%

Constant definition

Before the boom

80

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

13

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Cornwall clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Cornwall clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.05010015020019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge144
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DateRated players
July 1994110
July 1995115
July 1996159
July 1997164
July 1998127
July 1999150
July 2000157
July 2001150
July 2002142
July 2003135
July 2004129
July 200598
July 200681
July 200788
July 200877
July 200973
July 201066
July 201170
January 201269
July 201266
January 201366
July 201363
January 201464
July 201474
January 2015103
July 201584
January 201681
July 201696
January 201792
July 201776
January 201879
July 201877
January 201975
July 201980
January 202076
July 2020136
August 2020136
September 2020136
October 2020136
November 2020136
December 2020136
January 2021136
February 2021136
March 2021136
April 2021136
May 2021136
June 2021136
July 2021136
August 2021136
September 2021142
October 2021143
November 2021146
December 2021143
January 2022143
February 2022143
March 2022143
April 2022143
May 2022143
June 202286
July 202287
August 202287
September 202286
October 202291
November 202290
December 202292
January 202392
February 202389
March 202388
April 202382
May 202383
June 202384
July 202384
August 202384
September 202384
October 202399
November 2023107
December 2023110
January 2024112
February 2024113
March 2024124
April 2024125
May 2024125
June 2024125
July 2024125
August 2024125
September 2024125
October 2024128
November 2024134
December 2024133
January 2025134
February 2025134
March 2025138
April 2025140
May 2025141
June 2025139
July 2025140
August 2025143
September 2025143
October 2025147
November 2025147
December 2025147
January 2026148
February 2026147
March 2026144
April 2026143
May 2026141
June 2026141
July 2026141
August 2026144

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.

Cornwall clubs fielding rated players
Cornwall clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.051015201998200420102016202213
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DateActive clubs
July 199414
July 199514
July 199615
July 199715
July 199814
July 199917
July 200017
July 200117
July 200216
July 200315
July 200415
July 200514
July 200613
July 200712
July 200810
July 200911
July 201011
July 201111
January 201211
July 201211
January 201311
July 201311
January 201411
July 201412
January 201512
July 201511
January 201611
July 201611
January 201711
July 201712
January 201813
July 201813
January 201912
July 201912
January 202012
July 202014
August 202014
September 202014
October 202014
November 202014
December 202014
January 202114
February 202114
March 202114
April 202114
May 202114
June 202114
July 202114
August 202114
September 202114
October 202114
November 202114
December 202114
January 202214
February 202214
March 202214
April 202214
May 202214
June 202211
July 202211
August 202211
September 202211
October 202211
November 202212
December 202212
January 202312
February 202312
March 202312
April 202312
May 202312
June 202312
July 202312
August 202312
September 202312
October 202312
November 202312
December 202312
January 202412
February 202412
March 202412
April 202412
May 202412
June 202412
July 202412
August 202412
September 202412
October 202412
November 202412
December 202412
January 202513
February 202513
March 202513
April 202513
May 202513
June 202514
July 202514
August 202514
September 202514
October 202514
November 202514
December 202514
January 202614
February 202614
March 202614
April 202614
May 202613
June 202613
July 202613
August 202613

Cornwall, club by club

Every Cornwall 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
Camborne171629
Newquay6626
Bude121624
Lerryn4520
Carrick191614
Liskeard61013
Calstock9910
Cornwall Juniors232
Penwith232
Falmouth and Truro111
Godolphin Helston111
St Austell111
Truro School121

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