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UK chess statisticsLeicestershire

Chess in Leicestershire

479 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Leicestershire club in August 2026 — the 22nd largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

479

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+42%

Constant definition

Before the boom

275

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

21

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Leicestershire clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Leicestershire clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.015030045060019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge479
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DateRated players
July 1994229
July 1995238
July 1996249
July 1997258
July 1998249
July 1999223
July 2000219
July 2001199
July 2002188
July 2003182
July 2004187
July 2005187
July 2006190
July 2007188
July 2008182
July 2009179
July 2010174
July 2011174
January 2012180
July 2012183
January 2013191
July 2013192
January 2014199
July 2014208
January 2015234
July 2015233
January 2016235
July 2016227
January 2017242
July 2017242
January 2018253
July 2018249
January 2019270
July 2019275
January 2020269
July 2020401
August 2020401
September 2020401
October 2020401
November 2020401
December 2020401
January 2021401
February 2021401
March 2021401
April 2021401
May 2021401
June 2021401
July 2021401
August 2021401
September 2021403
October 2021414
November 2021416
December 2021421
January 2022422
February 2022427
March 2022434
April 2022443
May 2022452
June 2022338
July 2022343
August 2022342
September 2022344
October 2022349
November 2022347
December 2022340
January 2023340
February 2023345
March 2023323
April 2023312
May 2023324
June 2023326
July 2023338
August 2023350
September 2023354
October 2023358
November 2023365
December 2023367
January 2024368
February 2024372
March 2024401
April 2024406
May 2024407
June 2024421
July 2024425
August 2024426
September 2024428
October 2024433
November 2024438
December 2024447
January 2025458
February 2025462
March 2025491
April 2025487
May 2025485
June 2025480
July 2025477
August 2025475
September 2025474
October 2025472
November 2025478
December 2025489
January 2026488
February 2026489
March 2026501
April 2026500
May 2026501
June 2026497
July 2026488
August 2026479

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.

Leicestershire clubs fielding rated players
Leicestershire clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.01020301998200420102016202221
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DateActive clubs
July 199416
July 199516
July 199615
July 199715
July 199816
July 199916
July 200015
July 200115
July 200214
July 200314
July 200415
July 200517
July 200617
July 200717
July 200816
July 200915
July 201014
July 201114
January 201214
July 201215
January 201316
July 201316
January 201416
July 201417
January 201516
July 201516
January 201617
July 201617
January 201717
July 201717
January 201817
July 201817
January 201916
July 201916
January 202016
July 202017
August 202017
September 202017
October 202017
November 202017
December 202017
January 202117
February 202117
March 202117
April 202117
May 202117
June 202117
July 202117
August 202117
September 202117
October 202117
November 202117
December 202117
January 202217
February 202217
March 202217
April 202217
May 202217
June 202216
July 202216
August 202216
September 202216
October 202216
November 202216
December 202216
January 202316
February 202316
March 202316
April 202315
May 202315
June 202315
July 202315
August 202317
September 202317
October 202318
November 202318
December 202318
January 202418
February 202418
March 202418
April 202418
May 202418
June 202418
July 202418
August 202418
September 202418
October 202418
November 202419
December 202419
January 202520
February 202520
March 202520
April 202520
May 202520
June 202520
July 202521
August 202521
September 202521
October 202521
November 202521
December 202521
January 202621
February 202621
March 202621
April 202621
May 202621
June 202621
July 202621
August 202621

Leicestershire, club by club

Every Leicestershire 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
Leicestershire Juniors4469117
Anstey101944
Wigston253242
Ashby Ivanhoe273240
Market Harborough213035
Leicester University6731
Melton Mowbray212127
Braunstone262625
Syston212125
Loughborough212524
Heathcote Arms9915
Kirby Castlers151913
Shepshed8811
Fairfield School——10
Latimer1087
Thurnby776
Leicester Grammar School——3
Red Admiral451
Loughborough University281
Twycross School——1
Wyggeston And Queen Elizabeth 1 College——1

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