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UK chess statisticsLincolnshire

Chess in Lincolnshire

289 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Lincolnshire club in August 2026 — the 32nd largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

289

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+61%

Constant definition

Before the boom

140

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

17

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Lincolnshire clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Lincolnshire clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.010020030040019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge289
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DateRated players
July 1994155
July 1995148
July 1996174
July 1997157
July 1998138
July 199975
July 2000112
July 2001107
July 2002110
July 2003103
July 200498
July 200599
July 200695
July 2007102
July 2008108
July 2009101
July 201095
July 2011109
January 2012114
July 2012125
January 2013137
July 2013136
January 2014141
July 2014133
January 2015145
July 2015146
January 2016157
July 2016136
January 2017136
July 2017131
January 2018125
July 2018118
January 2019132
July 2019140
January 2020138
July 2020227
August 2020227
September 2020227
October 2020227
November 2020227
December 2020227
January 2021227
February 2021227
March 2021227
April 2021227
May 2021227
June 2021227
July 2021227
August 2021228
September 2021236
October 2021245
November 2021245
December 2021255
January 2022256
February 2022259
March 2022263
April 2022265
May 2022270
June 2022180
July 2022178
August 2022181
September 2022181
October 2022187
November 2022188
December 2022187
January 2023190
February 2023192
March 2023180
April 2023178
May 2023179
June 2023179
July 2023189
August 2023192
September 2023192
October 2023195
November 2023216
December 2023239
January 2024242
February 2024247
March 2024256
April 2024258
May 2024261
June 2024264
July 2024264
August 2024269
September 2024271
October 2024278
November 2024284
December 2024283
January 2025285
February 2025285
March 2025281
April 2025283
May 2025282
June 2025284
July 2025283
August 2025281
September 2025286
October 2025286
November 2025289
December 2025305
January 2026307
February 2026304
March 2026304
April 2026296
May 2026294
June 2026290
July 2026290
August 2026289

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.

Lincolnshire clubs fielding rated players
Lincolnshire clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.051015201998200420102016202217
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DateActive clubs
July 199410
July 199510
July 199610
July 199710
July 199810
July 19998
July 20009
July 20019
July 200211
July 200310
July 200410
July 200511
July 200612
July 200712
July 200812
July 200912
July 201011
July 201112
January 201212
July 201212
January 201312
July 201312
January 201412
July 201412
January 201512
July 201513
January 201613
July 201613
January 201713
July 201713
January 201813
July 201813
January 201913
July 201914
January 202014
July 202015
August 202015
September 202015
October 202015
November 202015
December 202015
January 202115
February 202115
March 202115
April 202115
May 202115
June 202115
July 202115
August 202115
September 202115
October 202115
November 202115
December 202115
January 202215
February 202215
March 202215
April 202215
May 202215
June 202214
July 202214
August 202214
September 202214
October 202214
November 202214
December 202214
January 202314
February 202314
March 202313
April 202313
May 202313
June 202313
July 202313
August 202313
September 202313
October 202313
November 202314
December 202315
January 202415
February 202415
March 202416
April 202416
May 202416
June 202416
July 202416
August 202416
September 202417
October 202417
November 202417
December 202417
January 202517
February 202517
March 202517
April 202517
May 202517
June 202517
July 202517
August 202517
September 202517
October 202517
November 202517
December 202517
January 202617
February 202617
March 202617
April 202617
May 202617
June 202617
July 202617
August 202617

Lincolnshire, club by club

Every Lincolnshire 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
Lincoln172747
Grimsby243137
Skegness102030
Grantham222628
Louth211825
Bourne Grammar School3821
Kings School Grantham7221
Scunthorpe9919
Spalding81319
Priory Ruskin Academy——12
Scunthorpe476
Stamford Welland Academy——6
Lincoln University165
Stamford555
Lincolnshire Juniors334
Barton-on-Humber653
Carre's Grammar School——1

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