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UK chess statisticsMiddlesex

Chess in Middlesex

3,540 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Middlesex club in August 2026 — the 1st largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

3,540

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+77%

Constant definition

Before the boom

1,482

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

132

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Middlesex clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Middlesex clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.01,0002,0003,0004,00019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge3,540
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DateRated players
July 1994756
July 1995663
July 1996751
July 1997700
July 1998801
July 1999655
July 2000618
July 2001674
July 2002672
July 2003653
July 2004644
July 2005596
July 2006600
July 2007630
July 2008580
July 2009657
July 2010670
July 2011726
January 2012751
July 2012777
January 2013846
July 2013844
January 2014933
July 2014916
January 20151,161
July 20151,117
January 20161,136
July 20161,170
January 20171,258
July 20171,195
January 20181,327
July 20181,364
January 20191,310
July 20191,482
January 20201,504
July 20202,856
August 20202,856
September 20202,858
October 20202,865
November 20202,866
December 20202,867
January 20212,867
February 20212,870
March 20212,870
April 20212,870
May 20212,874
June 20212,882
July 20212,894
August 20212,924
September 20212,983
October 20213,059
November 20213,082
December 20213,198
January 20223,243
February 20223,287
March 20223,325
April 20223,367
May 20223,414
June 20222,002
July 20222,007
August 20222,029
September 20222,040
October 20222,059
November 20222,063
December 20222,056
January 20231,993
February 20231,926
March 20231,903
April 20231,860
May 20231,979
June 20232,247
July 20232,353
August 20232,388
September 20232,424
October 20232,492
November 20232,616
December 20232,708
January 20242,729
February 20242,845
March 20242,877
April 20242,918
May 20242,971
June 20242,998
July 20243,078
August 20243,121
September 20243,137
October 20243,150
November 20243,213
December 20243,265
January 20253,256
February 20253,286
March 20253,333
April 20253,323
May 20253,339
June 20253,465
July 20253,510
August 20253,499
September 20253,513
October 20253,518
November 20253,575
December 20253,620
January 20263,606
February 20263,619
March 20263,627
April 20263,624
May 20263,615
June 20263,540
July 20263,557
August 20263,540

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.

Middlesex clubs fielding rated players
Middlesex clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.05010015019982004201020162022132
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DateActive clubs
July 199468
July 199560
July 199665
July 199763
July 199876
July 199962
July 200061
July 200167
July 200261
July 200364
July 200466
July 200563
July 200660
July 200758
July 200854
July 200958
July 201055
July 201156
January 201257
July 201259
January 201360
July 201360
January 201463
July 201462
January 201566
July 201565
January 201663
July 201661
January 201764
July 201765
January 201865
July 201866
January 201967
July 201965
January 202067
July 202082
August 202082
September 202082
October 202082
November 202082
December 202082
January 202182
February 202182
March 202182
April 202182
May 202182
June 202182
July 202182
August 202182
September 202183
October 202184
November 202184
December 202187
January 202288
February 202289
March 202290
April 202291
May 202292
June 202278
July 202278
August 202277
September 202277
October 202277
November 202279
December 202281
January 202381
February 202382
March 202382
April 202383
May 202384
June 2023101
July 2023106
August 2023106
September 2023106
October 2023107
November 2023112
December 2023112
January 2024112
February 2024121
March 2024122
April 2024122
May 2024122
June 2024122
July 2024122
August 2024122
September 2024122
October 2024121
November 2024124
December 2024126
January 2025126
February 2025125
March 2025127
April 2025127
May 2025127
June 2025127
July 2025128
August 2025128
September 2025128
October 2025128
November 2025128
December 2025128
January 2026128
February 2026128
March 2026127
April 2026128
May 2026130
June 2026130
July 2026133
August 2026132

Middlesex, club by club

Every Middlesex 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
Barnet Knights211298473
Hammersmith84174407
Harrow80109247
Wallace Chess924134
Middlesex Juniors297256132
Hendon6991128
Uxbridge Juniors122107
Ealing5568104
Uxbridge53116104
Muswell Hill315765
Willesden & Brent131163
Imperial College London295459
Metropolitan464458
Akiva School2153
Brookland School5452
Chess Rising Stars—1045
Harrow School6844
Merchant Taylors1743
Enfield244042
Kings Head414840
Greenwich Peninsula Chess Club1139
Ealing Junior1138
Athenaeum353432
University College London183932
Hall, The (Middlesex)264531
West London302930
Staines101430
Rhodes Avenue——30
Hatch End111828
Edgware Gambits434025
Hereward House School——25
Kings College London82424
East Sheen—323
Bishop Douglas School—1022
Hounslow131621
Highgate School81321
London Deaf91121
Westminster School61120
Northwood School2219
Greenford High School——18
Alma——17
Coleridge School——17
Vineyard School, Richmond——17
Hammersmith Academy——16
Latymer School2216
North London Collegiate School212116
Lycee International Wnston Churchill——16
Wood Green161315
University College School61515
Hillingdon & Ealing Juniors——14
Martin School——13
Moss Hall——13
Sacred Heart N20——13
St. Michael's N6——13
Kerem School——13
Wimbledon High School——13
Thomas's College——13
Hampton Hill JS7612
Mill Hill School2112
Twickenham Prep272712
Woodridge School2212
London Oratory School——11
Wetherby School1111
London School of Economics111310
Ibstock Place School—710
Gunnersbury Catholic School——10
Hampstead Junior149
Albany10109
North London U3A——9
Rimon Primary School——9
Harris Westminster Sixth Form——9
Coldfall School——8
Muswell Hill Primary——8
Michaela Community School——8
Drunken Knights977
Kensington & Chelsea——7
LSEG447
Stanmore——7
City Juniors——7
Holy Family Catholic School——7
Mall School, Twickenham14197
South West Junior——6
Woodhouse College——6
Ecole Francaise Jacques Prevert——6
Orleans Park School136
St Catherine's School——6
St Pauls Prep School235
Frith Manor School——5
Latchmere School——5
Westminster Under School1885
Middlesex Girls354
City of London S344
Garden Suburb S114
Latymer Upper School—34
Mill Hill County High School——4
Greenford223
Swiss Cottage Gambits——3
Pinner123
Dulwich Prep London——3
St Helen's School Northwood——3
St James's RC Primary Twickenham——3
Heathside Prep School15113
Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls——3
Hurlingham School223
North Bridge House School223
South Hampstead School113
St Pauls Girls School W6553
Bute House Prep School——3
West London Free School——3
BBC122
Camden1342
Hampstead232
Primrose Hill——2
Hampstead Hill School——2
St Johns School. N20112
Whitchurch School London——2
William Patten School N16——2
Avanti House Juniors20201
Barbican231
Finchley231
London University111
Meadhurst111
Ashmole School221
Bishop Stopford School——1
Fortismere S341
Southall——1
Bishop Gilpin School——1
Lyndhurst House School—11
Orchard House School——1
Pope Street Juniors and Adults Chess Club——1
Henrietta Barnett School——1
Hampton Hill Youth Chess Club331

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