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UK chess statisticsNorfolk

Chess in Norfolk

451 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Norfolk club in August 2026 — the 24th largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

451

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+24%

Constant definition

Before the boom

300

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

19

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Norfolk clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Norfolk clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.015030045060019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge451
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DateRated players
July 1994181
July 1995190
July 1996219
July 1997219
July 1998236
July 1999224
July 2000233
July 2001214
July 2002206
July 2003196
July 2004208
July 2005182
July 2006186
July 2007189
July 2008190
July 2009199
July 2010188
July 2011169
January 2012180
July 2012173
January 2013178
July 2013181
January 2014187
July 2014182
January 2015209
July 2015195
January 2016234
July 2016254
January 2017254
July 2017273
January 2018281
July 2018278
January 2019300
July 2019300
January 2020310
July 2020511
August 2020511
September 2020511
October 2020511
November 2020511
December 2020511
January 2021511
February 2021511
March 2021511
April 2021511
May 2021511
June 2021511
July 2021511
August 2021512
September 2021517
October 2021532
November 2021533
December 2021550
January 2022557
February 2022572
March 2022574
April 2022586
May 2022591
June 2022363
July 2022357
August 2022356
September 2022356
October 2022362
November 2022369
December 2022370
January 2023361
February 2023361
March 2023342
April 2023334
May 2023337
June 2023357
July 2023359
August 2023359
September 2023360
October 2023365
November 2023366
December 2023395
January 2024395
February 2024398
March 2024399
April 2024411
May 2024413
June 2024415
July 2024421
August 2024434
September 2024434
October 2024438
November 2024440
December 2024465
January 2025465
February 2025477
March 2025474
April 2025453
May 2025450
June 2025435
July 2025429
August 2025439
September 2025442
October 2025449
November 2025453
December 2025465
January 2026465
February 2026478
March 2026478
April 2026467
May 2026464
June 2026455
July 2026450
August 2026451

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.

Norfolk clubs fielding rated players
Norfolk clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.01020301998200420102016202219
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DateActive clubs
July 199417
July 199516
July 199616
July 199716
July 199817
July 199918
July 200019
July 200120
July 200221
July 200320
July 200420
July 200520
July 200619
July 200719
July 200819
July 200918
July 201020
July 201119
January 201218
July 201216
January 201317
July 201317
January 201417
July 201416
January 201517
July 201515
January 201615
July 201616
January 201716
July 201716
January 201817
July 201817
January 201917
July 201917
January 202017
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 202218
June 202218
July 202218
August 202218
September 202218
October 202218
November 202218
December 202218
January 202318
February 202318
March 202318
April 202317
May 202317
June 202319
July 202319
August 202319
September 202319
October 202319
November 202319
December 202320
January 202420
February 202420
March 202420
April 202420
May 202420
June 202420
July 202420
August 202420
September 202420
October 202420
November 202420
December 202421
January 202521
February 202521
March 202520
April 202520
May 202519
June 202519
July 202519
August 202519
September 202519
October 202519
November 202519
December 202519
January 202619
February 202619
March 202619
April 202619
May 202619
June 202619
July 202619
August 202619

Norfolk, club by club

Every Norfolk 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
Norwich Juniors407276
Norfolk & Norwich243860
Wymondham191841
St Johns Norwich233241
Broadland467240
Norfolk Juniors2327
Norwich Dons283026
North Norfolk161823
Great Yarmouth Charter Academy——20
Aylsham161920
Lowestoft121216
Kings Lynn71213
Norwich School10312
North Walsham Chess Club——9
Fakenham868
Yarmouth556
University of East Anglia126
Sir Isaac Newton 6th Form——4
Norfolk Schools42193

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