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UK chess statisticsNorthamptonshire

Chess in Northamptonshire

135 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Northamptonshire club in August 2026 — the 41st largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

135

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+-4%

Constant definition

Before the boom

138

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

10

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Northamptonshire clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Northamptonshire clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.010020030019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge135
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DateRated players
July 199482
July 199569
July 199677
July 199776
July 199889
July 199972
July 200073
July 200170
July 200267
July 200368
July 200469
July 200571
July 200667
July 200774
July 200879
July 200978
July 201071
July 201184
January 201287
July 2012105
January 2013115
July 201388
January 201486
July 201479
January 201596
July 201588
January 201694
July 201692
January 201799
July 2017124
January 2018128
July 2018118
January 2019105
July 2019138
January 2020141
July 2020248
August 2020248
September 2020248
October 2020248
November 2020248
December 2020248
January 2021248
February 2021248
March 2021248
April 2021248
May 2021248
June 2021248
July 2021249
August 2021250
September 2021251
October 2021251
November 2021251
December 2021252
January 2022253
February 2022253
March 2022254
April 2022255
May 2022255
June 2022141
July 2022138
August 2022131
September 2022131
October 2022139
November 2022143
December 2022127
January 2023118
February 2023118
March 2023111
April 2023118
May 2023118
June 2023119
July 2023122
August 2023124
September 2023124
October 2023124
November 2023127
December 2023135
January 2024136
February 2024137
March 2024138
April 2024141
May 2024143
June 2024143
July 2024145
August 2024145
September 2024145
October 2024146
November 2024154
December 2024167
January 2025168
February 2025169
March 2025171
April 2025172
May 2025172
June 2025154
July 2025154
August 2025154
September 2025154
October 2025156
November 2025158
December 2025160
January 2026160
February 2026158
March 2026153
April 2026143
May 2026141
June 2026141
July 2026135
August 2026135

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.

Northamptonshire clubs fielding rated players
Northamptonshire clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.02.557.5101998200420102016202210
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DateActive clubs
July 19946
July 19956
July 19966
July 19976
July 19986
July 19996
July 20006
July 20016
July 20026
July 20036
July 20046
July 20056
July 20066
July 20076
July 20087
July 20096
July 20106
July 20118
January 20128
July 20128
January 20138
July 20138
January 20148
July 20148
January 20158
July 20158
January 20168
July 20168
January 20178
July 20178
January 20188
July 20188
January 20198
July 20198
January 20208
July 20208
August 20208
September 20208
October 20208
November 20208
December 20208
January 20218
February 20218
March 20218
April 20218
May 20218
June 20218
July 20218
August 20218
September 20218
October 20218
November 20218
December 20218
January 20228
February 20228
March 20228
April 20228
May 20228
June 20228
July 20228
August 20228
September 20228
October 20228
November 20228
December 20228
January 20238
February 20238
March 20239
April 20239
May 20239
June 20239
July 20239
August 20239
September 20239
October 20239
November 20239
December 20239
January 20249
February 20249
March 20249
April 20249
May 20249
June 20249
July 20249
August 20249
September 20249
October 20249
November 202410
December 202410
January 202510
February 202510
March 202510
April 202510
May 202510
June 202510
July 202510
August 202510
September 202510
October 202510
November 202510
December 202510
January 202610
February 202610
March 202610
April 202610
May 202610
June 202610
July 202610
August 202610

Northamptonshire, club by club

Every Northamptonshire 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
Chess Mates Northampton172135
Rushden181320
Kettering151719
Daventry91114
Northampton Juniors7314
Northamptonshire Juniors696911
Sponne School——9
Northampton248
Oundle School134
Thomas Becket Catholic School——1

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