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UK chess statisticsShropshire

Chess in Shropshire

415 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Shropshire club in August 2026 — the 25th largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

415

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+243%

Constant definition

Before the boom

108

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

24

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Shropshire clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Shropshire clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.015030045019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge415
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DateRated players
July 1994131
July 1995145
July 1996157
July 1997154
July 1998137
July 1999132
July 2000138
July 2001134
July 2002133
July 2003131
July 2004140
July 2005134
July 2006132
July 2007127
July 2008122
July 2009119
July 2010110
July 2011106
January 2012108
July 2012107
January 2013109
July 2013105
January 2014109
July 2014110
January 2015116
July 2015116
January 2016118
July 2016112
January 2017113
July 2017105
January 2018108
July 2018110
January 2019112
July 2019108
January 2020111
July 2020148
August 2020148
September 2020148
October 2020148
November 2020148
December 2020148
January 2021148
February 2021148
March 2021148
April 2021148
May 2021148
June 2021148
July 2021148
August 2021148
September 2021148
October 2021150
November 2021151
December 2021155
January 2022156
February 2022156
March 2022156
April 2022158
May 2022159
June 2022121
July 2022128
August 2022128
September 2022127
October 2022130
November 2022131
December 2022133
January 2023134
February 2023134
March 2023129
April 2023121
May 2023123
June 2023128
July 2023132
August 2023132
September 2023138
October 2023143
November 2023150
December 2023154
January 2024155
February 2024158
March 2024161
April 2024182
May 2024182
June 2024184
July 2024193
August 2024193
September 2024193
October 2024195
November 2024201
December 2024212
January 2025213
February 2025220
March 2025223
April 2025222
May 2025241
June 2025242
July 2025245
August 2025246
September 2025248
October 2025252
November 2025258
December 2025298
January 2026300
February 2026352
March 2026351
April 2026365
May 2026363
June 2026370
July 2026374
August 2026415

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.

Shropshire clubs fielding rated players
Shropshire clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.01020301998200420102016202224
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DateActive clubs
July 19949
July 19958
July 19969
July 19979
July 19989
July 19999
July 200010
July 200110
July 20029
July 20039
July 20049
July 20059
July 20069
July 20079
July 20089
July 20099
July 20109
July 20119
January 20129
July 20129
January 20139
July 20139
January 20149
July 20149
January 20159
July 20159
January 20169
July 20169
January 20179
July 20179
January 201810
July 201810
January 201910
July 201910
January 202010
July 202010
August 202010
September 202010
October 202010
November 202010
December 202010
January 202110
February 202110
March 202110
April 202110
May 202110
June 202110
July 202110
August 202110
September 202110
October 202110
November 202110
December 202110
January 202210
February 202210
March 202210
April 202210
May 202210
June 20229
July 20229
August 20229
September 20229
October 20229
November 20229
December 20229
January 20239
February 20239
March 20239
April 20239
May 20239
June 20239
July 20239
August 20239
September 20239
October 20239
November 202310
December 202310
January 202410
February 202410
March 202410
April 202410
May 202410
June 202410
July 202410
August 202410
September 202410
October 202410
November 202410
December 202410
January 202510
February 202511
March 202511
April 202512
May 202512
June 202512
July 202512
August 202512
September 202512
October 202512
November 202512
December 202516
January 202616
February 202623
March 202623
April 202623
May 202623
June 202623
July 202623
August 202624

Shropshire, club by club

Every Shropshire 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
Newport (Shropshire)131468
Shropshire Junior1263
Shrewsbury202232
Telepost (Shrewsbury)202930
Telford121426
Broseley C of E Primary School——25
Ellesmere College1122
Maddocks171921
Oswestry141420
Darwinian Knights5616
Birchfield School——14
St Laurence C.E. Primary School——13
Captain Webb Primary School——9
Concord College——8
Church Stretton517
Madeley Academy——7
Shrewsbury College——7
Telford College——6
Haberdashers Adams School——5
Telford Park School——5
Holy Trinity Academy——4
Ludlow144
St Mary's C.E. Primary School——2
Shropshire & Friends——1

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