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UK chess statisticsSomerset

Chess in Somerset

462 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Somerset club in August 2026 — the 23rd largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

462

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+47%

Constant definition

Before the boom

245

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

30

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Somerset clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Somerset clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.015030045060019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge462
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DateRated players
July 1994292
July 1995296
July 1996324
July 1997280
July 1998262
July 1999282
July 2000250
July 2001257
July 2002239
July 2003216
July 2004222
July 2005228
July 2006214
July 2007219
July 2008212
July 2009205
July 2010208
July 2011202
January 2012202
July 2012208
January 2013206
July 2013177
January 2014180
July 2014174
January 2015198
July 2015192
January 2016196
July 2016202
January 2017295
July 2017293
January 2018260
July 2018243
January 2019234
July 2019245
January 2020254
July 2020436
August 2020436
September 2020436
October 2020436
November 2020436
December 2020436
January 2021436
February 2021436
March 2021436
April 2021436
May 2021436
June 2021436
July 2021436
August 2021436
September 2021442
October 2021444
November 2021449
December 2021480
January 2022484
February 2022492
March 2022495
April 2022498
May 2022503
June 2022314
July 2022314
August 2022311
September 2022311
October 2022315
November 2022331
December 2022323
January 2023321
February 2023315
March 2023297
April 2023262
May 2023262
June 2023271
July 2023281
August 2023283
September 2023283
October 2023293
November 2023314
December 2023327
January 2024328
February 2024343
March 2024347
April 2024356
May 2024358
June 2024360
July 2024363
August 2024364
September 2024364
October 2024372
November 2024389
December 2024393
January 2025392
February 2025404
March 2025406
April 2025416
May 2025416
June 2025418
July 2025416
August 2025415
September 2025420
October 2025420
November 2025425
December 2025447
January 2026447
February 2026446
March 2026454
April 2026473
May 2026470
June 2026466
July 2026464
August 2026462

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.

Somerset clubs fielding rated players
Somerset clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.01020301998200420102016202230
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DateActive clubs
July 199429
July 199528
July 199627
July 199724
July 199821
July 199923
July 200023
July 200122
July 200223
July 200320
July 200418
July 200520
July 200618
July 200718
July 200820
July 200919
July 201017
July 201117
January 201217
July 201217
January 201317
July 201317
January 201417
July 201416
January 201516
July 201517
January 201618
July 201618
January 201718
July 201718
January 201818
July 201818
January 201918
July 201918
January 202017
July 202018
August 202018
September 202018
October 202018
November 202018
December 202018
January 202118
February 202118
March 202118
April 202118
May 202118
June 202118
July 202118
August 202118
September 202118
October 202118
November 202119
December 202121
January 202221
February 202221
March 202221
April 202221
May 202221
June 202220
July 202220
August 202220
September 202220
October 202220
November 202220
December 202220
January 202320
February 202320
March 202320
April 202320
May 202320
June 202320
July 202322
August 202322
September 202322
October 202322
November 202322
December 202322
January 202422
February 202422
March 202422
April 202422
May 202422
June 202422
July 202422
August 202422
September 202422
October 202422
November 202422
December 202422
January 202522
February 202522
March 202522
April 202523
May 202523
June 202523
July 202523
August 202523
September 202523
October 202523
November 202524
December 202525
January 202625
February 202625
March 202626
April 202630
May 202630
June 202630
July 202630
August 202630

Somerset, club by club

Every Somerset 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
Bath303772
Taunton243447
Wells121733
Wellington (Somerset)151333
Clevedon192930
Taunton School—325
Frome132024
Clevedon School——22
Kings School Bruton1620
Millfield School92020
Sedgemoor141520
Yeovil141517
Somerset Juniors363414
Weston-super-Mare141413
Keynsham121211
Churchill Academy5810
Mary Elton PrimarySchool——9
Millfield Prep School——8
Bath University9136
Sidcot Junior School——6
Bishop Fox's Schoolq——5
Glastonbury755
Oakfield Academy——3
King Edward School Bath112
Portishead Primary School——2
Chard & Ilminster561
Nailsea661
Norton Radstock681
St Peter’s Primary School (Portishead)——1
Wellington School161

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