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UK chess statisticsWorcestershire

Chess in Worcestershire

260 players held an ECF over-the-board rating with a Worcestershire club in August 2026 — the 35th largest county association in England. Figures from the ECF rating-list dataset maintained by Tunbridge Wells Chess Club.

Rated players

260

August 2026

Growth since June 2022

+66%

Constant definition

Before the boom

147

July 2019 list (approximate — see methodology)

Active clubs

18

Clubs with at least one rated player

Rated players with Worcestershire clubs, 1994–2026
Rated players with Worcestershire clubs, 1994–2026. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.010020030019982004201020162022New rating systemPost-covid rating purge260
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DateRated players
July 1994138
July 1995127
July 1996145
July 1997138
July 1998128
July 1999122
July 2000122
July 2001116
July 2002121
July 2003118
July 2004110
July 2005116
July 2006120
July 2007110
July 2008104
July 2009108
July 2010111
July 2011112
January 2012115
July 2012109
January 2013113
July 2013111
January 2014112
July 2014110
January 2015113
July 2015110
January 2016117
July 2016118
January 2017120
July 2017141
January 2018155
July 2018151
January 2019139
July 2019147
January 2020144
July 2020213
August 2020213
September 2020213
October 2020213
November 2020213
December 2020213
January 2021213
February 2021213
March 2021213
April 2021213
May 2021213
June 2021213
July 2021215
August 2021215
September 2021216
October 2021219
November 2021220
December 2021227
January 2022227
February 2022229
March 2022231
April 2022231
May 2022235
June 2022157
July 2022157
August 2022157
September 2022160
October 2022159
November 2022162
December 2022163
January 2023164
February 2023161
March 2023155
April 2023130
May 2023132
June 2023132
July 2023136
August 2023136
September 2023137
October 2023143
November 2023152
December 2023158
January 2024159
February 2024164
March 2024168
April 2024171
May 2024174
June 2024176
July 2024186
August 2024187
September 2024191
October 2024197
November 2024197
December 2024198
January 2025197
February 2025204
March 2025207
April 2025211
May 2025209
June 2025209
July 2025213
August 2025213
September 2025217
October 2025226
November 2025224
December 2025225
January 2026220
February 2026222
March 2026225
April 2026232
May 2026241
June 2026248
July 2026259
August 2026260

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.

Worcestershire clubs fielding rated players
Worcestershire clubs fielding rated players. The same figures follow in the data table below the chart.051015201998200420102016202218
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DateActive clubs
July 19949
July 19959
July 19969
July 19979
July 19988
July 19998
July 20008
July 20018
July 20029
July 20039
July 20049
July 20059
July 20069
July 20079
July 20089
July 20099
July 20109
July 20119
January 20129
July 20128
January 20138
July 20139
January 20149
July 20148
January 20159
July 20159
January 20169
July 20169
January 20179
July 201712
January 201812
July 201812
January 201911
July 201910
January 202010
July 202013
August 202013
September 202013
October 202013
November 202013
December 202013
January 202113
February 202113
March 202113
April 202113
May 202113
June 202113
July 202113
August 202113
September 202113
October 202113
November 202113
December 202114
January 202214
February 202214
March 202214
April 202214
May 202214
June 202213
July 202213
August 202213
September 202213
October 202213
November 202213
December 202213
January 202313
February 202313
March 202313
April 202313
May 202313
June 202313
July 202314
August 202314
September 202314
October 202314
November 202314
December 202314
January 202414
February 202414
March 202415
April 202416
May 202416
June 202416
July 202416
August 202416
September 202416
October 202416
November 202416
December 202416
January 202516
February 202516
March 202516
April 202516
May 202517
June 202517
July 202518
August 202518
September 202518
October 202518
November 202518
December 202518
January 202618
February 202618
March 202618
April 202618
May 202618
June 202618
July 202618
August 202618

Worcestershire, club by club

Every Worcestershire 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
Worcester201948
Halesowen312736
Kidderminster181931
Redditch222729
Stourbridge242829
Warndon2224
Malvern151618
Worcestershire Juniors338
King's Hawford827
Evesham——6
Pebworth——5
Alvechurch Library—44
Worcestershire Junior Chess Academy144
Nunnery Wood313
Malvern College—53
Mount Carmel Parish——2
Droitwich442
Worcester St Johns111

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