Chess Siberia

Secrets of the April 2003 FIDE Rating List

By Boris Schipkov

There are 45663 players in the April 2003 FIDE Rating List. Average rating of the April FIDE Rating List is 2183,72.
The greatest number of chessplayers live in Germany - 5909. There are 5627 players with rating in Russia.

Players

P	Country	N	Players	Percent	Players	Percent
			Jan 2003	Jan 2003	April 2003	April 2003
1	Germany	GER	5773	12,8	5909	12,9
2	Russia	RUS	5382	12,0	5627	12,3
3	Spain	ESP	2537	5,6	2576	5,6
4	France	FRA	2150	4,8	2192	4,8
5	Yugoslavia	YUG	1928	4,3	1938	4,2
6	Poland	POL	1806	4,0	1864	4,1
7	Hungary	HUN	1746	3,9	1752	3,8
8	Czech Republic	CZE	1282	2,8	1314	2,9
9	United States	USA	1267	2,8	1292	2,8
10	India	IND	1119	2,5	1194	2,6
11	Ukraine	UKR	1046	2,3	1080	2,4
12	Austria	AUT	897	2,0	904	2,0
13	England	ENG	861	1,9	878	1,9
14	Italy	ITA	827	1,8	863	1,9
15	Romania	ROM	813	1,8	840	1,8
		Other	15582	34,6	15440	33,8
		All	45016	100,0	45663	100,0

The greatest increase in number of players was in Russia, + 245. There are 147 countries in April 2003 FIDE Rating List. A number of countries increased on 3.

Leading Countries in Increase of Number of Players

P	Country	N	Jan 2003	April 2003	Increase	Percent
1	Russia	RUS	5382	5627	245	4,55
2	Germany	GER	5773	5909	136	2,36
3	India	IND	1119	1194	75	6,70
4	Poland	POL	1806	1864	58	3,21
5	France	FRA	2150	2192	42	1,95
6	Spain	ESP	2537	2576	39	1,54
7	Italy	ITA	827	863	36	4,35
8	Ukraine	UKR	1046	1080	34	3,25
9	Czech Republic	CZE	1282	1314	32	2,50
10	Croatia	CRO	670	699	29	4,33
11	Bangladesh	BAN	142	170	28	19,72
12	Romania	ROM	813	840	27	3,32
13	Brazil	BRA	464	490	26	5,60
14	Chile	CHI	473	498	25	5,29
15	United States	USA	1267	1292	25	1,97
		All	45016	45663	647	1,44

Players from Argentina have now the highest average rating - 2291,18 (but number of Argentineans decreased on 713). Players from Philippines have the second average rating - 2275,92. I took in the consideration only countries with more than 100 players with rating.

Average Rating

P	Country	N	Players	Jan 2003	April 2003	Change
1	Argentina	ARG	126	2198,33	2291,18	92,86
2	Philippines	PHI	101	2275,63	2275,92	0,29
3	Georgia	GEO	176	2280,47	2271,45	-9,02
4	Armenia	ARM	146	2270,09	2266,67	-3,42
5	China	CHN	271	2263,65	2264,01	0,37
6	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	133	2254,79	2253,76	-1,03
7	Azerbaijan	AZE	144	2251,22	2252,90	1,67
8	Ukraine	UKR	1080	2253,87	2251,35	-2,52
9	United States	USA	1292	2239,00	2237,42	-1,58
10	Belarus	BLR	234	2240,33	2237,01	-3,32
11	Indonesia	INA	137	2251,31	2232,93	-18,38
12	Bulgaria	BUL	440	2231,63	2229,81	-1,81
13	Russia	RUS	5627	2233,81	2229,74	-4,07
14	Iceland	ISL	135	2235,42	2229,30	-6,12
15	Israel	ISR	511	2228,22	2227,30	-0,92
16	Kazakhstan	KAZ	236	2218,01	2215,62	-2,39
17	Netherlands	NED	716	2217,08	2212,82	-4,26
18	Latvia	LAT	139		2211,96
19	Estonia	EST	121	2210,95	2210,60	-0,35
20	Macedonia	MKD	175	2210,01	2210,41	0,40
		All	45663	2186,50	2183,72	-2,77

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