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Secrets of the April 2004 FIDE Rating List

By Boris Schipkov

There are 51907 players in the April 2004 FIDE Rating List. Average rating of the April FIDE Rating List is 2165,6.
The greatest number of chessplayers live in Germany - 6888. There are 6460 players with rating in Russia.

Players

P	Country	N	Players	Percent	Players	Percent
			January 2004	January 2004	April 2004	April 2004
1	Germany	GER	6721	13,3	6888	13,3
2	Russia	RUS	6253	12,4	6460	12,4
3	Spain	ESP	3045	6,0	3173	6,1
4	France	FRA	2573	5,1	2644	5,1
5	Poland	POL	2049	4,1	2106	4,1
6	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	2069	4,1	2087	4,0
7	Hungary	HUN	1929	3,8	1949	3,8
8	India	IND	1507	3,0	1555	3,0
9	Czech Republic	CZE	1468	2,9	1513	2,9
10	United States	USA	1366	2,7	1383	2,7
11	Ukraine	UKR	1166	2,3	1194	2,3
12	Italy	ITA	1010	2,0	1052	2,0
13	Austria	AUT	1017	2,0	1025	2,0
14	England	ENG	932	1,8	938	1,8
15	Netherlands	NED	793	1,6	844	1,6
16	Croatia	CRO	773	1,5	806	1,6
		Other	15787	31,3	16290	31,4
		All	50458	100,0	51907	100,0

The greatest increase in number of players was in Russia, + 207. There are 146 countries in April 2004 FIDE Rating List.

Leading Countries in Increase of Number of Players

P	Country	N	January 2004	April 2004	Increase	Percent
1	Russia	RUS	6253	6460	207	3,31
2	Germany	GER	6721	6888	167	2,48
3	Spain	ESP	3045	3173	128	4,20
4	France	FRA	2573	2644	71	2,76
5	Poland	POL	2049	2106	57	2,78
6	Netherlands	NED	793	844	51	6,43
7	India	IND	1507	1555	48	3,19
8	Czech Republic	CZE	1468	1513	45	3,07
9	Italy	ITA	1010	1052	42	4,16
10	Greece	GRE	585	620	35	5,98
11	Croatia	CRO	773	806	33	4,27
12	Ukraine	UKR	1166	1194	28	2,40
13	Portugal	POR	252	278	26	10,32
14	Bangladesh	BAN	183	206	23	12,57
15	Cuba	CUB	552	573	21	3,80
16	Hungary	HUN	1929	1949	20	1,04
		All	50458	51907	1449	2,87

Players from Philippines have now the highest average rating - 2268,97. Players from Armenia have the second average rating - 2263,58. I took in the consideration only countries with more than 100 players with rating.

Average Rating

P	Country	N	Players	January 2004	April 2004	Change
1	Philippines	PHI	113	2269,91	2268,97	-0,94
2	Armenia	ARM	162	2261,45	2263,58	2,13
3	China	CHN	300	2254,23	2254,63	0,40
4	Georgia	GEO	214	2246,60	2238,30	-8,30
5	Ukraine	UKR	1194	2240,28	2236,77	-3,51
6	Argentina	ARG	260	2242,90	2234,43	-8,46
7	Indonesia	INA	137	2233,12	2233,09	-0,03
8	Belarus	BLR	215	2232,93	2232,92	-0,02
9	United States	USA	1383	2232,82	2231,45	-1,36
10	Azerbaijan	AZE	167	2232,75	2228,56	-4,18
11	Israel	ISR	552	2222,24	2219,97	-2,26
12	Bulgaria	BUL	458	2218,53	2215,67	-2,86
13	Russia	RUS	6460	2219,45	2215,47	-3,98
14	Kazakhstan	KAZ	250	2213,21	2214,03	0,82
15	Estonia	EST	124	2209,85	2210,26	0,40
16	Iceland	ISL	155	2205,78	2203,87	-1,91
		All	51907	2169,51	2165,60	-3,92

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