Chess Siberia

Secrets of the January 2006 FIDE Rating List

By Boris Schipkov

There are 67364 players in the January 2006 FIDE Rating List. Average rating of the January FIDE Rating List is 2124,49.
The greatest number of chessplayers live in Germany - 8978. There are 8039 players with rating in Russia.

Players

P	Country	N	Players	Percent	Players	Percent
			July 2005	July 2005	January 2006	January 2006
1	Germany	GER	8464	13,4	8978	13,3
2	Russia	RUS	7598	12,0	8039	11,9
3	Spain	ESP	4139	6,5	4666	6,9
4	France	FRA	3666	5,8	4040	6,0
5	Poland	POL	2529	4,0	2765	4,1
6	Hungary	HUN	2247	3,6	2344	3,5
7	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	2248	3,6	2333	3,5
8	India	IND	2038	3,2	2207	3,3
9	Czech Republic	CZE	1841	2,9	1993	3,0
10	United States	USA	1498	2,4	1587	2,4
11	Italy	ITA	1388	2,2	1587	2,4
12	Ukraine	UKR	1368	2,2	1447	2,1
13	Austria	AUT	1214	1,9	1282	1,9
14	Netherlands	NED	1063	1,7	1129	1,7
15	England	ENG	1029	1,6	1046	1,6
16	Croatia	CRO	951	1,5	1018	1,5
17	Slovakia	SVK	883	1,4	934	1,4
		Other	19074	30,2	19969	29,6
		All	63238	100,0	67364	100,0

The greatest increase in number of players was in Spain, + 527. There are 148 countries in January 2006 FIDE Rating List. A number of countries increased on 3.

Leading Countries in Increase of Number of Players

P	Country	N	July 2005	January 2006	Increase	Percent
1	Spain	ESP	4139	4666	527	12,73
2	Germany	GER	8464	8978	514	6,07
3	Russia	RUS	7598	8039	441	5,80
4	France	FRA	3666	4040	374	10,20
5	Poland	POL	2529	2765	236	9,33
6	Italy	ITA	1388	1587	199	14,34
7	India	IND	2038	2207	169	8,29
8	Czech Republic	CZE	1841	1993	152	8,26
9	Hungary	HUN	2247	2344	97	4,32
10	Brazil	BRA	658	752	94	14,29
11	Greece	GRE	779	870	91	11,68
12	United States	USA	1498	1587	89	5,94
13	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	2248	2333	85	3,78
14	Ukraine	UKR	1368	1447	79	5,77
15	Austria	AUT	1214	1282	68	5,60
16	Croatia	CRO	951	1018	67	7,05
17	Netherlands	NED	1063	1129	66	6,21
18	Turkey	TUR	307	370	63	20,52
19	Romania	ROM	803	864	61	7,60
20	Switzerland	SUI	718	779	61	8,50
		All	63238	67364	4126	6,52

Players from China have now the highest average rating - 2248,4. Players from Indonesia have the second average rating - 2227,93. I took in the consideration only countries with more than 100 players with rating.

Average Rating

P	Country	N	Players	July 2005	January 2006	Change
1	China	CHN	323	2246,77	2248,40	1,63
2	Indonesia	INA	151	2213,63	2227,93	14,31
3	Armenia	ARM	213	2224,17	2227,67	3,50
4	Argentina	ARG	228	2196,84	2219,74	22,90
5	United States	USA	1587	2222,89	2217,53	-5,37
6	Azerbaijan	AZE	187	2223,61	2216,88	-6,73
7	Ukraine	UKR	1447	2214,52	2206,04	-8,49
8	Kazakhstan	KAZ	290	2203,70	2202,39	-1,31
9	Israel	ISR	643	2202,02	2199,13	-2,89
10	Uzbekistan	UZB	144	2188,74	2197,49	8,75
11	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	192	2207,95	2193,02	-14,93
12	Macedonia	MKD	180	2197,95	2190,24	-7,70
13	Bulgaria	BUL	522	2196,40	2187,15	-9,24
14	Myanma	MYA	233	2187,33	2186,36	-0,98
15	Estonia	EST	142	2189,25	2185,69	-3,56
16	Georgia	GEO	289	2178,30	2183,11	4,81
17	Russia	RUS	8039	2192,00	2182,56	-9,44
18	Colombia	COL	207	2170,38	2177,87	7,49
19	Belarus	BLR	294	2192,48	2172,94	-19,54
20	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	2333	2178,68	2172,47	-6,21
		All	67364	2134,23	2124,49	-9,74

The greatest number of grandmasters, international masters and FIDE masters live in Russia.

Titles

P	Country	N	GM July 2005	GM January 2006	Ch	AvR	IM	FM	WGM	WIM
1	Russia	RUS	149	155	6	2535,12	416	659	29	75
2	Germany	GER	60	61	1	2505,28	186	600	10	31
3	United States	USA	60	60	0	2519,77	99	243	10	23
4	Ukraine	UKR	50	53	3	2548,34	169	43	18	29
5	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	47	50	3	2479,58	104	306	11	12
6	Hungary	HUN	36	36	0	2506,08	99	167	7	15
7	England	ENG	33	33	0	2519,00	51	72	2	10
8	Israel	ISR	33	33	0	2529,58	41	44	5	7
9	France	FRA	27	29	2	2531,28	67	109	3	13
10	Spain	ESP	24	24	0	2498,38	70	156	2	6
11	Bulgaria	BUL	23	23	0	2494,26	47	6	3	9
12	Poland	POL	19	20	1	2533,15	81	86	6	23
13	Czech Republic	CZE	19	19	0	2511,00	60	73	3	9
14	Netherlands	NED	18	19	1	2543,32	55	105	2	12
15	Georgia	GEO	18	19	1	2527,00	29	9	10	10
16	China	CHN	18	19	1	2560,47	12	19	13	7
17	Croatia	CRO	17	18	1	2485,50	55	93	1	7
18	Armenia	ARM	17	17	0	2564,18	22	8	1	7
19	Sweden	SWE	15	15	0	2524,33	32	46		5
20	Romania	ROM	14	14	0	2523,71	65	63	6	13
21	Azerbaijan	AZE	12	14	2	2559,50	15	6	4	4
		Other	246	248	2	2512,54	826	1451	49	164
		All	955	979	24	2520,30	2601	4364	195	491

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