Chess Siberia

Secrets of the July 2003 FIDE Rating List

By Boris Schipkov

There are 46811 players in the July 2003 FIDE Rating List. Average rating of the July FIDE Rating List is 2179,17.
The greatest number of chessplayers live in Germany - 6185. There are 5919 players with rating in Russia.

Players

P	Country	N	Players	Percent	Players	Percent
			April 2003	July 2003	April 2003	July 2003
1	Germany	GER	5909	12,9	6185	13,2
2	Russia	RUS	5627	12,3	5919	12,6
3	Spain	ESP	2576	5,6	2695	5,8
4	France	FRA	2192	4,8	2343	5,0
5	Yugoslavia	YUG	1938	4,2	1982	4,2
6	Poland	POL	1864	4,1	1903	4,1
7	Hungary	HUN	1752	3,8	1830	3,9
8	Czech Republic	CZE	1314	2,9	1367	2,9
9	United States	USA	1292	2,8	1315	2,8
10	India	IND	1194	2,6	1262	2,7
11	Ukraine	UKR	1080	2,4	1099	2,3
12	Austria	AUT	904	2,0	953	2,0
13	England	ENG	878	1,9	896	1,9
14	Italy	ITA	863	1,9	895	1,9
15	Croatia	CRO	699	1,5	740	1,6
16	Netherlands	NED	716	1,6	736	1,6
		Other	14865	32,6	14691	31,4
		All	45663	100,0	46811	100,0

The greatest increase in number of players was in Russia, + 292. There are 138 countries in July 2003 FIDE Rating List. A number of countries decreased on 9.

Leading Countries in Increase of Number of Players

P	Country	N	April 2003	July 2003	Increase	Percent
1	Russia	RUS	5627	5919	292	5,19
2	Germany	GER	5909	6185	276	4,67
3	France	FRA	2192	2343	151	6,89
4	Spain	ESP	2576	2695	119	4,62
5	Argentina	ARG	126	211	85	67,46
6	Hungary	HUN	1752	1830	78	4,45
7	India	IND	1194	1262	68	5,70
8	Czech Republic	CZE	1314	1367	53	4,03
9	Austria	AUT	904	953	49	5,42
10	Yugoslavia	YUG	1938	1982	44	2,27
11	Croatia	CRO	699	740	41	5,87
12	Slovakia	SVK	608	648	40	6,58
13	Poland	POL	1864	1903	39	2,09
14	Chile	CHI	498	533	35	7,03
15	Denmark	DEN	537	571	34	6,33
16	Belgium	BEL	242	275	33	13,64
17	Italy	ITA	863	895	32	3,71
18	Australia	AUS	220	252	32	14,55
		All	45663	46811	1148	2,51

Players from Armenia have now the highest average rating - 2266,37. Players from China have the second average rating - 2256,96. I took in the consideration only countries with more than 100 players with rating.

Average Rating

P	Country	N	Players	April 2003	July 2003	Change
1	Armenia	ARM	153	2266,67	2266,37	-0,30
2	China	CHN	280	2264,01	2256,96	-7,05
3	Georgia	GEO	194	2271,45	2256,67	-14,78
4	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	141	2253,76	2249,00	-4,76
5	Ukraine	UKR	1099	2251,35	2247,57	-3,78
6	Azerbaijan	AZE	149	2252,90	2245,60	-7,30
7	Argentina	ARG	211	2291,18	2243,57	-47,61
8	Belarus	BLR	210	2237,01	2240,43	3,42
9	United States	USA	1315	2237,42	2235,95	-1,47
10	Indonesia	INA	137	2232,93	2232,90	-0,04
11	Israel	ISR	514	2227,30	2226,75	-0,55
12	Russia	RUS	5919	2229,74	2225,79	-3,95
13	Bulgaria	BUL	433	2229,81	2225,50	-4,31
14	Iceland	ISL	143	2229,30	2219,96	-9,34
15	Kazakhstan	KAZ	240	2215,62	2214,99	-0,64
16	Netherlands	NED	736	2212,82	2211,68	-1,14
17	Latvia	LAT	145	2211,96	2210,00	-1,96
18	Macedonia	MKD	177	2210,41	2209,34	-1,07
19	Myanma	MYA	204	2207,13	2207,13	0,00
20	Colombia	COL	155	2205,15	2205,55	0,40
		All	46811	2183,72	2179,17	-4,55

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

Titles

P	Country	N	GM Jan03	GM Jul03	Ch	AvR	IM	FM	WGM	WIM
1	Russia	RUS	125	126	1	2545,58	354	470	32	63
2	United States	USA	54	55	1	2516,89	92	231	10	24
3	Germany	GER	52	53	1	2507,25	163	544	11	24
4	Ukraine	UKR	45	46	1	2539,24	144	31	15	26
5	Yugoslavia	YUG	43	43	0	2473,33	98	297	11	12
6	Hungary	HUN	32	33	1	2490,82	90	149	12	13
7	England	ENG	32	32	0	2526,59	45	64	5	10
8	Israel	ISR	31	31	0	2521,84	35	40	6	6
9	France	FRA	26	26	0	2531,73	50	70	4	13
10	Bulgaria	BUL	20	20	0	2467,10	44	5	4	9
11	Spain	ESP	19	18	-1	2496,72	53	101		6
12	Czech Republic	CZE	16	16	0	2504,63	54	61	5	7
13	Croatia	CRO	16	16	0	2487,88	41	94	1	5
14	Georgia	GEO	16	16	0	2524,81	16	3	13	12
15	Poland	POL	15	15	0	2526,73	67	76	8	18
16	Romania	ROM	14	14	0	2522,71	58	54	6	12
17	Netherlands	NED	14	14	0	2554,36	49	86	4	10
18	Armenia	ARM	13	13	0	2572,46	18	4	2	5
19	Argentina	ARG	13	12	-1	2487,42	47	18	1	5
20	Sweden	SWE	12	12	0	2516,25	31	41	1	4
21	Azerbaijan	AZE	11	11	0	2550,64	15	6	4	3
22	China	CHN	11	11	0	2573,27	14	20	12	8
		Other	187	193	6	2517,84	679	1129	37	122
		All	817	826	9	2520,09	2257	3594	204	417

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