Chess Siberia

Secrets of the July 2004 FIDE Rating List

By Boris Schipkov

There are 53451 players in the July 2004 FIDE Rating List. Average rating of the July FIDE Rating List is 2160,51.
The greatest number of chessplayers live in Germany - 7176. There are 6654 players with rating in Russia.

Players

P	Country	N	Players	Percent	Players	Percent
			April 2004	April 2004	July 2004	July 2004
1	Germany	GER	6888	13,3	7176	13,4
2	Russia	RUS	6460	12,4	6654	12,4
3	Spain	ESP	3173	6,1	3332	6,2
4	France	FRA	2644	5,1	2886	5,4
5	Poland	POL	2106	4,1	2192	4,1
6	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	2087	4,0	2102	3,9
7	Hungary	HUN	1949	3,8	2001	3,7
8	India	IND	1555	3,0	1625	3,0
9	Czech Republic	CZE	1513	2,9	1590	3,0
10	United States	USA	1383	2,7	1399	2,6
11	Ukraine	UKR	1194	2,3	1209	2,3
12	Italy	ITA	1052	2,0	1096	2,1
13	Austria	AUT	1025	2,0	1067	2,0
14	England	ENG	938	1,8	949	1,8
15	Netherlands	NED	844	1,6	880	1,6
16	Croatia	CRO	806	1,6	827	1,5
		Other	16290	31,4	16466	30,8
		All	51907	100,0	53451	100,0

The greatest increase in number of players was in Germany, + 288. There are 137 countries in July 2004 FIDE Rating List. A number of countries decreased on 9.

Leading Countries in Increase of Number of Players

P	Country	N	April 2004	July 2004	Increase	Percent
1	Germany	GER	6888	7176	288	4,18
2	France	FRA	2644	2886	242	9,15
3	Russia	RUS	6460	6654	194	3,00
4	Spain	ESP	3173	3332	159	5,01
5	Poland	POL	2106	2192	86	4,08
6	Czech Republic	CZE	1513	1590	77	5,09
7	Slovakia	SVK	693	767	74	10,68
8	India	IND	1555	1625	70	4,50
9	Denmark	DEN	618	671	53	8,58
10	Hungary	HUN	1949	2001	52	2,67
11	Italy	ITA	1052	1096	44	4,18
12	Austria	AUT	1025	1067	42	4,10
13	Netherlands	NED	844	880	36	4,27
14	Romania	ROM	659	693	34	5,16
15	Belgium	BEL	298	327	29	9,73
16	Portugal	POR	278	307	29	10,43
17	Switzerland	SUI	586	614	28	4,78
18	Brazil	BRA	542	568	26	4,80
19	Georgia	GEO	214	240	26	12,15
		All	51907	53451	1544	2,97

Players from Armenia have now the highest average rating - 2266,94. Players from China have the second average rating - 2253,92. I took in the consideration only countries with more than 100 players with rating.

Average Rating

P	Country	N	Players	April 2004	July 2004	Change
1	Armenia	ARM	165	2263,58	2266,94	3,36
2	China	CHN	306	2254,63	2253,92	-0,72
3	Argentina	ARG	231	2234,43	2250,11	15,68
4	Ukraine	UKR	1209	2236,77	2234,32	-2,45
5	Indonesia	INA	141	2233,09	2231,69	-1,41
6	United States	USA	1399	2231,45	2230,32	-1,13
7	Azerbaijan	AZE	167	2228,56	2228,37	-0,20
8	Uzbekistan	UZB	111	2239,93	2228,24	-11,68
9	Belarus	BLR	224	2232,92	2227,34	-5,57
10	Israel	ISR	561	2219,97	2218,37	-1,60
11	Georgia	GEO	240	2238,30	2217,27	-21,03
12	Kazakhstan	KAZ	251	2214,03	2213,31	-0,72
13	Bulgaria	BUL	467	2215,67	2211,47	-4,19
14	Russia	RUS	6654	2215,47	2211,14	-4,33
15	Estonia	EST	126	2210,26	2210,08	-0,18
16	Myanma	MYA	225	2195,00	2196,76	1,76
17	Latvia	LAT	162	2197,88	2194,91	-2,96
18	Iceland	ISL	161	2203,87	2194,42	-9,45
19	Netherlands	NED	880	2195,41	2193,58	-1,83
20	Colombia	COL	174	2195,65	2192,86	-2,79
		All	53451	2165,60	2160,51	-5,09

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 January 2004	GM July 2004	Ch	AvR	IM	FM	WGM	WIM
1	Russia	RUS	140	142	2	2542,12	392	557	30	65
2	Germany	GER	58	57	-1	2506,58	168	567	10	30
3	United States	USA	55	56	1	2522,02	97	238	8	24
4	Ukraine	UKR	48	48	0	2544,17	157	35	14	26
5	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	44	45	1	2472,27	102	305	10	12
6	Hungary	HUN	35	36	1	2497,94	96	158	8	13
7	England	ENG	33	33	0	2521,12	47	68	3	10
8	Israel	ISR	33	33	0	2528,64	36	44	5	6
9	France	FRA	26	26	0	2529,50	63	73	3	14
10	Spain	ESP	21	21	0	2498,67	63	119	1	7
11	Bulgaria	BUL	19	20	1	2470,85	46	5	4	9
12	Czech Republic	CZE	18	18	0	2512,06	58	64	5	9
13	Georgia	GEO	16	18	2	2511,72	22	8	8	10
14	Poland	POL	17	17	0	2529,82	77	78	5	21
15	Croatia	CRO	16	16	0	2490,56	51	89	1	6
16	Armenia	ARM	14	16	2	2561,88	19	5	0	6
17	Romania	ROM	14	14	0	2521,36	63	58	5	11
18	Netherlands	NED	14	14	0	2551,14	55	97	3	12
19	China	CHN	12	14	2	2554,86	14	20	13	6
20	Sweden	SWE	12	13	1	2515,77	33	41	0	5
21	Argentina	ARG	12	12	0	2489,25	50	24	1	7
22	Azerbaijan	AZE	11	11	0	2550,73	17	6	4	4
		Other	208	198	-10	2519,51	708	1214	32	141
		All	876	878	2	2520,77	2434	3873	173	454

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