Chess Siberia

Secrets of the July 2005 FIDE Rating List

By Boris Schipkov

There are 63238 players in the July 2005 FIDE Rating List. Average rating of the July FIDE Rating List is 2134,23.
The greatest number of chessplayers live in Germany - 8464. There are 7598 players with rating in Russia.

Players

P	Country	N	Players	Percent	Players	Percent
			July 2004	July 2004	July 2005	July 2005
1	Germany	GER	7176	13,4	8464	13,4
2	Russia	RUS	6654	12,4	7598	12,0
3	Spain	ESP	3332	6,2	4139	6,5
4	France	FRA	2886	5,4	3666	5,8
5	Poland	POL	2192	4,1	2529	4,0
6	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	2102	3,9	2248	3,6
7	Hungary	HUN	2001	3,7	2247	3,6
8	India	IND	1625	3,0	2038	3,2
9	Czech Republic	CZE	1590	3,0	1841	2,9
10	United States	USA	1399	2,6	1498	2,4
11	Italy	ITA	1096	2,1	1388	2,2
12	Ukraine	UKR	1209	2,3	1368	2,2
13	Austria	AUT	1067	2,0	1214	1,9
14	Netherlands	NED	880	1,6	1063	1,7
15	England	ENG	949	1,8	1029	1,6
16	Croatia	CRO	827	1,5	951	1,5
17	Slovakia	SVK	767	1,4	883	1,4
		Other	15699	29,4	19074	30,2
		All	53451	100,0	63238	100,0

The greatest increase in number of players was in Germany, + 1288. There are 145 countries in July 2005 FIDE Rating List. A number of countries increased on 8.

Leading Countries in Increase of Number of Players

P	Country	N	July 2004	July 2005	Increase	Percent
1	Germany	GER	7176	8464	1288	17,95
2	Russia	RUS	6654	7598	944	14,19
3	Spain	ESP	3332	4139	807	24,22
4	France	FRA	2886	3666	780	27,03
5	India	IND	1625	2038	413	25,42
6	Poland	POL	2192	2529	337	15,37
7	Italy	ITA	1096	1388	292	26,64
8	Czech Republic	CZE	1590	1841	251	15,79
9	Hungary	HUN	2001	2247	246	12,29
10	Netherlands	NED	880	1063	183	20,80
11	Ukraine	UKR	1209	1368	159	13,15
12	Austria	AUT	1067	1214	147	13,78
13	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	2102	2248	146	6,95
14	Greece	GRE	635	779	144	22,68
15	Croatia	CRO	827	951	124	14,99
16	Slovakia	SVK	767	883	116	15,12
17	Romania	ROM	693	803	110	15,87
18	Switzerland	SUI	614	718	104	16,94
19	Denmark	DEN	671	771	100	14,90
20	United States	USA	1399	1498	99	7,08
21	Portugal	POR	307	403	96	31,27
		All	53451	63238	9787	18,31

Players from China have now the highest average rating - 2246,77. Players from Philippines have the second average rating - 2227,69. I took in the consideration only countries with more than 100 players with rating.

Average Rating

P	Country	N	Players	July 2004	July 2005	Change
1	China	CHN	313	2253,92	2246,77	-7,15
2	Philippines	PHI	126		2227,69
3	Armenia	ARM	201	2266,94	2224,17	-42,77
4	Azerbaijan	AZE	178	2228,37	2223,61	-4,75
5	United States	USA	1498	2230,32	2222,89	-7,43
6	Ukraine	UKR	1368	2234,32	2214,52	-19,80
7	Indonesia	INA	145	2231,69	2213,63	-18,06
8	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	181		2207,95
9	Kazakhstan	KAZ	274	2213,31	2203,70	-9,61
10	Israel	ISR	622	2218,37	2202,02	-16,36
11	Macedonia	MKD	174		2197,95
12	Argentina	ARG	324	2250,11	2196,84	-53,27
13	Bulgaria	BUL	503	2211,47	2196,40	-15,08
14	Belarus	BLR	246	2227,34	2192,48	-34,86
15	Russia	RUS	7598	2211,14	2192,00	-19,14
16	Estonia	EST	138	2210,08	2189,25	-20,83
17	Uzbekistan	UZB	137	2228,24	2188,74	-39,51
18	Myanma	MYA	233	2196,76	2187,33	-9,42
19	Latvia	LAT	177	2194,91	2186,95	-7,96
		All	63238	2160,51	2134,23	-26,28

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

Titles

P	Country	N	GM July 2004	GM July 2005	Ch	AvR	IM	FM	WGM	WIM
1	Russia	RUS	142	149	7	2539,09	414	628	28	77
2	Germany	GER	57	60	3	2502,77	174	604	9	32
3	United States	USA	56	60	4	2520,32	96	239	8	24
4	Ukraine	UKR	48	50	2	2548,34	165	45	18	26
5	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	45	47	2	2477,68	103	306	11	12
6	Hungary	HUN	36	36	0	2506,83	97	162	8	15
7	England	ENG	33	33	0	2521,67	49	70	2	10
8	Israel	ISR	33	33	0	2531,67	37	45	6	7
9	France	FRA	26	27	1	2537,85	68	101	3	13
10	Spain	ESP	21	24	3	2494,08	67	147	2	6
11	Bulgaria	BUL	20	23	3	2491,91	47	6	3	9
12	Poland	POL	17	19	2	2536,11	78	85	6	22
13	Czech Republic	CZE	18	19	1	2515,74	58	69	3	9
14	Netherlands	NED	14	18	4	2540,17	54	102	2	12
15	Georgia	GEO	18	18	0	2508,61	26	11	7	12
16	China	CHN	14	18	4	2555,28	12	19	13	7
17	Croatia	CRO	16	17	1	2485,82	53	93	1	7
18	Armenia	ARM	16	17	1	2561,06	22	7		7
19	Sweden	SWE	13	15	2	2517,67	31	47		5
20	Romania	ROM	14	14	0	2526,43	64	62	5	12
21	Argentina	ARG	12	13	1	2497,77	48	40	2	5
22	Azerbaijan	AZE	11	12	1	2552,67	16	6	4	4
		Other	198	233	35	2515,52	793	1421	43	165
		All	878	955	77	2520,72	2572	4315	184	498

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