Chess Siberia

Secrets of the October 2003 FIDE Rating List

By Boris Schipkov

There are 49204 players in the October 2003 FIDE Rating List. Average rating of the October FIDE Rating List is 2173,51.
The greatest number of chessplayers live in Germany - 6520. There are 6094 players with rating in Russia.

Players

P	Country	N	Players	Percent	Players	Percent
			July 2003	July 2003	October 2003	October 2003
1	Germany	GER	6185	13,2	6520	13,3
2	Russia	RUS	5919	12,6	6094	12,4
3	Spain	ESP	2695	5,8	2859	5,8
4	France	FRA	2343	5,0	2528	5,1
5	Yugoslavia	SCG	1982	4,2	2017	4,1
6	Poland	POL	1903	4,1	2002	4,1
7	Hungary	HUN	1830	3,9	1892	3,8
8	Czech Republic	CZE	1367	2,9	1450	2,9
9	India	IND	1262	2,7	1350	2,7
10	United States	USA	1315	2,8	1341	2,7
11	Ukraine	UKR	1099	2,3	1126	2,3
12	Austria	AUT	953	2,0	998	2,0
13	Italy	ITA	895	1,9	934	1,9
14	England	ENG	896	1,9	924	1,9
15	Netherlands	NED	736	1,6	783	1,6
16	Croatia	CRO	740	1,6	749	1,5
		Other	14691	31,4	15637	31,8
		All	46811	100,0	49204	100,0

The greatest increase in number of players was in Germany, + 335. There are 143 countries in October 2003 FIDE Rating List. A number of countries increased on 5.

Leading Countries in Increase of Number of Players

P	Country	N	July 2003	October 2003	Increase	Percent
1	Germany	GER	6185	6520	335	5,42
2	France	FRA	2343	2528	185	7,90
3	Russia	RUS	5919	6094	175	2,96
4	Spain	ESP	2695	2859	164	6,09
5	Poland	POL	1903	2002	99	5,20
6	India	IND	1262	1350	88	6,97
7	Czech Republic	CZE	1367	1450	83	6,07
8	Hungary	HUN	1830	1892	62	3,39
9	Netherlands	NED	736	783	47	6,39
10	Austria	AUT	953	998	45	4,72
11	Romania	ROM	572	615	43	7,52
12	Italy	ITA	895	934	39	4,36
13	Yugoslavia	SCG	1982	2017	35	1,77
14	Greece	GRE	530	565	35	6,60
15	Switzerland	SUI	515	550	35	6,80
16	England	ENG	896	924	28	3,13
		All	46811	49204	2393	5,11

Players from Philippines have now the highest average rating - 2277,63. Players from Armenia have the second average rating - 2264,6. I took in the consideration only countries with more than 100 players with rating.

Average Rating

P	Country	N	Players	July 2003	October 2003	Change
1	Philippines	PHI	101		2277,63
2	Armenia	ARM	153	2266,37	2264,60	-1,77
3	China	CHN	281	2256,96	2257,62	0,65
4	Georgia	GEO	204	2256,67	2248,21	-8,46
5	Ukraine	UKR	1126	2247,57	2245,92	-1,65
6	Belarus	BLR	214	2240,43	2240,57	0,13
7	Argentina	ARG	218	2243,57	2240,20	-3,38
8	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	153	2249,00	2235,86	-13,14
9	Azerbaijan	AZE	157	2245,60	2235,46	-10,13
10	United States	USA	1341	2235,95	2234,93	-1,02
11	Indonesia	INA	137	2232,90	2233,04	0,14
12	Israel	ISR	529	2226,75	2223,92	-2,83
13	Russia	RUS	6094	2225,79	2222,46	-3,33
14	Bulgaria	BUL	442	2225,50	2221,72	-3,77
15	Iceland	ISL	146	2219,96	2215,99	-3,97
16	Kazakhstan	KAZ	244	2214,99	2213,36	-1,62
17	Estonia	EST	121		2210,64
18	Macedonia	MKD	177	2209,34	2209,37	0,02
19	Myanma	MYA	204	2207,13	2207,13	0,00
20	Netherlands	NED	783	2211,68	2205,00	-6,67
		All	49204	2179,17	2173,51	-5,67

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