Chess Siberia

Study of the April 2002 FIDE Rating List

By Boris Schipkov

There are 41408 players in the April FIDE Rating List. Average rating of the April FIDE Rating List is 2195,94.
The greatest number of chessplayers live in Germany - 5240. There are 4869 players with rating in Russia.

Players

P	Country	N	Players	Percent	Players	Percent
			Jan2002	Jan2002	Apr2002	Apr2002
1	Germany	GER	5124	12,6	5240	12,7
2	Russia	RUS	4708	11,6	4869	11,8
3	Spain	ESP	2137	5,3	2182	5,3
4	Yugoslavia	YUG	1851	4,6	1864	4,5
5	France	FRA	1824	4,5	1859	4,5
6	Poland	POL	1664	4,1	1676	4,0
7	Hungary	HUN	1629	4,0	1636	4,0
8	United States	USA	1192	2,9	1214	2,9
9	Czech Republic	CZE	1187	2,9	1200	2,9
10	India	IND	894	2,2	948	2,3
11	Ukraine	UKR	921	2,3	936	2,3
12	Austria	AUT	812	2,0	824	2,0
13	England	ENG	808	2,0	818	2,0
14	Argentina	ARG	786	1,9	793	1,9
15	Italy	ITA	774	1,9	784	1,9
16	Romania	ROM	769	1,9	780	1,9
		Other	13561	33,4	13785	33,3
		All	40641	100,0	41408	100,0

The greatest increase in number of players was in Russia, + 161.

Leading Countries in Increase of Number of Players

P	Country	N	Jan2002	Apr2002	Increase	Percent
1	Russia	RUS	4708	4869	161	3,42
2	Germany	GER	5124	5240	116	2,26
3	India	IND	894	948	54	6,04
4	Spain	ESP	2137	2182	45	2,11
5	France	FRA	1824	1859	35	1,92
6	Netherlands	NED	612	643	31	5,07
7	United States	USA	1192	1214	22	1,85
8	Iran	IRI	128	144	16	12,50
9	Ukraine	UKR	921	936	15	1,63
10	Czech Republic	CZE	1187	1200	13	1,10
11	Yugoslavia	YUG	1851	1864	13	0,70
		Other	20063	20309	246	1,23
		All	40641	41408	767	1,89

Players from China have the highest average rating - 2276,22. Armenians have the second average rating - 2274,4. I took in the consideration only countries with more than 100 players with rating.

Average Rating

P	Country	N	Players	Jan2002	Apr2002	Change
1	China	CHN	238	2276,28	2276,22	-0,06
2	Armenia	ARM	135	2274,94	2274,40	-0,54
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	125	2270,56	2269,28	-1,28
4	Ukraine	UKR	936	2265,25	2264,84	-0,41
5	Georgia	GEO	187	2259,39	2261,54	2,15
6	Belarus	BLR	215	2253,00	2252,37	-0,62
7	Azerbaijan	AZE	139	2252,71	2251,79	-0,92
8	Indonesia	INA	119	2249,92	2250,18	0,27
9	Russia	RUS	4869	2243,99	2242,47	-1,53
10	United States	USA	1214	2241,32	2241,50	0,19
11	Iceland	ISL	126	2242,64	2241,43	-1,21
12	Bulgaria	BUL	423	2238,17	2236,72	-1,45
13	Israel	ISR	475	2236,75	2234,81	-1,93
14	Kazakhstan	KAZ	190	2228,74	2229,18	0,44
15	Netherlands	NED	643	2227,33	2222,39	-4,93
16	Colombia	COL	144	2219,46	2221,82	2,35
17	Latvia	LAT	128	2217,40	2219,51	2,11
18	Estonia	EST	116	2218,25	2217,11	-1,14
19	Peru	PER	112	2214,19	2212,09	-2,10
20	Macedonia	MKD	169	2211,36	2210,64	-0,71
21	Iran	IRI	144	2214,20	2210,21	-3,99
		All	41408	2196,89	2195,94	-0,95

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