Chess Siberia

Study of the January 2002 FIDE Rating List

By Boris Schipkov

There are 40641 players in the January FIDE Rating List. Average rating of the January FIDE Rating List is 2196,89.
The greatest number of chessplayers live in Germany - 5124. There are 4708 players with rating in Russia.

Players

P	Country	N	Players	Percent	Players	Percent
			Oct2001	Oct2001	Jan2002	Jan2002
1	Germany	GER	4996	12,6	5124	12,6
2	Russia	RUS	4578	11,5	4708	11,6
3	Spain	ESP	2027	5,1	2137	5,3
4	Yugoslavia	YUG	1831	4,6	1851	4,6
5	France	FRA	1783	4,5	1824	4,5
6	Hungary	HUN	1625	4,1	1664	4,1
7	Poland	POL	1621	4,1	1629	4,0
8	United States	USA	1156	2,9	1192	2,9
9	Czech Republic	CZE	1154	2,9	1187	2,9
10	Ukraine	UKR	899	2,3	921	2,3
11	India	IND	878	2,2	894	2,2
12	Austria	AUT	799	2,0	812	2,0
13	England	ENG	806	2,0	808	2,0
14	Argentina	ARG	760	1,9	786	1,9
15	Italy	ITA	763	1,9	774	1,9
16	Romania	ROM	759	1,9	769	1,9
		Other	13315	33,5	13561	33,4
		All	39750	100,0	40641	100,0

The greatest increase in number of players was in Russia, + 130.

Leading Countries in Increase of Number of Players

P	Country	N	Oct2001	Jan2002	Increase	Percent
1	Russia	RUS	4578	4708	130	2,84
2	Germany	GER	4996	5124	128	2,56
3	Spain	ESP	2027	2137	110	5,43
4	Poland	POL	1621	1664	43	2,65
5	France	FRA	1783	1824	41	2,30
6	United States	USA	1156	1192	36	3,11
7	Czech Republic	CZE	1154	1187	33	2,86
8	Argentina	ARG	760	786	26	3,42
9	Ukraine	UKR	899	921	22	2,45
10	Yugoslavia	YUG	1831	1851	20	1,09
11	Greece	GRE	434	454	20	4,61
		Other	18511	18793	282	1,52
		All	39750	40641	891	2,24

Players from China have the highest average rating - 2276,28. Armenians have the second average rating - 2274,94. I took in the consideration only countries with more than 100 players with rating (now Philippines have only 97 players).

Average Rating

P	Country	N	Players	Oct2001	Jan2002	Change
1	China	CHN	238	2275,73	2276,28	0,55
2	Armenia	ARM	138	2276,92	2274,94	-1,98
3	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	126	2272,07	2270,56	-1,51
4	Ukraine	UKR	921	2267,53	2265,25	-2,29
5	Georgia	GEO	188	2259,19	2259,39	0,20
6	Belarus	BLR	215	2254,83	2253,00	-1,83
7	Azerbaijan	AZE	138	2256,41	2252,71	-3,70
8	Indonesia	INA	119	2249,00	2249,92	0,92
9	Russia	RUS	4708	2244,76	2243,99	-0,77
10	Iceland	ISL	125	2242,87	2242,64	-0,23
11	United States	USA	1192	2243,48	2241,32	-2,16
12	Bulgaria	BUL	417	2237,77	2238,17	0,40
13	Israel	ISR	463	2238,64	2236,75	-1,89
14	Kazakhstan	KAZ	189	2233,07	2228,74	-4,33
15	Netherlands	NED	612	2227,87	2227,33	-0,55
16	Colombia	COL	142	2219,18	2219,46	0,28
17	Estonia	EST	115	2219,98	2218,25	-1,73
18	Latvia	LAT	121	2219,53	2217,40	-2,13
19	Iran	IRI	128	2215,94	2214,20	-1,75
20	Peru	PER	108	2213,54	2214,19	0,64
		All	40641	2198,40	2196,89	-1,51

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