Chess Siberia

Study of the July 2002 FIDE Rating List

By Boris Schipkov

There are 40464 players in the July FIDE Rating List. Average rating of the July FIDE Rating List is 2193,6.
The greatest number of chessplayers live in Germany - 5413. There are 5049 players with rating in Russia.

Players

P	Country	N	Players	Percent	Players	Percent
			Apr2002	Apr2002	Jul2002	Jul2002
1	Germany	GER	5240	12,7	5413	13,4
2	Russia	RUS	4869	11,8	5049	12,5
3	Spain	ESP	2182	5,3	2259	5,6
4	France	FRA	1859	4,5	1927	4,8
5	Yugoslavia	YUG	1864	4,5	1878	4,6
6	Poland	POL	1676	4,0	1698	4,2
7	Hungary	HUN	1636	4,0	1654	4,1
8	United States	USA	1214	2,9	1226	3,0
9	Czech Republic	CZE	1200	2,9	1215	3,0
10	India	IND	948	2,3	975	2,4
11	Ukraine	UKR	936	2,3	961	2,4
12	Austria	AUT	824	2,0	867	2,1
13	England	ENG	818	2,0	833	2,1
14	Romania	ROM	780	1,9	789	1,9
15	Italy	ITA	784	1,9	786	1,9
		Other	14578	35,2	12934	32,0
		All	41408	100,0	40464	100,0

The greatest increase in number of players was in Russia, + 180. There are 124 countries in July 2002 FIDE Rating List. A number of countries decreased on 25.
- Curiouser and curiouser! - cried Alice (ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND).

Leading Countries in Increase of Number of Players

P	Country	N	Apr2002	Jul2002	Increase	Percent
1	Russia	RUS	4869	5049	180	3,70
2	Germany	GER	5240	5413	173	3,30
3	Spain	ESP	2182	2259	77	3,53
4	France	FRA	1859	1927	68	3,66
5	Austria	AUT	824	867	43	5,22
6	Slovakia	SVK	532	562	30	5,64
7	India	IND	948	975	27	2,85
8	Ukraine	UKR	936	961	25	2,67
9	Poland	POL	1676	1698	22	1,31
10	Kazakhstan	KAZ	190	212	22	11,58
11	Egypt	EGY	204	223	19	9,31
12	Hungary	HUN	1636	1654	18	1,10
		Other	20312	18664	-1648	-8,11
		All	41408	40464	-944	-2,28

Players from China have the highest average rating - 2272. Ukrainians have the second average rating - 2262,97. I took in the consideration only countries with more than 100 players with rating.

Average Rating

P	Country	N	Players	Apr2002	Jul2002	Change
1	China	CHN	253	2276,22	2272,00	-4,22
2	Ukraine	UKR	961	2264,84	2262,97	-1,87
3	Georgia	GEO	192	2261,54	2257,40	-4,14
4	Indonesia	INA	119	2250,18	2250,65	0,46
5	Russia	RUS	5049	2242,47	2241,39	-1,08
6	United States	USA	1226	2241,50	2241,32	-0,19
7	Iceland	ISL	127	2241,43	2240,69	-0,74
8	Bulgaria	BUL	423	2236,72	2234,89	-1,83
9	Israel	ISR	484	2234,81	2234,67	-0,14
10	Kazakhstan	KAZ	212	2229,18	2224,06	-5,13
11	Netherlands	NED	658	2222,39	2222,60	0,21
12	Colombia	COL	145	2221,82	2221,21	-0,61
13	Latvia	LAT	131	2219,51	2219,80	0,29
14	Estonia	EST	117	2217,11	2217,90	0,79
15	Iran	IRI	144	2210,21	2211,90	1,69
16	Peru	PER	115	2212,09	2210,77	-1,32
17	Norway	NOR	236	2209,53	2208,89	-0,64
18	Myanma	MYA	204	2207,97	2207,97	0,00
19	Yugoslavia	YUG	1878	2208,20	2207,91	-0,29
20	Finland	FIN	259	2205,63	2206,19	0,55
		All	40464	2195,94	2193,60	-2,34

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 Oct01	GM Jul02	Ch	AvR GM	IM	FM	WGM	WIM
1	Russia	RUS	122	121	-1	2548,45	340	376	31	59
2	United States	USA	51	52	1	2512,10	87	211	6	25
3	Germany	GER	50	51	1	2508,08	157	515	11	22
4	Yugoslavia	YUG	42	42	0	2473,26	96	283	11	11
5	Ukraine	UKR	38	41	3	2538,80	133	24	14	21
6	Hungary	HUN	29	31	2	2492,45	91	140	12	14
7	England	ENG	33	31	-2	2526,58	45	61	5	10
8	Israel	ISR	30	30	0	2527,93	35	35	6	6
9	France	FRA	23	24	1	2535,88	45	69	2	13
10	Spain	ESP	18	18	0	2493,72	53	85	0	5
11	Bulgaria	BUL	20	18	-2	2472,00	47	5	5	8
12	Czech Republic	CZE	16	16	0	2509,19	51	48	5	7
13	Croatia	CRO	15	16	1	2502,13	40	91	1	5
14	Poland	POL	13	15	2	2530,53	67	60	8	16
15	Netherlands	NED	12	14	2	2560,86	47	85	4	9
16	Georgia	GEO	13	14	1	2515,50	17	3	13	13
17	Romania	ROM	12	12	0	2522,67	60	80	9	15
18	Sweden	SWE	12	12	0	2520,42	31	41	1	4
19	China	CHN	10	11	1	2574,82	14	20	12	8
		Other	209	162	-47	2513,93	625	1024	32	117
		All	768	731	-37	2519,63	2081	3256	188	388

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