Chess Siberia

Study of the October 2002 FIDE Rating List

By Boris Schipkov

There are 42619 players in the October FIDE Rating List. Average rating of the October FIDE Rating List is 2190,61.
The greatest number of chessplayers live in Germany - 5613. There are 5193 players with rating in Russia.

Players

P	Country	N	Players	Percent	Players	Percent
			Jul2002	Jul2002	Oct2002	Oct2002
1	Germany	GER	5413	13,4	5613	13,2
2	Russia	RUS	5049	12,5	5193	12,2
3	Spain	ESP	2259	5,6	2395	5,6
4	France	FRA	1927	4,8	1932	4,5
5	Yugoslavia	YUG	1878	4,6	1891	4,4
6	Poland	POL	1698	4,2	1778	4,2
7	Hungary	HUN	1654	4,1	1725	4,0
8	Czech Republic	CZE	1215	3,0	1265	3,0
9	United States	USA	1226	3,0	1251	2,9
10	India	IND	975	2,4	1051	2,5
11	Ukraine	UKR	961	2,4	1025	2,4
12	Austria	AUT	867	2,1	888	2,1
13	England	ENG	833	2,1	860	2,0
14	Italy	ITA	786	1,9	820	1,9
15	Romania	ROM	789	1,9	799	1,9
		Other	12934	32,0	14133	33,2
		All	40464	100,0	42619	100,0

The greatest increase in number of players was in Germany, + 200. Germany outran Russia in the first time for two years.
There are 132 countries in the October 2002 FIDE Rating List. A number of countries increased on 8.

Leading Countries in Increase of Number of Players

P	Country	N	Jul2002	Oct2002	Increase	Percent
1	Germany	GER	5413	5613	200	3,69
2	Russia	RUS	5049	5193	144	2,85
3	Spain	ESP	2259	2395	136	6,02
4	Poland	POL	1698	1778	80	4,71
5	India	IND	975	1051	76	7,79
6	Hungary	HUN	1654	1725	71	4,29
7	Ukraine	UKR	961	1025	64	6,66
8	Czech Republic	CZE	1215	1265	50	4,12
9	Italy	ITA	786	820	34	4,33
10	Chile	CHI	441	471	30	6,80
11	England	ENG	833	860	27	3,24
12	United States	USA	1226	1251	25	2,04
13	Turkey	TUR	170	194	24	14,12
14	Switzerland	SUI	462	485	23	4,98
15	Netherlands	NED	658	680	22	3,34
16	Finland	FIN	259	280	21	8,11
17	Austria	AUT	867	888	21	2,42
18	Greece	GRE	460	480	20	4,35
		All	40464	42619	2155	5,33

Players from Georgia have the highest average rating - 2283,4. Now Armenians have the second average rating - 2271,57. I took in the consideration only countries with more than 100 players with rating.

Average Rating

P	Country	N	Players	Jul2002	Oct2002	Change
1	Georgia	GEO	162	2257,40	2283,40	25,99
2	Armenia	ARM	142		2271,57
3	China	CHN	258	2272,00	2269,46	-2,54
4	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH	128		2259,20
5	Ukraine	UKR	1025	2262,97	2257,30	-5,67
6	Indonesia	INA	119	2250,65	2251,19	0,55
7	Azerbaijan	AZE	143		2250,49
8	Belarus	BLR	225		2249,33
9	United States	USA	1251	2241,32	2240,29	-1,03
10	Russia	RUS	5193	2241,39	2237,82	-3,56
11	Iceland	ISL	129	2240,69	2237,01	-3,68
12	Bulgaria	BUL	425	2234,89	2235,26	0,37
13	Israel	ISR	501	2234,67	2229,93	-4,74
14	Kazakhstan	KAZ	217	2224,06	2223,78	-0,28
15	Colombia	COL	145	2221,21	2220,66	-0,56
16	Netherlands	NED	680	2222,60	2219,50	-3,11
17	Latvia	LAT	140	2219,80	2213,32	-6,48
18	Macedonia	MKD	175		2210,29
19	Peru	PER	116	2210,77	2209,66	-1,12
20	Iran	IRI	152	2211,90	2209,37	-2,53
		All	42619	2193,60	2190,61	-2,99

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