Country rank by average rating of top 100 players

Country rank by average rating of top 10 players
		Average
1	Russia	2720
2	Ukraine	2684
3	China	2642
4	United States of America	2637
5	Israel	2637
6	Hungary	2630
7	Azerbaijan	2622
8	France	2621
9	India	2620
10	Germany	2619
11	Armenia	2614
12	Bulgaria	2609
13	Netherlands	2607
14	Georgia	2605
15	Poland	2599
16	Serbia	2586
17	Spain	2583
18	Romania	2581
19	England	2577
20	Czech Republic	2577
21	Cuba	2565
22	Croatia	2562
23	Belarus	2553
24	Sweden	2544
25	Kazakhstan	2537
26	Greece	2536
27	Uzbekistan	2536
28	Brazil	2536
29	Slovenia	2532
30	Slovakia	2531
31	Argentina	2529
32	Norway	2524
33	Switzerland	2518
34	Philippines	2513
35	Denmark	2508
36	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2506
37	Lithuania	2503
38	Vietnam	2493
39	Italy	2488
40	Moldova	2487
41	Austria	2484
42	Iceland	2482
43	Belgium	2478
44	Peru	2474
45	Former YUG Rep of Macedonia	2471
46	Latvia	2469
47	Canada	2469
48	Montenegro	2461
49	Egypt	2459
50	Iran	2458
51	Estonia	2456
52	Turkey	2455
53	Mexico	2452
54	Indonesia	2451
55	Colombia	2446
56	Australia	2442
57	Finland	2436
58	Scotland	2433
59	Portugal	2428
60	Bangladesh	2417
61	Singapore	2413
62	Turkmenistan	2408
63	Venezuela	2398
64	Ireland	2388
65	Ecuador	2375
66	Mongolia	2369
67	New Zealand	2351
68	Paraguay	2331
69	Uruguay	2328
70	Albania	2325
71	Luxembourg	2313
72	Dominican Republic	2311
73	Malaysia	2310
74	Iraq	2304
75	Faroe Islands	2304
76	Costa Rica	2303
77	Algeria	2302
78	United Arab Emirates	2301
79	Myanmar	2290
80	Syria	2290
81	Wales	2284
82	South Africa	2283
83	Bolivia	2280
84	Tunisia	2256
85	Yemen	2255
86	Jordan	2247
87	Japan	2242
88	Nicaragua	2240
89	El Salvador	2221
90	Jersey	2215
91	Andorra	2213
92	Palestine	2210
93	Zambia	2209
94	Honduras	2203
95	Zimbabwe	2201
96	Thailand	2187
97	Puerto Rico	2186
98	Qatar	2183
99	Monaco	2166
100	Pakistan	2154

FIDE Calendar 2008 ( 6 )

Presidential Board / Congress
Name	Place	Start	End
2d Quarter 2008 Presidential Board	Istanbul, Turkey	18-Mar-2008	21-Mar-2008
3d Quarter 2008 Presidential Board	Athens, Greece	30-May-2008	2-Jun-2008
79th FIDE Congress	Dresden, Germany	16-Nov-2008	26-Nov-2008

FIDE Calendar 2008 ( 5 )

Asian Events
Name	Place	Start	End
Asian Team Chess Championship 2007	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, South India	2-Jan-2008	11-Jan-2008
3rd Asian Schools U-7, 9, 13, 15 Championship	Kandy, Sri Lanka	3-Jan-2008	10-Jan-2008
Arbiters' Seminar	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	24-Mar-2008	29-Mar-2008
9th ASEAN Age Group Championships 2008	Danang, VIE	9-Jun-2008	18-Jun-2008
Asian Youth Championships U-8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18	Tehran, Iran	15-Jul-2008	22-Jul-2008
Asian Men's and Women's Championships	Tehran, Iran	21-Oct-2008	30-Oct-2008
1st Asian Club Cup	Al Ain, UAE	11-Dec-2008	19-Dec-2008

FIDE Calendar 2008 ( 4 )

American Events
Name	Place	Start	End
Pan American Schools Championship	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
South America Youth	Bolivia
North America Youth Canada
Pan American Juniors/Girls	Colombia
Continental Board Meeting	San Salvador	25-Jan-2008	28-Jan-2008
South America Juniors/Girls Championship	Montevideo, Uruguay	18-Feb-2008	25-Feb-2008
Pan American Women Championship	San Salvador	5-May-2008	13-May-2008
Pan American Youth	Carlos Paz, Argentina	29-Jun-2008	6-Jul-2008
Central America and Caribbean Youth	San Salvador	24-Aug-2008	31-Aug-2008
Pan American Continental Championship	Boca Raton, Florida, USA	1-Nov-2008	7-Nov-2008

FIDE Calendar 2008 ( 3 )

American Zonals
Name	Place	Start	End
Sub Zonal 2.3.2 Absolute and Women	Guatemala	7-Jun-2008	14-Jun-2008
Sub Zonal 2.3.5 Absolute and Women	Venezuela	22-Jun-2008	29-Jun-2008

FIDE Calendar 2008 ( 2 )

European Events
Name	Place	Start	End
European Team Chess Championship 2008	bids from Herceg Novi/Montenegro, Plovdiv/Bulgaria, Kalithea
European Blitz Championship 2008	open
European Rapid Women's Chess Championship 2008	open
European Blitz Women's Championship 2008	open
Children's intern. Karpow's Club Festival	open
ISCU Grand Prix	Moscow, Russia	2-Feb-2008	9-Feb-2008
European Senior Team Chess Championship 2008	Dresden, Germany	11-Feb-2008	19-Feb-2008
European Individual Chess Championsip 2008 (Men and Women)	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	20-Apr-2008	4-May-2008
1st International Chess School Cup 2008	Halkidiki, Greece	28-Apr-2008	6-May-2008
Mitropa Cup 2008	Italy	24-May-2008	4-Jun-2008
European Youth U-8 Championship 2008	Batumi, Georgia	4-Jun-2008	15-Jun-2008
European Youth Team Chess Championship 2008	Szeged, Hungary	13-Jun-2008	22-Jun-2008
European School Team Chess Championship 2008	Varna, Bulgaria	20-Jun-2008	28-Jun-2008
European Amateur Championship 2008	Pardubice, Czech Republic	10-Jul-2008	27-Jul-2008
EU Youth Championship 2008	Mureck, Austria	5-Aug-2008	14-Aug-2008
European Senior Chess Championship 2008	Davos, Switzerland	9-Aug-2008	17-Aug-2008
European Youth U 10-18 Chess Championship 2008	Herceg Novi/Montenegro	14-Sep-2008	26-Sep-2008
European Individual and Team Championship for Cadets and Juniors 2008 (Rapid and Blitz)	Herceg Novi, Montenegro	27-Sep-2008	1-Oct-2008
European Club Cup 2008	Kallithea, Greece	16-Oct-2008	24-Oct-2008
European Club Cup for Women 2008	Kallithea, Greece	16-Oct-2008	24-Oct-2008
European Rapid Chess Championship 2008	Warsaw, Poland	20-Dec-2008	21-Dec-2008