5 years ago in 2003, the U.S. Open drew big name GMs such as: Shabalov, Kaidanov, Yudasin, Wojtkiewicz, Sulskis, Minasian, Stripunsky, Ibragimov, Christiansen, Ehlvest, Granda, Akobian, Blatny, Lein, Browne, etc. In 2008, only 2 GMs entered the U.S. Open:...
Percentage of female players
I just asked Mike Nolan for the statistic about female chess players within the USCF. Here are the numbers: 12 and below, 5491 of 29,791 or 18.4%13-15, 1121 of 9031 or 12.4%16-19, 629 of 6771 or 9.3%20-24, 129 of...
The chilling numbers
These are the numbers of the USCF in the past 120 days (Please note that I only put some of the more important numbers): Date Adult Senior Young Adults Scholastic Youth Family Total USCF members 1-Feb-07 20326 3060 10142...
Staggering Chess Numbers
As of 2005, it is estimated that between 600 – 700 million people play chess in the world! As of 2005, approximately 285 million people play online through various Internet Chess Servers! As of 2006, the estimated number of...