Statistics of chess players and events

How many FIDE rated players are there in the different countries? How many open and round robin tournaments are held in each? What is the total number of FIDE rated games played per year in the world, and which country leads the statistics (guess: Russia, India, Germany, France or Spain)? And who are the greatest exporters and importers of players? <a href="[Post:view_link]">Numbers and graphs by Martin Huba.</a>

The Dark Side of Chess: When Is a Grandmaster Not So Grand? - The New York Times

Checkmate: top chess players live longer

I've developed ChessMonitor: a website to show statistics for players based on Lichess and Chess.com games. Here is an example for Hikaru. You can also get your own page! (link in comments)

Gender, competition, and performance: Evidence from chess players - Backus - 2023 - Quantitative Economics - Wiley Online Library

The World's Best Chess Players Are Too Good To Win

Live Streaming's Effect on Chess.com Popularity - Stream Hatchet

Infographic: Chess Players Titles and Ratings in 2019 - SparkChess

How good is a 1600 rated chess.com player? - Quora

International Chess Day (July 20th)

Paranoia Threatens to Upend Professional Chess