ChessBase just ran an article about its server with some very interesting numbers:

– About 20,000 players log in during any 24-hour period and they play around 200,000 games.

– Since the server was launched in September 2001, the total number of games played on the server has reached 158,358,452 (as of Sunday, September 17, 2006)

Top 10 countries playing chess on the server:

1. Germany 2. USA 3. France 4. Italy 5. Spain 6. Netherlands 7. Austria 8. England 9. Turkey 10.Switzerland

Congratulations to Frederic and the ChessBase team! That’s the kind of numbers chess players like to see! Click here to visit ChessBase. Posted by Picasa

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