According to the ratings page of provisional BKR players in Brainking.com, the number of shogi players who has provisional BKR reached 119 at the end of November(JST). The site has added shogi to its wide variety of game line since August 12, 2005(JST). Comparing with the end of this Octorber, the number of players was increased by 27 and that of countires was increased to 31.
The details by country are as followings;
Czech --- 29 players
USA --- 20
Netherland --- 5
Russia --- 5
England --- 4
Slovakia --- 4
UK --- 4
Australia --- 3
Bergium --- 3
France --- 3
Japan --- 3
Portugal --- 3
Sweden --- 3
Germany --- 2
Austria --- 1
Canada --- 1
Estonia --- 1
Finland --- 1
Guatemala --- 1
Hungary --- 1
Israel --- 1
Italy --- 1
Korea --- 1
Latvia --- 1
New Zealand --- 1
Northern Ireland --- 1
Norway --- 1
Sami --- 1
Spain --- 1
Switzerland --- 1
Turkey --- 1
Not specified --- 11
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