According to the ratings page of provisional BKR players in Brainking.com, the number of shogi players who has provisional BKR increased to 136 at the end of March(JST). The site has added shogi to its wide variety of game line since August 12, 2005(JST). Comparing with the end of February, 2006, the number of shogi players increased by 7. Please refer to the definition of BKR(BrainKing Rating) if you like.
The details by country are as followings; India, Syria and Thailand show up in the list for the first time.
USA --- 26(+4)
Czech --- 20(-4)
Russia --- 9(+3)
UK --- 5(-1)
Netherland --- 5(-2)
Slovakia --- 5(0)
Bergium --- 5(+1)
Germany --- 5(+2)
England --- 3(0)
Australia --- 3(0)
Canada --- 3(0)
France --- 3(-1)
Sami --- 3(+2)
Finland --- 2(+1)
Italy --- 2(0)
Japan --- 2(-1)
Portugal --- 2(0)
Sweden --- 2(-2)
Switzerland --- 2(+1)
Austria --- 1(0)
Estonia --- 1(0)
Guatemala --- 1(0)
India --- 1(+1)
Israel --- 1(0)
Korea --- 1(0)
Latvia --- 1(0)
New Zealand --- 1(0)
Northern Ireland --- 1(0)
Norway --- 1(0)
Spain --- 1(0)
Syria --- 1(+1)
Thailand --- 1(+1)
Turkey --- 0(-1)
Wales --- 1(0)
Unknown --- 15(+2)
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