According to the ratings page of provisional BKR players in Brainking.com, the number of shogi players who has provisional BKR decreased to 130 at the end of April(JST). The site has added shogi to its wide variety of game line since August 12, 2005(JST). Comparing with the end of March, 2006, the number of shogi players decreased by 6. Please refer to the definition of BKR(BrainKing Rating) if you like.
The details by country are as followings; Malaysia and Luxembourg show up in the list for the first time.
USA --- 22(-4)
Czech --- 21(+1)
Netherlands --- 9(+4)
Russia --- 6(-3)
Belgium --- 5(0)
France --- 5(+2)
Germany --- 5(0)
UK --- 5(0)
Italy --- 4(+2)
Slovakia --- 4(-1)
Australia --- 3(0)
Portugal --- 3(+1)
England --- 2(-1)
Canada --- 2(-1)
Finland --- 2(0)
Japan --- 2(0)
Sami --- 2(-1)
Spain --- 2(+1)
Sweden --- 2(0)
Switzerland --- 2(0)
Austria --- 1(0)
Estonia --- 1(0)
Guatemala --- 1(0)
India --- 1(0)
Israel --- 1(0)
Korea --- 0(-1)
Latvia --- 1(0)
Luxembourg --- 1(+1)
Malaysia --- 1(+1)
New Zealand --- 1(0)
Syria --- 1(0)
Thailand --- 1(0)
Wales --- 1(0)
Unspecified --- 15(0)
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