Answers.Body: <p>Using the data in the <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/download.phtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FIDE rating database</a> here is a list of the 21 Russian players rated above 2600 who were registered as RUS in February 2022 (when the conflict started) and who changed their federation from RUS by 31st August 2023.</p>
  <p><strong>FullName  FIDEID  Code    Rating</strong><br />
  Vitiugov, Nikita    4152956 <strong>ENG</strong> 2726<br />
  Andreikin, Dmitry   4158814 FID 2724<br />
  Esipenko, Andrey    24175439    FID 2714<br />
  Fedoseev, Vladimir  24130737    <strong>SLO</strong> 2704<br />
  Alekseenko, Kirill  4135539 <strong>AUT</strong> 2702<br />
  Sarana, Alexey  24133795    <strong>SRB</strong> 2685<br />
  Svidler, Peter  4102142 FID 2683<br />
  Predke, Alexandr    24107581    <strong>SRB</strong> 2682<br />
  Oparin, Grigoriy    24125890    <strong>USA</strong> 2681<br />
  Sjugirov, Sanan 4189302 <strong>HUN</strong> 2680<br />
  Najer, Evgeniy  4118987 FID 2661<br />
  Inarkiev, Ernesto   4162722 FID 2659<br />
  Demchenko, Anton    4160258 <strong>SLO</strong> 2654<br />
  Malakhov, Vladimir  4120787 FID 2652<br />
  Rakhmanov, Aleksandr    4173708 FID 2640<br />
  Motylev, Alexander  4121830 <strong>ROU</strong> 2633<br />
  Chigaev, Maksim 4108116 <strong>ESP</strong> 2631<br />
  Paravyan, David 4194985 FID 2617<br />
  Antipov, Mikhail Al.    4107012 FID 2615<br />
  Goryachkina, Aleksandra 4147103 FID 2610<br />
  Lysyj, Igor 4150120 FID 2603</p>
  <p>7 out of the top 10 took advantage of FIDE's offer and changed to another country federation. 10 out of the top 21 did so.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Its sad they label Russian players for reasons outside of chess.
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Answers.Text: This does not look correct, it's missing e.g. Grischuk, Nepo, Karjakin who are all >2600 rating too.
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Answers.Text: @Allure: It's a list only of the people *who changed federations*, Grischuk, Nepo, and Karjakin are all still registered with Russia.
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Answers.Text: @NoahSnyder some players list FID. That's RUS also right?
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Answers.Text: No, FID is Fide not Russia.
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Body: <blockquote>
  <p>&quot;most are likely to do so Do you have any sources for this? &quot;</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>The quote comes from a comment made by Allure to <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/41718/does-the-russian-chess-federation-switching-to-the-acf-actually-make-it-harder-f/41721#41721">this post of mine</a> where I claimed:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>FIDE have made it possible for Russian players to move cost-free and without delays to the European federation of their choice and most are likely to do so.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Of course I didn't have inside information but now that the 31st August deadline has passed we can see how many have already taken advantage of the offer and changed federation for free.</p>
  
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Title: How many former Russian players have moved from RUS or FID registration to another country since the May 2023 offer?
ThreadText: # How many former Russian players have moved from RUS or FID registration to another country since the May 2023 offer?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-09-04)
  
  > "most are likely to do so Do you have any sources for this? "
  
  The quote comes from a comment made by username_2 to [this post of mine](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/41718/does-the-russian-chess-federation-switching-to-the-acf-actually-make-it-harder-f/41721#41721) where I claimed:
  
  > FIDE have made it possible for Russian players to move cost-free and without delays to the European federation of their choice and most are likely to do so.
  
  Of course I didn't have inside information but now that the 31st August deadline has passed we can see how many have already taken advantage of the offer and changed federation for free.
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2023-09-04. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  Using the data in the [FIDE rating database](https://ratings.fide.com/download.phtml) here is a list of the 21 Russian players rated above 2600 who were registered as RUS in February 2022 (when the conflict started) and who changed their federation from RUS by 31st August 2023.
  
  **FullName FIDEID Code Rating**  
  Vitiugov, Nikita 4152956 **ENG** 2726  
  Andreikin, Dmitry 4158814 FID 2724  
  Esipenko, Andrey 24175439 FID 2714  
  Fedoseev, Vladimir 24130737 **SLO** 2704  
  Alekseenko, Kirill 4135539 **AUT** 2702  
  Sarana, Alexey 24133795 **SRB** 2685  
  Svidler, Peter 4102142 FID 2683  
  Predke, Alexandr 24107581 **SRB** 2682  
  Oparin, Grigoriy 24125890 **USA** 2681  
  Sjugirov, Sanan 4189302 **HUN** 2680  
  Najer, Evgeniy 4118987 FID 2661  
  Inarkiev, Ernesto 4162722 FID 2659  
  Demchenko, Anton 4160258 **SLO** 2654  
  Malakhov, Vladimir 4120787 FID 2652  
  Rakhmanov, Aleksandr 4173708 FID 2640  
  Motylev, Alexander 4121830 **ROU** 2633  
  Chigaev, Maksim 4108116 **ESP** 2631  
  Paravyan, David 4194985 FID 2617  
  Antipov, Mikhail Al. 4107012 FID 2615  
  Goryachkina, Aleksandra 4147103 FID 2610  
  Lysyj, Igor 4150120 FID 2603
  
  7 out of the top 10 took advantage of FIDE's offer and changed to another country federation. 10 out of the top 21 did so.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Its sad they label Russian players for reasons outside of chess.  
  > **username_2**: This does not look correct, it's missing e.g. Grischuk, Nepo, Karjakin who are all >2600 rating too.  
  > **username_3**: @username_2: It's a list only of the people *who changed federations*, Grischuk, Nepo, and Karjakin are all still registered with Russia.  
  > **username_2**: @NoahSnyder some players list FID. That's RUS also right?  
  > **username_3**: No, FID is Fide not Russia.  
  
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