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Jan 3, 2026
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But I feel 2nd placed USA has a lot of GMs who have originated from different countries. Examples- 1- Fabi- Italian origin 2- Hikaru- Japanese origin 3- Wesley So- Filipino origin
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Google "list number of chess grandmasters by country"
https://x.com/stats_feed/status/1878878857660354613
Russia: 256 USA: 101 Germany: 96 Ukraine: 93 India: 64 Hungary: 58 Serbia: 58 Spain: 56 France: 50 China: 48 Poland: 45 Armenia: 44 Israel: 43 Czechia: 36 Netherlands: 36 England: 36 Bulgaria: 34 Croatia: 32 Georgia: 32 Cuba: 27 Azerbaijan: 26 Argentina: 23 Romania: 22 Sweden: 22 Belarus: 18 Uzbekistan: 17 Italy: 16 Norway: 16 Kazakhstan: 15 Brazil: 14 Canada: 14 Greece: 14 Iran: 14 Iceland: 14 Denmark: 13 Philippines: 13 Slovakia: 13 Latvia: 12 Slovenia: 12 Turkey: 12 Switzerland: 11 Vietnam: 11 Australia: 10 North Macedonia: 10 Austria: 9 Belgium: 9 Colombia: 9 Lithuania: 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 8 Peru: 8 Moldova: 7 Scotland: 7 Chile: 6 Egypt: 6 Montenegro: 6 Estonia: 6 Indonesia: 6
-> Russia, by far, still
I'm quite happy to see my country, Germany, in spot 3.
In the long run I expect India to win this.
Wow....I didn't expect Ukraine.. I guess it makes sense though..they were a former Soviet state..
Abhi2salunke wrote:
But I feel 2nd placed USA has a lot of GMs who have originated from different countries. Examples- 1- Fabi- Italian origin 2- Hikaru- Japanese origin 3- Wesley So- Filipino origin
Ridiculous. Fabiano was born and raised in Brooklyn. His grandparents were Italians, sure. So what?
Likewise, Hikaru's father was Japanese, but he left the family when Hikaru was just a baby. Hikaru lives in the US since he was 2 years old, much earlier than he learned chess.