How many grand masters are there?

Im curious how many  there are world wide? How many are there per country?

There are about 1300 grandmasters in the world. I think just a little over that number by now.

They are spread among 75 countries, with Russia having 156, Germany next with 61, and 15 countries having one each:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/spo_che_gra-sports-chess-grandmasters

Here is the current count by country.

http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml

i will be one of them;

manoochehr I hope so, Iran!!

Before Anand,there was just one international master in India. In India,sports is synonymous with cricket only!

What's a grandmaster?

As I understand it, anyone 40 or older and just starting out can be one.

I had imagined there were more than 36 people over the age of 40 in India. In truth a youthful nation!

You don't understand it right

it has nothing to do with age but with skill

there have been and there are many grandmaster under 18. The youngest one getting the title of grandmaster was 12 years old (Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin)

How many types of MASTERS are there ?  I see GM , IM , NM, can you explain the difference ?    I am unfamiliar with upper level play . THANK YOU

GM, IM, FM, NM, CM, WGM, WIM,WFM, WNM, WCM

I reckon the NM and WNM titles are USA-based only, and the other titles are part of the FIDE rules.

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(((Very interesting information))) Thanks for posting it...🏁

KyleJRM wrote:

There are about 1300 grandmasters in the world. I think just a little over that number by now.

They are spread among 75 countries, with Russia having 156, Germany next with 61, and 15 countries having one each:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/spo_che_gra-sports-chess-grandmasters

This page needs to be updated; there are many more than 1300 grandmasters now, in 2016.

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