Living GMs per year - parliament-styled diagrams

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Hi everyone. I'm new at chess.com and in this occasion I'll bring diagrams with the national distribution of living Grandmasters - down from the title's official inception by FIDE.

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1st Class of Grandmasters - 1950

1st Class of Grandmasters - 1950


Soviet Union

  • Isaac Boleslavsky
  • Igor Bondarevsky
  • Mikhail Botvinnik
  • David Bronstein
  • Salo Flohr
  • Paul Keres
  • Alexander Kotov
  • Grigory Levenfish
  • Viacheslav Ragozin
  • Vasily Smyslov

Hungary

  • Andor Lilienthal
  • Géza Maróczy
  • László Szabó

Yugoslavia

  • Boris Kostić
  • Milan Vidmar

Czechoslovakia

  • Oldřich Duras

Poland

  • Akiba Rubinstein

Sweden

  • Gideon Ståhlberg

Austria

  • Ernst Grünfeld

Germany

  • Friedrich Sämisch

Netherlands

  • Max Euwe

France

  • Ossip Bernstein
  • Savielly Tartakower

England

  • Jacques Mieses

United States

  • Reuben Fine
  • Samuel Reshevsky

Argentina

  • Miguel Najdorf
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Nice. Impressed too that you got the umlauts etc. right in people's names.

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1951


Yugoslavia

  • Svetozar Gligorić

West Germany

  • Efim Bogoljubov

Hungary

  • Géza Maróczy dies (age 81)

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 10
  • Yugoslavia: 3
  • Hungary: 2
  • West Germany: 2
  • United States: 2
  • Argentina: 1
  • England: 1
  • Sweden: 1
  • Netherlands: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • Czechoslovakia: 1
  • Poland: 1
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ed1975: Actually the names are copied and pasted via Wikipedia. But thanks for your kind words.

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1952


Soviet Union

  • Yuri Averbakh
  • Efim Geller
  • Tigran Petrosian
  • Mark Taimanov

Argentina

  • Erich Eliskases
  • Hermann Pilnik

West Germany

  • Efim Bogoljubov dies (age 63)

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 14
  • Yugoslavia: 3
  • Argentina: 3
  • United States: 2
  • France: 2
  • Hungary: 2
  • Austria: 1
  • Czechoslovakia: 1
  • Poland: 1
  • Sweden: 1
  • West Germany: 1
  • Netherlands: 1
  • England: 1
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1953


Yugoslavia

  • Vasja Pirc
  • Petar Trifunović

Soviet Union

  • Alexander Tolush

United States

  • Nicolas Rossolimo

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 15
  • Yugoslavia: 5
  • United States: 3
  • Argentina: 3
  • France: 2
  • Hungary: 2
  • Austria: 1
  • Czechoslovakia: 1
  • Poland: 1
  • Sweden: 1
  • West Germany: 1
  • Netherlands: 1
  • England: 1

 

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1954


Hungary

  • Gedeon Barcza

Czechoslovakia

  • Luděk Pachman

Sweden

  • Gösta Stoltz

West Germany

  • Wolfgang Unzicker

United States

  • Isaac Kashdan

England

  • Jacques Mieses dies (age 88)

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 15
  • Yugoslavia: 5
  • United States: 4
  • Argentina: 3
  • Hungary: 3
  • Czechoslovakia: 2
  • Sweden: 2
  • West Germany: 2
  • France: 2
  • Netherlands: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • Poland: 1

 

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1955


Yugoslavia

  • Borislav Ivkov
  • Aleksandar Matanović

Soviet Union

  • Boris Spassky

Czechoslovakia

  • Miroslav Filip

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 16
  • Yugoslavia: 7
  • United States: 4
  • Argentina: 3
  • Hungary: 3
  • Czechoslovakia: 3
  • Sweden: 2
  • West Germany: 2
  • France: 2
  • Netherlands: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • Poland: 1
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1956


Soviet Union

  • Viktor Korchnoi

Denmark

  • Bent Larsen

Belgium

  • Albéric O'Kelly de Galway

France

  • Savielly Tartakower dies (age 68)

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 17
  • Yugoslavia: 7
  • United States: 4
  • Argentina: 3
  • Hungary: 3
  • Czechoslovakia: 3
  • Sweden: 2
  • West Germany: 2
  • Denmark: 1
  • Poland: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • France: 1
  • Netherlands: 1
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1957


United States:

  • Arthur Bisguier
  • Larry Evans

Soviet Union

  • Mikhail Tal

Czechoslovakia

  • Oldřich Duras dies (age 74)

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 18
  • Yugoslavia: 7
  • United States: 6
  • Argentina: 3
  • Hungary: 3
  • Czechoslovakia: 2
  • Sweden: 2
  • West Germany: 2
  • Denmark: 1
  • Poland: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • France: 1
  • Netherlands: 1
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1958


United States

  • Pal Benko
  • Bobby Fischer

Iceland

  • Friðrik Ólafsson

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 18
  • United States: 8
  • Yugoslavia: 7
  • Argentina: 3
  • Hungary: 3
  • Czechoslovakia: 2
  • West Germany: 2
  • Sweden: 2
  • Iceland: 1
  • Denmark: 1
  • Poland: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • France: 1
  • Netherlands: 1
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1959


East Germany

  • Wolfgang Uhlmann

West Germany

  • Lothar Schmid

Netherlands

  • Jan Hein Donner

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 18
  • United States: 8
  • Yugoslavia: 7
  • Argentina: 3
  • West Germany: 3
  • Hungary: 3
  • Czechoslovakia: 2
  • Netherlands: 2
  • Sweden: 2
  • Iceland: 1
  • Denmark: 1
  • East Germany: 1
  • Poland: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • France: 1
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1960


Argentina

  • Carlos Guimard
  • Héctor Rossetto

United States

  • William Lombardy

Soviet Union

  • Ratmir Kholmov

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 19
  • United States: 9
  • Yugoslavia: 7
  • Argentina: 5
  • West Germany: 3
  • Hungary: 3
  • Czechoslovakia: 2
  • Netherlands: 2
  • Sweden: 2
  • Iceland: 1
  • Denmark: 1
  • East Germany: 1
  • Poland: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • France: 1
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1961


Soviet Union

  • Evgeni Vasiukov
  • Grigory Levenfish dies (age 71)

Bulgaria

  • Milko Bobotsov

Hungary

  • Lajos Portisch

Austria

  • Karl Robatsch

Poland

  • Akiba Rubinstein dies (age 80)

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 19
  • United States: 9
  • Yugoslavia: 7
  • Argentina: 5
  • Hungary: 4
  • West Germany: 3
  • Austria: 2
  • Czechoslovakia: 2
  • Netherlands: 2
  • Sweden: 2
  • Iceland: 1
  • Denmark: 1
  • East Germany: 1
  • France: 1
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1962


Soviet Union

  • Lev Polugaevsky
  • Vladimir Simagin
  • Leonid Stein
  • Viacheslav Ragozin dies (age 53)

Yugoslavia

  • Mijo Udovčić

Hungary

  • István Bilek

Spain

  • Arturo Pomar

Austria

  • Ernst Grünfeld dies (age 68)

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 21
  • United States: 9
  • Yugoslavia: 8
  • Hungary: 5
  • Argentina: 5
  • West Germany: 3
  • Czechoslovakia: 2
  • Netherlands: 2
  • Sweden: 2
  • Iceland: 1
  • Denmark: 1
  • East Germany: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • France: 1
  • Spain: 1
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1963


Yugoslavia

  • Bruno Parma
  • Milan Vidmar dies (age 77)

Bulgaria

  • Georgi Tringov

Sweden

  • Gösta Stoltz dies (age 59)

France

  • Osip Berstein dies (age 80)

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 21
  • United States: 9
  • Yugoslavia: 8
  • Hungary: 5
  • Argentina: 5
  • West Germany: 3
  • Netherlands: 2
  • Czechoslovakia: 2
  • Iceland: 1
  • Sweden: 1
  • Denmark: 1
  • East Germany: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • Bulgaria: 1
  • Spain: 1
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1964


Soviet Union

  • Vladimir Antoshin
  • Nikolai Krogius

Yugoslavia

  • Mato Damjanović
  • Boris Kostić dies (age 76)

Bulgaria

  • Nikola Padevsky

Hungary

  • Levente Lengyel

West Germany

  • Klaus Darga

Canada

  • Daniel Yanofsky

United States

  • Robert Byrne

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 23
  • Yugoslavia: 10
  • United States: 10
  • Hungary: 6
  • Argentina: 5
  • West Germany: 4
  • Netherlands: 2
  • Czechoslovakia: 2
  • Bulgaria: 2
  • Canada: 1
  • Iceland: 1
  • Sweden: 1
  • Denmark: 1
  • East Germany: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • Spain: 1
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1965


Soviet Union

  • Vladimir Liberzon
  • Leonid Shamkovich
  • Alexey Suetin

Yugoslavia

  • Dragoljub Čirić
  • Dragoljub Janošević
  • Milan Matulović

Czechoslovakia

  • Vlastimil Hort
  • Lubomir Kavalek

East Germany

  • Wolfgang Pietzsch

Romania

  • Florin Gheorghiu

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 26
  • Yugoslavia: 13
  • United States: 10
  • Hungary: 6
  • Argentina: 5
  • Czechoslovakia: 4
  • West Germany: 4
  • Netherlands: 2
  • East Germany: 2
  • Bulgaria: 2
  • Romania: 1
  • Spain: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • Denmark: 1
  • Sweden: 1
  • Iceland: 1
  • Canada: 1
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1966


Soviet Union

  • Semyon Furman

Grandmasters by nation

  • Soviet Union: 27
  • Yugoslavia: 13
  • United States: 10
  • Hungary: 6
  • Argentina: 5
  • Czechoslovakia: 4
  • West Germany: 4
  • Netherlands: 2
  • East Germany: 2
  • Bulgaria: 2
  • Romania: 1
  • Spain: 1
  • Austria: 1
  • Denmark: 1
  • Sweden: 1
  • Iceland: 1
  • Canada: 1