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WHICH COUNTRY DO YOU THINK IS BEST AT CHESS?
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Armenia seems to be doing quite well considering population vs the amount of GMs vs their average rating, interesting.
Monaco tops most of other countries by a lot when it comes to titled/capita ppm.
Thought Israel might be somewhere around the top too and it indeed is
Considering all - Russia seems to have the highest average, highest amount of both GM and IM and the total amount of titled players - compare that with their population being 11th in the list i guess that pretty much gives a clear winner 
Mar 15, 2023
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MrKoovy wrote:
Mickdonedee wrote:
Titled players (GM+IM) per capita of population:
Russia & Germany equal 1st
U.S. 3rd
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/gm-s-per-capita-worldwide-1-iceland2
Why do you say Russia and Germany, and then link to a post that shows those countries 30th and 34th respectively? Also, that data is 10 years old. Here's an updated list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13z0VXOExUzNRjUX4TTgEkKkBMKx8FjjekqlDwu_EcyM/edit?usp=sharing
The link you provided shows Russia and Germany still around the same titled per capita. Although, other less populated countries have higher per capita numbers I confined my answer to the original question "Which country do you think is best in chess?" to those countries with the most titled players.
Mickdonedee wrote:
The link you provided shows Russia and Germany still around the same titled per capita.
Which are now 51st and 52nd respectively. Seems the rest of the world has made some progress over the last 10 years.
Mar 15, 2023
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MrKoovy wrote:
Mickdonedee wrote:
Titled players (GM+IM) per capita of population:
Russia & Germany equal 1st
U.S. 3rd
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/gm-s-per-capita-worldwide-1-iceland2
Why do you say Russia and Germany, and then link to a post that shows those countries 30th and 34th respectively? Also, that data is 10 years old. Here's an updated list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13z0VXOExUzNRjUX4TTgEkKkBMKx8FjjekqlDwu_EcyM/edit?usp=sharing
Well, it's way above the US and India, so barring the smaller countries ( Rich ones, that don't have a big part of the population that don't have the same exposure to chess or time for it ) it definitely matches the reputation of the Greatest chess country in history
Maybe at its peak, ussr. But right now I think it might be India or united States
Russia easy
Yeah Russia way better and you all know that. You just dont like to admit it, wich is why you say "USA" "India" and stuff like that.
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DragonChess03 wrote:
Yeah Russia way better and you all know that. You just dont like to admit it, wich is why you say "USA" "India" and stuff like that.
I mean yeah in their peak with karpov kasparov spassky just to name a few, but right now it is either India or US
WiebesWorks wrote:
Well, it's way above the US and India, so barring the smaller countries ( Rich ones, that don't have a big part of the population that don't have the same exposure to chess or time for it ) it definitely matches the reputation of the Greatest chess country in history
Valid, and I would agree that if the question is "greatest chess country in history", it's hard to argue against Russia. But if we're talking about the current best chess country, you could make an argument for Serbia, Czech Republic, Russia, US, etc.
in history, the USSR
right now, idk, and im too lazy too figure it out
Mar 15, 2023
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India duh Chess was invented there. I also have Chess classes and my teacher is Indian she’s rocks
CChess166 wrote:
India duh Chess was invented there. I also have Chess classes and my teacher is Indian she’s rocks
isnt being made out of rocks really unhealthy for your immune system
What ever country magnus is from
Wales
Best country at chess is the Central African Republic, prove me wrong,
Considering collective population, it would be China or Russia. But Norway takes it if we only account for the best of each nation.
In order to argue for Norway, you would need to make the criteria only the best player in a country, because the US has about 5 world class players, more than anyone else