(i might as well)
CANADA!
(do we even have any top 50 GMs??)
Which Nation produces the best Chess players ?
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Russia
The old Soviet Bloc, the greatest Chess Coach ever was Lenin.
According to FIDE (using the average rating of the top 10 players):
| 1 | Russia | 2727 | 198 | 458 | 1932 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 2691 | 73 | 187 | 424 |
| 3 | Israel | 2647 | 34 | 43 | 146 |
| 4 | China | 2643 | 27 | 17 | 99 |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 2639 | 17 | 14 | 61 |
| 6 | United States of America | 2635 | 67 | 114 | 523 |
| 7 | India | 2635 | 20 | 61 | 183 |
| 8 | Hungary | 2634 | 42 | 109 | 385 |
| 9 | France | 2634 | 40 | 85 | 313 |
| 10 | Armenia | 2632 | 29 | 20 | 69 |
It doesn't really answer the question, as I'm sure a country like China is currently doing a lot to improve but it will take a certain number of years to really shows on the rating list.
trigs wrote:
(i might as well)
CANADA!
(do we even have any top 50 GMs??)
Canada is 44th and has nobody in the top 100.
I'm forgetting where I heard this story -- some US GM was asked which country produced the strongest players or something to that effect and he told a story about while he was in Russia a Soviet maid, complete with bucket and mop in hand showed him a better rook and pawn ending (he was analyzing with a friend) and said does that answer your question.
I wish I could find the story again... it was very funny, made a good point :)
PhDP wrote:
According to FIDE (using the average rating of the top 10 players):
1 Russia 2727 198 458 1932 2 Ukraine 2691 73 187 424 3 Israel 2647 34 43 146 4 China 2643 27 17 99 5 Azerbaijan 2639 17 14 61 6 United States of America 2635 67 114 523 7 India 2635 20 61 183 8 Hungary 2634 42 109 385 9 France 2634 40 85 313 10 Armenia 2632 29 20 69It doesn't really answer the question, as I'm sure a country like China is currently doing a lot to improve but it will take a certain number of years to really shows on the rating list.
Even though seeded in the middle of the pack, didn't the US get bronze or silver though even without Kamsky in 2009? Correct me if I'm wrong (you think I'd know this...)
Jan 28, 2010
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It is too bad chess is not more popular in the United States. I think that is the biggest factor in which country produces the strongest players. It seems like the
high point for chess interest in the USA was right after Fischer won the World Championship. It is too bad for US chess that he did not defend the title.
russia has always produced the most gm's. but we got bobby. enough said.
You will always get the odd player coming through like Fischer or Carlsen, but Russians have Chess in their bones.
Fischer, Morphy, United states, used to pwn
Russia
Sensuinaga wrote:
russia has always produced the most gm's. but we got bobby. enough said.
Did you mean Bobby the coward?????????
shakarchy wrote:
Sensuinaga wrote:
russia has always produced the most gm's. but we got bobby. enough said.
Did you mean Bobby the coward?????????
I wouldn't call him a coward -- but he was mentally ill.
It's not "enough said" though because many others have risen to the top -- very few stayed there. He was dominant for a few years only and then left, to think of Fischer as the best ever is absurd... IMO
Blitz55 wrote:
Texas
I'm sure some Texans don't doubt it either 
Tricklev wrote:
tarikhk wrote:
Tricklev wrote:
SHUT UP MY CONTRY IS TEH BEST AT EVERYTHING WE PRODUSE THE BESTEST CHESS PLAYERS WE ARE THE MUST HUNG AND DON'T BE MEAN OR I REPORT!
These threads are allways so boring nationalistic, just because you where born in a country, doesn't mean it's the best country there is, at everything possible.
And a thank you to Inverted for actually posting real numbers instead of nationalistic nonsense.
you're just annoyed because there are only two swedish gms.
(thats a joke)
I thought we had 3?
(I'm having a hard time seeing this thread heading somewhere productive, so in an attempt to hijack the thread I´m derailing if offtopic.)
actually, funnily enough, I played chess when I went to Stockholm.
Historically, great chess players have come from countries that either are at a cultural crossroads, or very affluent. If there is a rise in better chess players in a particular country, I would argue that that country is becoming either more of a haven for intellectuals, or a country that is gaining greater prosperity compared to its former status.
In my (admittedly most likely misinformed and idiotic) opinion, I believe it is not coming from a specific nation that makes a great player. It is the support that talented players receive, that they are encouraged - look at China, for example! The US produces good masters, yes, but we certainly don't encourage chess on the same level that Russia did back in Fischer's days, or China does currently.
Disclaimer: Everything I say could be completely false and stupid. Feel free to tell me if this is true!
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Armenia
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India
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Iceland (no. of GMs per capita)