Which is what Chessdrummer basically was saying.
There's no coincidence that the more affluent societies of the world tend to produce far fewer chess grandmasters. It's not only a question of chess culture having been greatly stimulated in places like the former communist countries. In many of them, a university degree is still no guarantee for a good, comfortable job, whereas in countries like the United Kingdom, the US, the Nordic countries etc. (where until very recently a university degree was a virtual guarantee for a good, long and generally profitable career) chess is mostly seen as merely a pastime, and very often promoted as "capable of boosting school kids' academic performance" as its main (and often its only) USP. Personally, I can't think of a worse way of making the case for any type of game or sport. It's like saying that it's good for kids to play football, ice-hockey, etc because it'll be good for their physical stamina. It wouldn't exactly be seen as a ringing endorsement ... and I've heard numerous chess coaches say that parents have actually not wanted the kids to become too good at chess, because it would just distract them from proper schoolwork. Also, another facet of this in those above-mentioned more affluent countries is that CV-building has become exceedingly important (so that people with money have their children do various things - voluntary/charitable work, for instance - just to boost their CV with a view to land that fabulous first job years down the line), and chess to anyone uninitiated still has an exceedingly brainy image, which means that 'having represented country X at youth level in chess' looks fantastic on a person's CV. Back in the day, it used to be that players had to qualify for the World and continental youth championships, meaning that a) it was extremely difficult to qualify, and b) that only a handful from each country actually participated. Now those youth championships are thrown completely open, so anyone can compete (sometimes as long as it's done at their own expense) and 'represent their country at youth level', meaning that often many tens of players from any one country compete in each category. The fact that they were complete also-rans obviously won't show on the CV, and once they've done this a couple of times or so, that part of the CV-building exercize is done, and they can move on to the next part of the project.
Why only 3 black grandmasters, none of which are American?
Jeezs.....all that?....he's a chessdrummer. All I heard was RLRR.....LRLL.
No. Only what Howhorsymove said. The rest was me getting a few pet hates and hobby horses off my chest, if I'm allowed to mix my metaphors.
Just asking why do (blacks) identify as (Black or Afro) no matter where they live and people that have one drop of White blood are (Whites or Anglo's) I have a bucket full of White but I am not Anglo-Saxon
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There's also the fact that the average IQ of black people on average is 80 or so. You can look this up on Wikipedia. Just to be clear, its not saying that its genetic in origin (in fact the idea that race even has a genetic component is considered false by many biological anthropologists). A lot of psychometricians believe it can be explained entirely due to environmental origins, such as the generational effects of slavery, pro-gang black culture (i.e. rappers who often include anti-police lyrics), or the abnormally high rate of single-parent households, specifically single mothers, in black society. So basically, due to poor education and negative cultural and family influences, they will tend to have fewer opportunities, as well as in general a lower than average intelligence quotient as measured on standardized tests, leading to a reduced interest in chess and other intellectual pursuits.
Also to Mark the Destroyer and his supporters, the suggestion that asking this question is racist is completely absurd and actively harmful to the black community. Students who are PhD candidates in political or social science study these issues all the time in different contexts. For example, different races experience markedly different living conditions in the USA, and have different criminal conviction rates, and its important to understand why these things are true so that the government can implement policies aimed at fixing the problem and making things better. Believe it or not, there are other reasons (if you spend 5 seconds thinking about it) besides RACISM!!!1111 for asking these questions.
If you suppress all conversation and call everyone inquiring into these problems as racist, then those problems will never be solved, and institutional issues will never come to light (if they do indeed exist). Part of what the OP is doing is raising awareness on this issue so that it may be solved. Its attitudes like yours that only make things more problematic.
And how is it a fact that the average black IQ is 80?? Because it's on Wikipedia? When you get wiser, you'll realize that mainstream media plays on perception and not reality.
Is it possible that dark segments can't play?
Its a good question. I believe in the future there will be more black GMs, I play many talented black players and some them are very strong masters. I was very fortunate to play blitz with FM Steve Booth, the lie is there is no chess culture among the black community and there is rich chess culture among blacks. Go to any park, chess club or coffee house and there is talented black players.