NationMaster - Chess > GrandMasters (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Russia:	156
#2	Germany:	61
#3	United States:	60
#4	Ukraine:	53
#5	Serbia and Montenegro:	50
#6	Hungary:	36
#7	Israel:	33
#8	France:	29
#9	Spain:	24
#10	Bulgaria:	23
#11	Poland:	20
#12	Czech Republic:	19
#13	China:	19
#14	Georgia:	19
#15	Netherlands:	19
#16	Croatia:	18
#17	Armenia:	17
#18	Sweden:	15
#19	Romania:	14
#20	Azerbaijan:	14
#21	Argentina:	13
#22	Cuba:	12
#23	India:	11
#24	Kazakhstan:	11
#25	Greece:	10
#26	Latvia:	9
#27	Denmark:	9
#28	Iceland:	9
#29	Uzbekistan:	9
#30	Slovenia:	9
#31	Macedonia, Republic of:	8
#32	Norway:	8
#33	Belarus:	8
#34	Switzerland:	7
#35	Slovakia:	7
#36	Indonesia:	7
#37	Lithuania:	6
#38	Canada:	6
#39	Brazil:	6
#40	Italy:	5
#41	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	5
#42	Austria:	5
#43	Finland:	5
#44	Estonia:	4
#45	Moldova:	4
#46	Vietnam:	4
#47	Belgium:	3
#48	Mexico:	3
#49	Bangladesh:	3
#50	Colombia:	3
#51	Turkmenistan:	3
#52	Portugal:	3
#53	Chile:	3
#54	Australia:	2
#55	Singapore:	2
#56	Iran:	2
#57	Turkey:	2
#58	Mongolia:	2
#59	Tunisia:	2
#60	Peru:	2
#61	Albania:	1
#62	Paraguay:	1
#63	Andorra:	1
#64	Luxembourg:	1
#65	Burma:	1
#66	United Arab Emirates:	1
#67	Costa Rica:	1
#68	Uruguay:	1
#69	Ecuador:	1
#70	Morocco:	1
#71	Egypt:	1
#72	Qatar:	1
#73	Ireland:	1
#74	Tajikistan:	1
#75	Kyrgyzstan:	1
#76	Macau:	0
#77	South Africa:	0
#78	Afghanistan:	0
#79	Nicaragua:	0
#80	Algeria:	0
#81	British Virgin Islands:	0
#82	Angola:	0
#83	Malaysia:	0
#84	Bahrain:	0
#85	Papua New Guinea:	0
#86	Barbados:	0
#87	Trinidad and Tobago:	0
#88	Botswana:	0
#89	Zambia:	0
#90	Bermuda:	0
#91	Mauritius:	0
#92	Bolivia:	0
#93	Suriname:	0
#94	Brunei:	0
#95	Pakistan:	0
#96	Sri Lanka:	0
#97	Rwanda:	0
#98	Cyprus:	0
#99	Sudan:	0
#100	El Salvador:	0
#101	Uganda:	0
#102	Ethiopia:	0
#103	Namibia:	0
#104	Fiji:	0
#105	Aruba:	0
#106	Faroe Islands:	0
#107	Monaco:	0
#108	Guernsey:	0
#109	Malta:	0
#110	Guatemala:	0
#111	Nepal:	0
#112	Hong Kong:	0
#113	Netherlands Antilles:	0
#114	Honduras:	0
#115	New Zealand:	0
#116	Iraq:	0
#117	Panama:	0
#118	Japan:	0
#119	Puerto Rico:	0
#120	Jersey:	0
#121	Seychelles:	0
#122	Jamaica:	0
#123	San Marino:	0
#124	Jordan:	0
#125	Syria:	0
#126	Kenya:	0
#127	Thailand:	0
#128	Kuwait:	0
#129	Venezuela:	0
#130	Lebanon:	0
#131	Virgin Islands:	0
#132	Liechtenstein:	0
#133	Yemen:	0
#134	Libya:	0
#135	Zimbabwe:	0
	Total:	946
	Weighted average:	7.0

DEFINITION: Number of GrandMaster chess champions, by country. A GrandMaster is the highest level of recognition in chess.

SOURCE: World Chess Federation, 2006

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