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Sports Statistics > Chess > International Masters (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Russia: 417 
#2   Germany: 186 
#3   Ukraine: 169 
#4   Serbia and Montenegro: 105 
#5   United States: 99 
#6   Hungary: 99 
#7   Poland: 81 
#8   Romania: 71 
#9   Spain: 70 
#10   France: 67 
#11   Czech Republic: 61 
#12   Croatia: 55 
#13   Netherlands: 55 
#14   Argentina: 50 
#15   Bulgaria: 47 
#16   India: 45 
#17   Israel: 41 
#18   Cuba: 37 
#19   Austria: 34 
#20   Sweden: 32 
#21   Denmark: 32 
#22   Georgia: 29 
#23   Belarus: 27 
#24   Switzerland: 26 
#25   Italy: 26 
#26   Mexico: 25 
#27   Egypt: 25 
#28   Slovenia: 24 
#29   Armenia: 22 
#30   Kazakhstan: 22 
#31   Canada: 22 
#32   Colombia: 21 
#33   Brazil: 21 
#34   Moldova: 20 
#35   Greece: 20 
#36   Finland: 18 
#37   Slovakia: 17 
#38   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 16 
#39   Australia: 16 
#40   Azerbaijan: 15 
#41   Norway: 14 
#42   Lithuania: 13 
#43   Estonia: 12 
#44   China: 12 
#45   Belgium: 12 
#46   Venezuela: 11 
#47   Portugal: 11 
#48   Iceland: 11 
#49   Algeria: 10 
#50   Macedonia, Republic of: 10 
#51   Turkey: 10 
#52   Indonesia:
#53   Uzbekistan:
#54   Peru:
#55   Chile:
#56   Singapore:
#57   Ecuador:
#58   Latvia:
#59   South Africa:
#60   Costa Rica:
#61   Iran:
#62   Ireland:
#63   Angola:
#64   New Zealand:
#65   Turkmenistan:
#66   Iraq:
#67   Mongolia:
#68   Bangladesh:
#69   Kyrgyzstan:
#70   Vietnam:
#71   United Arab Emirates:
#72   Burma:
#73   Albania:
#74   Tajikistan:
#75   Syria:
#76   Tunisia:
#77   Zimbabwe:
#78   Qatar:
#79   Uruguay:
#80   El Salvador:
#81   Puerto Rico:
#82   Paraguay:
#83   Malaysia:
#84   Nicaragua:
#85   Bolivia:
#86   Yemen:
#87   Luxembourg:
#88   Zambia:
#89   Pakistan:
#90   Japan:
#91   Lebanon:
#92   Faroe Islands:
#93   Morocco:
#94   Guatemala:
#95   Andorra:
#96   Barbados:
#97   Honduras:
#98   Trinidad and Tobago:
#99   Bahrain:
#100   Nepal:
#101   Guernsey:
#102   Panama:
#103   Botswana:
#104   Hong Kong:
#105   Jamaica:
#106   Suriname:
#107   Fiji:
#108   Mauritius:
#109   Libya:
#110   Virgin Islands:
#111   Thailand:
#112   Cyprus:
#113   Ethiopia:
#114   Sri Lanka:
#115   Monaco:
#116   Liechtenstein:
#117   Jersey:
#118   Uganda:
#119   Malta:
#120   Netherlands Antilles:
#121   Sudan:
#122   Namibia:
#123   San Marino:
#124   Afghanistan:
#125   Aruba:
#126   Brunei:
#127   Kenya:
#128   Jordan:
#129   British Virgin Islands:
#130   Kuwait:
#131   Bermuda:
#132   Papua New Guinea:
#133   Rwanda:
#134   Macau:
#135   Seychelles:
Total: 2,567  
Weighted average: 19.0  


DEFINITION: Number of International Masters in chess, by country. International Master is the second highest recognition in chess.

SOURCE: World Chess Federation, 2006

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