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Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Russia:	2,718
#2	Ukraine:	2,665
#3	United States:	2,625
#4	France:	2,620
#5	Armenia:	2,618
#6	Hungary:	2,612
#7	China:	2,611
#8	Israel:	2,611
#9	Netherlands:	2,607
#10	Germany:	2,604
#11	Georgia:	2,599
#12	Azerbaijan:	2,591
#13	Poland:	2,588
#14	Bulgaria:	2,587
#15	India:	2,583
#16	Serbia and Montenegro:	2,567
#17	Spain:	2,562
#18	Romania:	2,557
#19	Czech Republic:	2,555
#20	Belarus:	2,542
#21	Kazakhstan:	2,541
#22	Cuba:	2,541
#23	Denmark:	2,540
#24	Greece:	2,540
#25	Croatia:	2,539
#26	Sweden:	2,535
#27	Burma:	2,525
#28	Switzerland:	2,522
#29	Uzbekistan:	2,516
#30	Brazil:	2,515
#31	Slovakia:	2,513
#32	Argentina:	2,512
#33	Latvia:	2,504
#34	Norway:	2,500
#35	Slovenia:	2,499
#36	Iceland:	2,494
#37	Lithuania:	2,492
#38	Estonia:	2,484
#39	Canada:	2,481
#40	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	2,480
#41	Moldova:	2,475
#42	Austria:	2,474
#43	Vietnam:	2,472
#44	Indonesia:	2,467
#45	Macedonia, Republic of:	2,462
#46	Italy:	2,456
#47	Chile:	2,455
#48	Belgium:	2,450
#49	Mexico:	2,445
#50	Australia:	2,440
#51	Colombia:	2,440
#52	Turkey:	2,437
#53	Finland:	2,436
#54	Egypt:	2,434
#55	Peru:	2,433
#56	Portugal:	2,422
#57	Bangladesh:	2,421
#58	Iran:	2,409
#59	Turkmenistan:	2,408
#60	Ireland:	2,388
#61	Ecuador:	2,384
#62	Kyrgyzstan:	2,374
#63	Singapore:	2,372
#64	Albania:	2,372
#65	Venezuela:	2,368
#66	Morocco:	2,352
#67	Mongolia:	2,342
#68	Paraguay:	2,342
#69	Luxembourg:	2,338
#70	Brunei:	2,336
#71	Costa Rica:	2,334
#72	New Zealand:	2,332
#73	Uruguay:	2,329
#74	United Arab Emirates:	2,322
#75	Iraq:	2,317
#76	Algeria:	2,311
#77	South Africa:	2,307
#78	Syria:	2,299
#79	Malaysia:	2,295
#80	Faroe Islands:	2,293
#81	Nicaragua:	2,287
#82	Bolivia:	2,282
#83	Andorra:	2,279
#84	Pakistan:	2,273
#85	Tajikistan:	2,273
#86	Tunisia:	2,263
#87	Japan:	2,261
#88	Yemen:	2,261
#89	Jordan:	2,249
#90	Lebanon:	2,244
#91	Thailand:	2,241
#92	Libya:	2,233
#93	Qatar:	2,228
#94	El Salvador:	2,219
#95	Guatemala:	2,199
#96	Puerto Rico:	2,195
#97	Zambia:	2,195
#98	Honduras:	2,194
#99	Zimbabwe:	2,191
#100	Barbados:	2,189
#101	Sri Lanka:	2,178
#102	Uganda:	2,166
#103	Trinidad and Tobago:	2,164
#104	Botswana:	2,164
#105	Jamaica:	2,161
#106	Panama:	2,159
#107	Angola:	2,159
#108	Hong Kong:	2,158
#109	Suriname:	2,156
#110	Mauritius:	2,155
#111	Nepal:	2,154
#112	Papua New Guinea:	2,150
#113	Ethiopia:	2,148
#114	Namibia:	2,141
#115	Monaco:	2,128
#116	Cyprus:	2,127
#117	Jersey:	2,124
#118	Kuwait:	2,123
#119	Malta:	2,120
#120	Liechtenstein:	2,118
#121	Sudan:	2,111
#122	Macau:	2,085
#123	San Marino:	2,085
#124	Netherlands Antilles:	2,054
#125	Aruba:	2,040
#126	Afghanistan:	2,023
#127	Kenya:	1,997
#128	Guernsey:	1,996
#129	British Virgin Islands:	1,986
#130	Fiji:	1,972
#131	Bermuda:	1,966
#132	Bahrain:	1,900
#133	Rwanda:	1,885
#134	Seychelles:	1,871
#135	Virgin Islands:	1,871
	Weighted average:	2,336.2

DEFINITION: Country rank by average rating of top 10 players

SOURCE: World Chess Federation, 2006

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