Chess grandmasters (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount
# 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
= 12	China:	19
= 12	Georgia:	19
= 12	Netherlands:	19
# 16	Croatia:	18
# 17	Armenia:	17
# 18	Sweden:	15
= 19	Romania:	14
= 19	Azerbaijan:	14
# 21	Argentina:	13
# 22	Cuba:	12
= 23	India:	11
= 23	Kazakhstan:	11
# 25	Greece:	10
= 26	Latvia:	9
= 26	Denmark:	9
= 26	Iceland:	9
= 26	Uzbekistan:	9
= 26	Slovenia:	9
= 31	Macedonia, Republic of:	8
= 31	Norway:	8
= 31	Belarus:	8
= 34	Switzerland:	7
= 34	Slovakia:	7
= 34	Indonesia:	7
= 37	Lithuania:	6
= 37	Canada:	6
= 37	Brazil:	6
= 40	Italy:	5
= 40	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	5
= 40	Austria:	5
= 40	Finland:	5
= 44	Estonia:	4
= 44	Moldova:	4
= 44	Vietnam:	4
= 47	Belgium:	3
= 47	Mexico:	3
= 47	Bangladesh:	3
= 47	Colombia:	3
= 47	Turkmenistan:	3
= 47	Portugal:	3
= 47	Chile:	3
= 54	Australia:	2
= 54	Singapore:	2
= 54	Iran:	2
= 54	Turkey:	2
= 54	Mongolia:	2
= 54	Tunisia:	2
= 54	Peru:	2
= 61	Albania:	1
= 61	Paraguay:	1
= 61	Andorra:	1
= 61	Luxembourg:	1
= 61	Burma:	1
= 61	United Arab Emirates:	1
= 61	Costa Rica:	1
= 61	Uruguay:	1
= 61	Ecuador:	1
= 61	Morocco:	1
= 61	Egypt:	1
= 61	Qatar:	1
= 61	Ireland:	1
= 61	Tajikistan:	1
= 61	Kyrgyzstan:	1
= 76	Macau:	0
= 76	South Africa:	0
= 76	Afghanistan:	0
= 76	Nicaragua:	0
= 76	Algeria:	0
= 76	British Virgin Islands:	0
= 76	Angola:	0
= 76	Malaysia:	0
= 76	Bahrain:	0
= 76	Papua New Guinea:	0
= 76	Barbados:	0
= 76	Trinidad and Tobago:	0
= 76	Botswana:	0
= 76	Zambia:	0
= 76	Bermuda:	0
= 76	Mauritius:	0
= 76	Bolivia:	0
= 76	Suriname:	0
= 76	Brunei:	0
= 76	Pakistan:	0
= 76	Sri Lanka:	0
= 76	Rwanda:	0
= 76	Cyprus:	0
= 76	Sudan:	0
= 76	El Salvador:	0
= 76	Uganda:	0
= 76	Ethiopia:	0
= 76	Namibia:	0
= 76	Fiji:	0
= 76	Aruba:	0
= 76	Faroe Islands:	0
= 76	Monaco:	0
= 76	Guernsey:	0
= 76	Malta:	0
= 76	Guatemala:	0
= 76	Nepal:	0
= 76	Hong Kong:	0
= 76	Netherlands Antilles:	0
= 76	Honduras:	0
= 76	New Zealand:	0
= 76	Iraq:	0
= 76	Panama:	0
= 76	Japan:	0
= 76	Puerto Rico:	0
= 76	Jersey:	0
= 76	Seychelles:	0
= 76	Jamaica:	0
= 76	San Marino:	0
= 76	Jordan:	0
= 76	Syria:	0
= 76	Kenya:	0
= 76	Thailand:	0
= 76	Kuwait:	0
= 76	Venezuela:	0
= 76	Lebanon:	0
= 76	Virgin Islands:	0
= 76	Liechtenstein:	0
= 76	Yemen:	0
= 76	Libya:	0
= 76	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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