List of 25 top countries in strength (average top 10)
Rank Country Average top 10 #of GMs # of IMs Total Titled Players
1 Russia 2716 156 415 1588
2 Ukraine 2663 53 167 326
3 United States of America 2625 59 99 455
4 France 2623 29 68 241
5 Armenia 2616 17 22 58
6 Hungary 2616 36 100 338
7 China 2611 19 12 81
8 Israel 2609 33 40 132
9 Germany 2607 60 187 954
10 Netherlands 2605 19 56 210
11 Georgia 2604 19 30 87
12 England 2602 33 51 205
13 Azerbaijan 2595 13 15 48
14 India 2593 11 45 96
15 Bulgaria 2585 23 47 88
16 Poland 2585 20 80 240
17 Serbia and Montenegro 2569 49 104 513
18 Spain 2562 25 70 295
19 Romania 2558 14 71 235
20 Czech Republic 2555 19 61 179
21 Croatia 2544 18 55 186
22 Cuba 2544 12 39 197
23 Belarus 2543 8 27 67
24 Greece 2537 10 20 73
25 Kazakhstan 2537 11 22 68
Russia is of course the strongest, have most GMs and IMs. However, the surprising thing is Germany is #2 in total GMs and the US is #3 in both strength of top 10 and total GMs. The US benefits the most from the relocation of top players from other countries, especially from the old Soviet block.
susan looks sexy in this pic…
I would like to date her!!
The US is the #1 importer of GMs 🙂
india beat bulgaria lol
If you counted U.S. born GM’s and IM’s the United States would be last on the list!
TFK
FWIW Susan, this is a very good picture – you should consider using it for the Blog header…
The picture with the brick wall doesn’t look quite so nice.
Israel certainly imported far more GMs per capita than the US! I believe that only a few of their 33 GMs are home-bred.
/Jens