fide - Which countries have the most GMs per capita? - Chess Stack Exchange

This interesting site has a "World map of chess grandmasters" which looks like this: Apart from the fact that Russia is very wide (it looks like it crosses 10 time zones), it looks like

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Country-wise distribution of top 100 FIDE rated Chess Grandmasters of the world (as of list published in March 2023 by FIDE). : r/chess

Building and maintaining an opening repertoire can be a demanding task -- for a start there are an enormous number of different lines to choose from.

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Are Chess Grandmasters good at mathematics, or are they very distinct skills? - Quora

Why are so many chess grandmasters from Russia and not other countries? Why are Russians so enthusiastic about chess? - Quora

European countries ranked by average rating of top players normalized by population. : r/chess

fide - Which countries have the most GMs per capita? - Chess Stack Exchange

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A CHECKERED HISTORY: WHY ARMENIA DOMINATES THE CHESS WORLD - Republic of Armenia - HyeForum

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Infographic: Countries With Most Chess Grandmasters - SparkChess