100 strongest chess countries in the world

[Javier]

The numbers on the right mean, in this order: average rating of the top 4 players, Number of Grand Masters, Number of International Masters and Number of titled players (including FIDE Masters).

France at number 4? that's hard to believe, but 40 GMs is pretty amazing...

The US is slowly sinking in the list... not to mention England.

 

 

1 Russia 2730 198 463 1938

2 Ukraine 2689 74 186 427

3 China 2645 27 17 99

4 France 2642 40 85 313

5 India 2641 21 62 185

6 Israel 2640 34 43 146

7 Azerbaijan 2637 17 14 61

8 United States of America 2636 68 113 524

9 Hungary 2636 43 108 386

10 Armenia 2631 30 19 70

11 Germany 2624 75 210 1115

12 Bulgaria 2621 29 54 119

13 Poland 2619 30 90 291

14 Netherlands 2614 24 71 265

15 Georgia 2608 24 36 101

16 Spain 2593 34 94 417

17 England 2592 37 56 227

18 Serbia 2588 51 96 509

19 Czech Republic 2580 24 69 230

20 Cuba 2580 18 37 262

21 Croatia 2575 29 58 228

22 Romania 2574 21 74 265

23 Belarus 2572 14 25 86

24 Sweden 2564 16 38 122

25 Greece 2548 11 23 93

26 Slovenia 2546 10 25 96

27 Brazil 2544 8 28 121

28 Uzbekistan 2541 11 9 37

29 Norway 2539 10 21 88

30 Slovakia 2530 10 21 79

31 Bosnia & Herzegovina 2527 8 20 80

32 Kazakhstan 2525 15 27 101

33 Philippines 2524 10 25 58

34 Denmark 2521 10 33 101

35 Italy 2511 7 37 171

36 Switzerland 2509 7 34 117

37 Vietnam 2509 6 7 77

38 Lithuania 2503 7 16 50

39 Iceland 2495 11 13 47

40 Austria 2494 7 41 181

41 Peru 2494 4 9 50

42 Latvia 2479 8 11 49

43 Moldova 2475 6 21 63

44 Egypt 2475 3 24 41

45 Canada 2473 6 30 124

46 Turkey 2470 3 13 54

47 Belgium 2467 4 16 67

48 Chile 2465 4 8 45

49 Former YUG Rep of Macedonia 2464 8 11 45

50 Montenegro 2464 6 11 55

51 Iran 2464 5 9 54

52 Mexico 2449 5 26 119

53 Australia 2444 4 17 78

54 Finland 2442 5 19 87

55 Colombia 2435 3 24 80

56 Portugal 2427 3 12 35

57 Scotland 2418 5 8 32

58 Singapore 2403 3 11 47

59 Bangladesh 2397 5 1 25

60 Ecuador 2391 1 8 35

61 Mongolia 2384 2 5 28

62 Venezuela 2372 1 12 37

63 Ireland 2364 1 6 21

64 Paraguay 2335 2 3 18

65 Albania 2335 1 5 15

66 Dominican Republic 2331 1 6 18

67 Tajikistan 2331 1 3 5

68 Malaysia 2327 0 5 18

69 Luxembourg 2326 1 2 13

70 Iraq 2316 0 5 30

71 Uruguay 2312 1 3 16

72 New Zealand 2309 1 6 29

73 United Arab Emirates 2300 2 4 31

74 Costa Rica 2300 1 7 15

75 Wales 2297 0 4 16

76 South Africa 2293 0 6 32

77 Syria 2293 0 3 17

78 Algeria 2289 1 10 27

79 Faroe Islands 2281 0 3 6

80 Bolivia 2275 1 1 16

81 Tunisia 2271 2 3 14

82 Myanmar 2260 1 4 32

83 Jordan 2255 0 1 15

84 Japan 2253 0 1 17

85 Yemen 2245 0 3 11

86 Nicaragua 2243 0 2 15

87 Lebanon 2243 0 1 12

88 El Salvador 2237 0 3 19

89 Thailand 2228 0 0 6

90 Andorra 2211 1 1 5

91 Monaco 2207 1 0 7

92 Puerto Rico 2207 0 2 9

93 Guatemala 2207 0 1 12

94 Palestine 2196 1 1 3

95 Zimbabwe 2187 0 3 6

96 Angola 2175 0 6 8

97 Nigeria 2167 0 4 10

98 Uganda 2162 0 0 2

99 Jamaica 2159 0 0 4

100 Sri Lanka 2152 0 0 10