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Russia still remains as the top chess nation in the world, followed by Ukraine. However, China has moved into 3rd place with 3 players over 2700 and one more right at 2700. The U.S. has dropped to #6.

Country rank by average rating of top 10 players
Average GMs IMs Total Titled
1 Russia 2723 186 451 1857
2 Ukraine 2691 69 179 396
3 China 2645 22 13 85
4 Israel 2643 34 42 137
5 Azerbaijan 2638 17 12 55
6 United States of America 2632 65 109 506
7 Hungary 2627 41 105 374
8 India 2625 18 58 159
9 Germany 2624 73 197 1074
10 Armenia 2624 23 23 65
# Name – Russia
 Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2771 20 1977
2 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2760 40 1983
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2759 20 1975
4 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2733 28 1983
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2723 27 1976
6 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2718 33 1985
7 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2702 0 1974
8 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2692 18 1980
9 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2688 24 1969
10 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2687 28 1987
# Name – Ukraine
 Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2779 19 1969
2 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2726 9 1983
3 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2706 17 1990
4 Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2693 29 1983
5 Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2688 15 1985
6 Moiseenko, Alexander g UKR 2676 9 1980
7 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2673 5 1986
8 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2671 21 1986
9 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2667 23 1978
10 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. g UKR 2633 22 1981
# Name – China
 Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Wang, Yue g CHN 2739 28 1987
2 Ni, Hua g CHN 2709 15 1983
3 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2702 9 1985
4 Wang, Hao g CHN 2691 7 1989
5 Zhang, Pengxiang g CHN 2644 7 1980
6 Li, Chao b g CHN 2628 8 1989
7 Zhou, Jianchao g CHN 2612 0 1988
8 Peng, Xiaomin g CHN 2590 0 1973
9 Hou, Yifan wg CHN 2571 15 1994
10 Li, Shilong g CHN 2559 19 1977
# Name – Israel
 Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 17 1968
2 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2660 7 1977
3 Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2652 28 1981
4 Rodshtein, Maxim g ISR 2650 25 1989
5 Roiz, Michael g ISR 2647 24 1983
5 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2647 14 1968
7 Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2645 23 1978
8 Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2608 18 1972
9 Huzman, Alexander g ISR 2602 16 1962
10 Erenburg, Sergey g ISR 2587 5 1983
# Name – Azerbaijan
 Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2761 27 1987
2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2724 29 1985
3 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2723 28 1986
4 Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2661 17 1986
5 Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2638 16 1988
6 Mamedov, Nidjat g AZE 2607 11 1985
7 Ibrahimov, Rasul g AZE 2568 0 1981
8 Abbasov, Farid g AZE 2565 8 1979
9 Mirzoev, Azer g AZE 2564 36 1978
9 Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2564 9 1992
# Name – USA
 Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2725 16 1974
2 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2699 19 1987
3 Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2659 25 1975
4 Shulman, Yuri g USA 2639 20 1975
5 Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2619 24 1983
6 Becerra Rivero, Julio g USA 2614 31 1973
7 Ehlvest, Jaan g USA 2595 24 1962
7 Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2595 9 1959
9 Christiansen, Larry M g USA 2588 0 1956
10 Ibragimov, Ildar g USA 2586 0 1967
# Name – Hungary
 Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Leko, Peter g HUN 2751 23 1979
2 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2693 8 1976
3 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2680 27 1976
4 Berkes, Ferenc g HUN 2651 9 1985
5 Balogh, Csaba g HUN 2605 22 1987
6 Chernin, Alexander g HUN 2593 0 1960
7 Gyimesi, Zoltan g HUN 2582 20 1977
7 Erdos, Viktor g HUN 2582 18 1987
9 Ribli, Zoltan g HUN 2577 18 1951
10 Ruck, Robert g HUN 2558 36 1977
# Name – India
 Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2791 11 1969
2 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2711 24 1981
3 Harikrishna, P. g IND 2673 26 1986
4 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2621 6 1987
5 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2614 22 1983
6 Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2600 35 1993
7 Gupta, Abhijeet g IND 2569 23 1989
8 Sandipan, Chanda g IND 2568 6 1983
9 Geetha Narayanan Gopal g IND 2555 18 1989
10 Arun Prasad, S. g IND 2552 14 1988
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  1. Anonymous Reply

    Nu surprise with Russia topping the list in every respect, however, was surprised to see Germany with the second highest number of GMs, IMs and titled players as well.

  2. Anonymous Reply

    Surprised??? Germany has always been the country with second most GM’s and IM’s in the world.

  3. Anonymous Reply

    Yes, other nations are actually catching up on Germany. Not the other way around.

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