1. How many grand masters are there? - Chess Forums
There are about 1300 grandmasters in the world. I think just a little over that number by now. They are spread among 75 countries, with Russia having 156.
Im curious how many there are world wide? How many are there per country?

2. How Many Chess Grandmasters Are There? | SquareOff
28 apr 2022 · It is estimated that there are about 800 million chess players in the world and only a minuscule amount of them are grandmasters. There are 1773 ...
A chess grandmaster is the highest award in chess. Here's exactly how many chess grand masters are there in the world

3. How Many Chess Players Are There In The World?
28 nov 2017 · At the time of writing, there are 1,594 grandmasters in the world. Of these, 1,559 are male and 35 are female. This proportion is consistent ...
"Nobody knows, even roughly, how many people play chess, and nobody should pretend to know." -- Edward Winter1 Is chess the most popular game in the world? While no one can say for certain, here are some estimates of the numbers of chess players, Chess.com members, tournament players, and grandmasters.

4. How Many Chess Grandmasters Are There? | Amphy Blog
17 dec 2022 · There are nearly 2000 grandmasters in the world. Many come from Russia and the United States but are from nearly every country.
To become a master of the game, you must spend years studying, practicing, and learning about complex strategies.....

5. How Many People Play Chess? A Guide to the Numbers
At the time of writing, there are 1,594 grandmasters in the world, of which 35 are female. This ratio is consistent with the number of men and women playing ...
Have you ever wondered how many people play chess worldwide? Let's dive into the numbers and statistics to find out!

6. Countries With The Most Chess Grandmasters
29 jul 2021 · Of these 27 players in total, the Soviets claimed 11 (all 11 already had the internal "USSR Grandmaster" title), with no other country ...
I put together a video that that showed how the number of grandmasters in the top countries has grown over the years. It's essentially a visual representation of a familiar historical theme, one we discussed recently. Chess.com created a video from this information (see below). The video begins with...

7. Grandmaster trends 1972-2020 - ChessBase
19 dec 2020 · How many grandmasters are there? Getting an exact count is difficult. The October 2020 FIDE rating list has 1722 but excludes deceased players.
What does it take to become a grandmaster? Can it be almost anyone with enough willpower as U.S. president Calvin Coolidge argued, “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence… Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent”. Or does it require much natural talent, including a high IQ score, and extensive practice? Robert Howard takes a deep look. | Pictured: Frank Marshall
8. FIDE Country Top chess players
See detailed statistics for Netherlands. Netherlands (Active players). #, Name, Title, Fed, Rating, G, B-Year. 1, Giri, Anish, g, NED, 2728, 11, 1994. 2, Van ...
FIDE - World Chess Federation, Online ratings, individual calculations
9. GM-s per capita worldwide, 1. Iceland ! - Chess Forums
ten million we have 52 grandmasters while in the United States for a population of cca. three hundred million there are 79 grandmasters. This gave me the idea ...
rank country average rating GM-s IM-s total titled population GM-s per capita ppm 1 Iceland 2521 12 13 52 325010 36,92 2 Monaco 2235 1 1 10 36136 27,67 3 Andorra 2286 2 1 7 76246 26,23 4 Armenia 2659 36 23 98 3024100 11,90 5 Montenegro 2453 6 15 61 620029 9,68 6 Serbia 2583 53 108 562 7181505 7,38 7...

10. Chess players by number of games - 365Chess.com
Chess players by number of games ; Anatoly Karpov, 2617 ; Alexei Shirov, 2655 ; Levon Aronian, 2738 ; Magnus Carlsen, 2831 ...
List of chess players with the largest numbers of games in the database. Download the games of the most prolific chess players of history.
11. World Statistics Day - Chess Touch - FIDE
20 okt 2020 · There are 1722 holders of the Grandmaster title in the world these days. In absolute numbers, Russia is the leader with as many as 239 GMs, ...
We are happy to use this unique moment and share some of the statistics that we have accumulated in our base of chess players.
