@DogFan said in #1:
> Who is the greatest nation at chess in 2023?
It looks like the Balkans, the Baltic, the Caucasus, and Iceland have the highest proportion of good chess players, but ...
China, Russia, and the U.S. have the strongest players.
@CaseyReese Hi Casey, where did you find those maps? I really enjoy looking at statistical maps like that. There's probably other good stuff there too!
The Best Nation is Earth among other planets.
@DogFan said in #8:
> Soviet union has produced lots of strong GMs including spassky kasparov and kasparov.
Spassky, Kasparov and Kasparov can't beat Norway's Carlsen, Carlsen and Carlsen though.
country , GMs , Population, GMs Per Cap
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russia , 256 , 144M , 0.56
usa , 101 , 340M , 0.30
china , 48 , 1425M , 0.03
india , 64 , 1429M , 0.04
.....
straya , 10 , 26M , 0.38
hmmm. straya beats the usa, but not russia.
I think armenia is killing it, possibly the best chess country in the world but I haven't checked all of them
armenia, 44, 2.8M , 15.7
but straya is the best nation, therefore it is the best nation at chess
@h2b2 said in #17:
> straya is the best nation
fair dinkum
I can tell you who it’s not, it’s not GB xxx
Norway has all the 2800+ players in 2023 so i would say it is the best
