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Which Countries Have the Potential to Become Global Chess Leaders?
Written by Administrator
Thursday, 04 April 2013
One of the ways of estimating the chances of a country to produce top players in the future is to check how many promising junior players it has. Obviously, not all the chess prodigies become part of the world elite, but we are discussing potential here.
Federation
# of players in FIDE Top-100
# of players in FIDE Top-100 Juniors
Trend
Russia
23
16
Negative
Ukraine
10
4
Negative
Hungary
6
3
Negative
China
6
7
Positive
Armenia
5
4
Negative
France
5
2
Negative
India
4
12
Positive
USA
4
5
Positive
England
4
1
Negative
Azerbaijan
3
2
Negative
Bulgaria
3
0
Negative
Israel
3
3
-
Netherlands
2
5
Positive
Cuba
2
0
Negative
Czech Republic
2
1
Negative
Poland
2
7
Positive
Norway
1
1
-
Italy
1
1
-
Vietnam
1
0
Negative
Uzbekistan
1
0
Negative
Germany
1
3
Positive
Georgia
1
1
-
Philippines
1
1
-
Latvia
1
0
Negative
Spain
1
3
Positive
Moldavia
1
0
Negative
Romania
1
0
Negative
Austria
1
0
Negative
Belarus
1
2
Positive
Venezuela
1
0
Negative
Denmark
1
1
-
Serbia
1
1
-
Peru
0
2
Positive
Argentina
0
2
Positive
Turkey
0
1
Positive
Sweden
0
1
Positive
UAE
0
1
Positive
Greece
0
1
Positive
Belgium
0
1
Positive
Iran
0
1
Positive
Bosnia & Herzegovina
0
1
Positive
Slovakia
0
1
Positive
Turkmenistan
0
1
Positive
Brazil
0
1
Positive
Sorted by: 1. # of players in top-100 2.ratings of top-rated representatives
Current top-12: 1.Russia 2.Ukraine 3.Hungary 4.China 5-6.Armenia, France 7-9.India, USA, England 10-12. Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Israel
