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
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# of players in FIDE Top-100
|
# of players in FIDE Top-100 Juniors
|
Trend
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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
Potential top-12: 1.Russia 2.India 3-4.China, Poland 5-6.USA, Netherlands 7-8.Ukraine, Armenia 9-12.Hungary, Israel, Germany, Spain
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