8
Italy has the most followed by Brazil
Yugoslavija (current Serbia)
Mata!
Brazil with 5
Most of the top players have come from Russia.
Chess comes from India.
Boris Gelfand of Israel.
Since 1903 reportedly 27,o94 people have died due to extreme chess playing although only 24,897 are officially reported. the most people have died in one extreme chess insident was in 1965 when in the world chess championships in Poland were 4,987 people died and 34,863 were seriously injured .
International Cross Country Championships ended in 1973.
International Cross Country Championships was created in 1904.
Asian Cross Country Championships was created in 1991.