8
Italy has the most followed by Brazil
Mata!
Brazil with 5
Yugoslavija (current Serbia)
Boris Gelfand of Israel.
Most of the top players have come from Russia.
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 .
Chess comes from India.
Nordic Cross Country Championships was created in 1997.
NACAC Cross Country Championships was created in 2005.
Asian Cross Country Championships was created in 1991.