@pulix ... the OP is a kid, okay? So it's sort of ridiculous you go about calling him illiterate when you yourself aren't too sure of grammar. That, mate, is the irony. And "pinnhead"?
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ColonelKnight wrote:
@pulix ... the OP is a kid, okay? So it's sort of ridiculous you go about calling him illiterate when you yourself aren't too sure of grammar. That, mate, is the irony. And "pinnhead"?
too sure of grammar? get a life mate! who knew he's a kid? plus, let's not go into comparing our grammar level...but I guess you're the type of a guy who finds mistakes even in his own stool!
and yeah..pinnhead..maybe you got a BBC link with that too!
So I guess we can quantify how popular the game is by how many GMs but it's much harder to decide how much respect for players exist. I think the former Soviet nations probably win this category though. Or at least rank very highly.
"Finding mistakes in stool" ... is that a thing in the glorious nation of Laos?
pulix wrote:
ColonelKnight wrote:
"Considering your grammar, I think the country with the most illiterate people is the USA."
See this http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1535_questionanswer/page51.shtml
'According' is the wrong word to use in this context. And don't get me started on your unnecessary use of punctuation.
That said, sir, the United States of America is a pretty awesome place.
oh, oh, sorry ColonelKite!! i guess the overuse of a comma and that "according to" can't even compete with: "chess are most popular", "how many % ", "Russia and Ukraine comes"!! nooo, sir, because the USA IS a pretty awesome place!
Mate, it's ok...you defend your country and I have nothing against the US but don't be a pinnhead just for the sake of finding mistakes!
What's the saying, already ? Something with stones and glasshouse...
The new members this month are an argumentative crowd.
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He who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw rocks...unless he has a machine gun turret on the roof designed specifically to target incoming rocks. Then he who lives in a glass house can throw rocks at whomever he pleases.
Irontiger wrote:
pulix wrote:
ColonelKnight wrote:
"Considering your grammar, I think the country with the most illiterate people is the USA."
See this http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1535_questionanswer/page51.shtml
'According' is the wrong word to use in this context. And don't get me started on your unnecessary use of punctuation.
That said, sir, the United States of America is a pretty awesome place.
oh, oh, sorry ColonelKite!! i guess the overuse of a comma and that "according to" can't even compete with: "chess are most popular", "how many % ", "Russia and Ukraine comes"!! nooo, sir, because the USA IS a pretty awesome place!
Mate, it's ok...you defend your country and I have nothing against the US but don't be a pinnhead just for the sake of finding mistakes!
What's the saying, already ? Something with stones and glasshouse...
ColonelKnight wrote:
"Finding mistakes in stool" ... is that a thing in the glorious nation of Laos?
fyi, I'm not from Laos!
watcha wrote:
rank country average rating GM-s IM-s total titled population GM-s per capita ppm 1 Iceland 2521 12 13 52 325010 36,92 2 Monaco 2235 1 1 10 36136 27,67 3 Andorra 2286 2 1 7 76246 26,23 4 Armenia 2659 36 23 98 3024100 11,90 5 Montenegro 2453 6 15 61 620029 9,68 6 Serbia 2583 53 108 562 7181505 7,38 7 Croatia 2581 31 61 243 4290612 7,23 8 Slovenia 2554 13 21 101 2061149 6,31 9 Latvia 2521 12 11 52 2014000 5,96 10 Georgia 2592 26 38 115 4483800 5,80 11 Hungary 2653 52 111 428 9906000 5,25 12 Israel 2631 39 49 161 8081000 4,83 13 Bulgaria 2612 35 55 138 7282041 4,81 14 Macedonia 2471 9 10 47 2062294 4,36 15 Estonia 2460 5 12 41 1286540 3,89 16 Lithuania 2476 9 15 52 2950684 3,05 17 Czech Republic 2579 30 74 272 10512900 2,85 18 Azerbaijan 2614 20 21 86 9235100 2,17 19 Bosnia & Herzegovina 2509 8 25 91 3839737 2,08 20 Sweden 2537 19 36 141 9616429 1,98 21 Norway 2554 10 29 104 5077798 1,97 22 Denmark 2533 11 34 119 5608784 1,96 23 Cuba 2589 21 43 288 11163934 1,88 24 Slovakia 2509 10 27 103 5410728 1,85 25 Belarus 2571 17 25 94 9464400 1,80 26 Netherlands 2639 30 79 297 16803500 1,79 27 Ukraine 2704 81 196 502 45469812 1,78 28 Moldova 2489 6 23 66 3559500 1,69 29 Qatar 2068 3 1 11 1864817 1,61 30 Russia 2740 220 502 2216 143500000 1,53 31 Mongolia 2416 4 7 48 2754685 1,45 32 Greece 2551 12 23 109 10815197 1,11 33 Romania 2582 21 82 273 20121641 1,04 34 Germany 2622 80 236 1216 80523700 0,99 35 Switzerland 2507 8 35 133 8085300 0,99 36 Poland 2628 38 99 339 38533299 0,99 37 Spain 2598 43 108 502 46704314 0,92 38 Finland 2439 5 20 109 5442322 0,92 39 Kazakhstan 2497 15 28 124 17076000 0,88 40 Austria 2497 7 46 210 8464554 0,83 41 Turkmenistan 2374 4 8 45 5240000 0,76 42 France 2663 47 100 371 65776000 0,71 43 Paraguay 2356 4 3 23 6600284 0,61 44 Singapore 2329 3 13 61 5399200 0,56 45 England 2623 35 56 249 63705000 0,55 46 Argentina 2538 20 72 246 40117096 0,50 47 Uzbekistan 2526 11 10 51 30183400 0,36 48 Belgium 2488 4 20 86 11162121 0,36 49 Albania 2323 1 6 18 2821977 0,35 50 Uruguay 2297 1 4 29 3286314 0,30 51 Canada 2511 10 34 147 35158304 0,28 52 Portugal 2410 3 13 40 10562178 0,28 53 United States of America 2653 79 123 613 316889000 0,25 54 United Arab Emirates 2305 2 5 40 8264070 0,24 55 Chile 2468 4 11 61 16634603 0,24 56 New Zealand 2308 1 6 37 4476800 0,22 57 Ireland 2386 1 7 28 4585400 0,22 58 Peru 2513 6 11 58 30475144 0,20 59 Tunisia 2311 2 4 23 10777500 0,19 60 Kyrgyzstan 2286 1 5 12 5551900 0,18 61 Australia 2443 4 25 110 23219582 0,17 62 Italy 2562 10 41 201 59772978 0,17 63 Philippines 2544 15 24 76 98522000 0,15 64 Tajikistan 2271 1 4 7 8000000 0,13 65 Iran 2494 9 12 70 76987000 0,12 66 Dominican Republic 2323 1 6 24 9445281 0,11 67 Turkey 2534 8 18 79 75627384 0,11 68 Bolivia 2246 1 2 23 10027254 0,10 69 Colombia 2438 4 31 111 47283000 0,08 70 Vietnam 2499 7 12 106 88780000 0,08 71 Brazil 2545 11 29 172 201032714 0,05 72 Mexico 2450 5 27 152 118395054 0,04 73 Egypt 2471 3 27 56 83661000 0,04 74 Venezuela 2418 1 18 56 28946101 0,03 75 Bangladesh 2401 5 3 31 152518015 0,03 76 India 2644 34 76 230 1235320000 0,03 77 Algeria 2319 1 10 36 37900000 0,03 78 Indonesia 2420 6 14 80 237641326 0,03 79 China 2671 34 25 127 1360570000 0,02 80 South Korea 2084 1 1 12 50219669 0,02
Wooah, somebody actually did the statistics already?
pulix wrote:
according to your grammar, i think the country with the most illiterate people, are the USA..
To pulix: "i'm waiting for an explanation, brainiac!!"
I really hope this pulix guy is joking... but I have a feeling that he isn't.
Nah, he's not kidding. These people from their speck-on-the-map countries love to trash-talk about the US even as the whole village goes about assembling iphones.
macer75 wrote:
I really hope this pulix guy is joking... but I have a feeling that he isn't.
ColonelKnight wrote:
Nah, he's not kidding. These people from their speck-on-the-map countries love to trash-talk about the US even as the whole village goes about assembling iphones.
macer75 wrote:
I really hope this pulix guy is joking... but I have a feeling that he isn't.
He's not joking. He wants to hijack this thread and turn it into a grammar lesson. He's not from Laos, but he is too much of a coward to reveal where he is really from.
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echizenjohn wrote:
Philippines...
despite of lack of "Financial support/capabilities" to join in different tournament around the world, there are so many Filipinos Chess Enthusiasts here.... Not mentioning Wesley So, Eugene Torre, Joey Antonio, Mark Paragua etc....
Is it more popular there than pool?
Monaco is surprisingly at #2.
And wasn't the Philippines the site of a previous World Championship match? Could that be why chess is popular there?
Chuckieman wrote:
ColonelKnight wrote:
Nah, he's not kidding. These people from their speck-on-the-map countries love to trash-talk about the US even as the whole village goes about assembling iphones.
macer75 wrote:
I really hope this pulix guy is joking... but I have a feeling that he isn't.
He's not joking. He wants to hijack this thread and turn it into a grammar lesson. He's not from Laos, but he is too much of a coward to reveal where he is really from.
why should I be a coward? I never said i don't want to reveal where I'm from! I'm Australian from the town of Mackay, Queensland!satisfied?
now, where's ColonelKnight to say again that you're just a child??
This being said, i repeat that I have nothing against the US or it's people, but I couldn't help it. I had to say something when I saw your mistakes.
Hi, Chuckieman, have a look in the forum, here on chess.com, called " GM-s per capita, 1. Iceland ! " in which I wrote post number seven, some six weeks ago ! That answers your question I think ! Regards, Ger.
P. S. If important and/or necessary, transmit that post to this thread !
I think the table is suggestive but only really shows how many GMs. How about of the general population? Which country has the most people playing chess as a percentage of its population? I would have thought this had to be in a country where is part of the school curriculum. Someone suggested this is the case of Russia and I think Georgia does as well.
"Considering your grammar, I think the country with the most illiterate people is the USA."
See this http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1535_questionanswer/page51.shtml
'According' is the wrong word to use in this context. And don't get me started on your unnecessary use of punctuation.
That said, sir, the United States of America is a pretty awesome place.
oh, oh, sorry ColonelKite!! i guess the overuse of a comma and that "according to" can't even compete with: "chess are most popular", "how many % ", "Russia and Ukraine comes"!! nooo, sir, because the USA IS a pretty awesome place!
Mate, it's ok...you defend your country and I have nothing against the US but don't be a pinnhead just for the sake of finding mistakes!