Answers.Body: <p>The parameters I can think of: </p>
  
  <p>Number of</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Chess club members</li>
  <li>FIDE rated players</li>
  <li>FIDE titled players</li>
  <li>Grandmasters</li>
  <li>Female players</li>
  <li>Tournaments</li>
  <li>Seminars / lectures</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I'm not sure how to convert these parameters into a final score, nevertheless I'm curious how the list of best chess cities would look like. I would expect Moscow to be clear number one (many resident grandmasters, many tournaments). I'm also wondering how good <a href="http://saintlouischessclub.org/" rel="nofollow">Saint-Louis</a> would score.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm been thinking about the metrics to measure to make a "Best Cities for Chess" list. Assume I'm going to call these cities as "Chess Ecosystems", what are some of the things that would indicate its health? </p>
  
  <p>ex: Number of FIDE rated players, tournaments organized every year, coaches available, etc. </p>
  
  <p>What will you add to this list ? </p>
  
Tags: <tournament><clubs>
Title: What constitutes a chess ecosystem?
ThreadText: # What constitutes a chess ecosystem?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-14)
  
  I'm been thinking about the metrics to measure to make a "Best Cities for Chess" list. Assume I'm going to call these cities as "Chess Ecosystems", what are some of the things that would indicate its health?
  
  ex: Number of FIDE rated players, tournaments organized every year, coaches available, etc.
  
  What will you add to this list ?
  
  **Tags:** tournament, clubs
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-08-15. Score: 2
  
  The parameters I can think of:
  
  Number of
  
  * Chess club members
  * FIDE rated players
  * FIDE titled players
  * Grandmasters
  * Female players
  * Tournaments
  * Seminars / lectures
  
  I'm not sure how to convert these parameters into a final score, nevertheless I'm curious how the list of best chess cities would look like. I would expect Moscow to be clear number one (many resident grandmasters, many tournaments). I'm also wondering how good [Saint-Louis](http://saintlouischessclub.org/) would score.
  
  
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