Why are there no black chess grandmasters but a lot from Russia

TIL an International Chess Master tried to advance his career in 1951 by playing against 30 Russian school children at the same time. In the end, he drew 10 and lost the

Russian Grandmasters Leave Russia: 'I Have No Sympathy For This War' - Chess .com

Why has Russian chess faded so badly? They haven't held the world title for over a dozen years and have only 3 players in the candidates tournament. - Quora

We just wanted to play chess': Russia blocks access to Chess.com - Rest of World

Black Grandmaster Pontus Carlsson Is Speaking Out About Racism in Chess

Sara Khadem: 'I'm not me when I'm wearing a hijab', International

Why don't we have more outdoor chess culture like Russia of decades past? : r/chess

World Chess Championship 1972 - Wikipedia

Russia's Sergey Karjakin banned from chess for supporting invasion of Ukraine, Chess

Why does Russia have so many of the best chess players and programmers in the world? - Quora