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Global Chess Knowledge Test

Since 2013, we have been measuring the global knowledge about chess through the online quiz game.
The results are based on 126067 answers to questions in category chess, given by players from 129 countries.
This test has questions in the following languages: French language, Russian language, English language, Portuguese language, Dutch language, German language, Spanish language, Polish language and Romanian language.

Results by country

Results by gender

men
 37.0% /37532
women
 16.2% /30724

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
54%
37532
women
46%
30724

Answers distribution by language:

language
French language
0%
63
Russian language
0%
33
English language
7%
9642
Portuguese language
0%
3
Dutch language
0%
5
German language
1%
2196
Spanish language
0%
5
Polish language
90%
114120
Romanian language
0%
0

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
98%
98%
123641
flagGermany
2%
2%
3185
flagthe United States
2%
2%
3093
flagIndia
1%
1%
2228
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
1692
flagAustralia
0%
0%
535
flagAustria
0%
0%
445
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
348
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
296
flagRepublic of Ireland
0%
0%
260

Quiz size

Number of active questions per language:

language
French language
1%
1
Russian language
1%
1
English language
22%
15
Portuguese language
1%
1
Dutch language
1%
1
German language
16%
11
Spanish language
1%
1
Polish language
51%
34
Romanian language
1%
1

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