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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 125912 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% /37527
women
 16.2% /30721

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
54%
37527
women
46%
30721

Answers distribution by language:

language
French language
0%
63
Russian language
0%
33
English language
7%
9625
Portuguese language
0%
3
Dutch language
0%
5
German language
1%
2177
Spanish language
0%
5
Polish language
90%
114001
Romanian language
0%
0

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
98%
98%
123532
flagGermany
2%
2%
3166
flagthe United States
2%
2%
3076
flagIndia
1%
1%
2221
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
1684
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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