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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 124143 answers to questions in category chess, given by players from 128 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
 36.8% /37313
women
 16.0% /30588

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
54%
37313
women
46%
30588

Answers distribution by language:

language
French language
0%
63
Russian language
0%
33
English language
7%
9230
Portuguese language
0%
3
Dutch language
0%
5
German language
1%
2056
Spanish language
0%
5
Polish language
90%
112748
Romanian language
0%
0

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
98%
98%
122618
flagthe United States
2%
2%
2905
flagGermany
2%
2%
2870
flagIndia
1%
1%
2183
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
1528
flagAustralia
0%
0%
527
flagAustria
0%
0%
444
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
306
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
291
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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