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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 123385 answers to questions in category chess, given by players from 127 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
 36.7% /37223
women
 16.0% /30580

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
54%
37223
women
46%
30580

Answers distribution by language:

language
French language
0%
63
Russian language
0%
33
English language
7%
9099
Portuguese language
0%
3
Dutch language
0%
5
German language
1%
1997
Spanish language
0%
5
Polish language
90%
112180
Romanian language
0%
0

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
99%
99%
122167
flagthe United States
2%
2%
2840
flagGermany
2%
2%
2740
flagIndia
1%
1%
2170
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
1507
flagAustralia
0%
0%
527
flagAustria
0%
0%
438
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
296
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
283
flagRepublic of Ireland
0%
0%
259

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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