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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 126615 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% /37570
women
 16.2% /30731

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
55%
37570
women
45%
30731

Answers distribution by language:

language
French language
0%
63
Russian language
0%
33
English language
7%
9774
Portuguese language
0%
3
Dutch language
0%
5
German language
1%
2199
Spanish language
0%
5
Polish language
90%
114533
Romanian language
0%
0

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
97%
97%
123987
flagGermany
2%
2%
3231
flagthe United States
2%
2%
3182
flagIndia
1%
1%
2244
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
1721
flagAustralia
0%
0%
537
flagAustria
0%
0%
445
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
348
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
296
flagRepublic of Ireland
0%
0%
270

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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