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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 121304 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
 36.6% /37040
women
 15.9% /30526

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
54%
37040
women
46%
30526

Answers distribution by language:

language
French language
0%
63
Russian language
0%
32
English language
7%
8694
Portuguese language
0%
3
Dutch language
0%
5
German language
1%
1891
Spanish language
0%
5
Polish language
91%
110611
Romanian language
0%
0

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
99%
99%
120909
flagthe United States
2%
2%
2643
flagGermany
1%
1%
2382
flagIndia
1%
1%
2095
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
1465
flagAustralia
0%
0%
524
flagAustria
0%
0%
432
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
288
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
250
flagRepublic of Ireland
0%
0%
248

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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