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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 121561 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% /37086
women
 15.9% /30540

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
54%
37086
women
46%
30540

Answers distribution by language:

language
French language
0%
63
Russian language
0%
32
English language
7%
8746
Portuguese language
0%
3
Dutch language
0%
5
German language
1%
1928
Spanish language
0%
5
Polish language
91%
110779
Romanian language
0%
0

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
99%
99%
121067
flagthe United States
2%
2%
2680
flagGermany
1%
1%
2393
flagIndia
1%
1%
2109
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
1478
flagAustralia
0%
0%
526
flagAustria
0%
0%
432
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
289
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
260
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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