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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 125036 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
 36.8% /37397
women
 16.1% /30667

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
54%
37397
women
46%
30667

Answers distribution by language:

language
French language
0%
63
Russian language
0%
33
English language
7%
9415
Portuguese language
0%
3
Dutch language
0%
5
German language
1%
2115
Spanish language
0%
5
Polish language
90%
113397
Romanian language
0%
0

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
98%
98%
123109
flagGermany
2%
2%
3016
flagthe United States
2%
2%
2980
flagIndia
1%
1%
2204
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
1603
flagAustralia
0%
0%
535
flagAustria
0%
0%
445
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
317
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
296
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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