Statistical information on the scientific library

Statistical information on the scientific library

The table lists research work about chess, in which researchers from 94 countries are involved. The category "School and Education" provides a better overview for this specific area of research. The assignment of individual research papers to this category can only be arbitrary.

The economic power USA publishes more research results about chess than any other nation, followed by Great Britain, Russia, Brazil, Spain and Germany. In Russia and China a great amount of research papers are published in the native tongue. This makes research and presentation in the table difficult.In the table you can find research paper on chess in 40 languages, with English being the most important scientific language.

Russia and Brazil take a leading position in research results of chess concerning school and education. Intensive research on chess at school is also being conducted in USA, Great Britain, Spain, Cuba, Turkey, Armenia and Ecuador. The Latin American countries publish considerably more research paper on "chess in schools" than Russia or than the USA and Great Britain together. Governments in Latin America have set up state education programmes in which chess plays a special role. Through chess all children should be given better access to education. The scientists from Latin American countries publish their results on school chess preferably in their mother tongue Spanish or Portuguese.

Scientists who have published a particularly large number of papers related to chess are:

• Merim Bilalić, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
• Guillermo Campitelli, PhD in Psychology. Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University, Australia
• Dr. Neil Charness, Professor of Psychology, Florida State University, USA
• Fernand Gobet, Ph.D. Professor Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
• Azlan Iqbal, Senior Lecturer, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia
• Irina V. Mikhailova, PhD in Education, Assistant Professor, Russian State University of Social Sciences, Moscow, Russia
• Giovanni Sala, PhD University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
• Herbert Alexander Simon, PhD, Professor, economist and operations researcher, Nobel Prize winner, USA

Overview - countries of origin and the number of research papers on chess

	Land	Anzahl Forschungsbeiträge, Schule und Bildung	Gesamtanzahl Forschungsbeiträge	Gesamtzahl der Titelträger (IGM, IM, FM),Stand 27.12.2022, FIDE
1	USA	59	818	863
2	Russia	169	535	2562
3	Brazil	210	399	246
4	UK	45	331	378
5	Spain	67	253	743
6	Germany	16	227	1511
7	Italy	17	147	268
8	France	8	134	505
9	India	19	118	522
10	Canada	9	106	223
11	Poland	16	105	494
12	China	4	89	189
13	The Netherlands	4	84	404
14	Cuba	58	83	322
15	Australia	8	79	192
16	Colombia	29	64	281
17	Slovenia	1	62	142
18	Turkey	28	59	231
19	Iran	12	58	138
20	Malaysia	3	55	63
21	Switzerland	3	53	155
22	Ecuador	37	51	74
22	Argentina	15	51	304
24	Mexico	15	50	229
25	Sweden	7	46	214
26	Austria	7	45	264
26	Israel	3	45	233
28	Armenia	27	44	140
29	Ukraine	8	42	571
30	Portugal	7	41	57
31	Indonesia	11	40	137
32	Hungary	10	39	490
33	Japan	1	34	31
34	Greece	9	33	162
35	Finland	1	32	122
36	Czechia	7	30	360
37	Peru	17	29	109
38	Romania	13	26	286
38	South Africa	8	26	149
38	Serbia	2	26	614
41	Uzbekistan	10	25	86
42	Bulgaria	5	21	152
42	Belgium	1	21	118
44	Venezuela	10	19	163
44	Norway	0	19	161
46	Uruguay	7	18	47
46	Croatia	1	18	266
48	Ireland	1	15	45
49	Iraq	3	13	76
50	Nigeria	3	10	48
50	New Zealand	0	10	74
52	Denmark	1	8	153
52	Thailand	0	8	20
54	Estonia	0	7	54
54	Korea	0	7	23
54	Pakistan	0	7	15
54	Saudi Arabia	0	7	5
58	Vietnam	2	6	158
58	Costa Rica	0	6	64
58	Lithuania	0	6	65
61	Belarus	3	5	107
61	Kazakhstan	2	5	183
61	Latvia	2	5	71
61	Moldova	2	5	73
61	Algeria	0	5	74
61	Iceland	0	5	67
61	Philippines	0	5	109
68	Paraguay	1	4	34
68	Egypt	0	4	80
68	Slovak Republic	0	4	138
71	Puerto Rico	1	3	44
71	Malta	0	3	26
71	Singapore	0	3	76
71	United Arab Emirates	0	3	61
75	Azerbaidshan	1	2	164
75	Nicaragua	1	2	30
75	Bangladesh	0	2	51
75	Bolivien	0	2	42
75	Cyprus	0	2	11
75	Kirgistan	0	2	24
75	Luxembourg	0	2	17
75	Macedonia	0	2	50
75	Yemen	0	2	16
84	Dominican Republic	1	1	63
84	Georgia	1	1	142
84	Tajikistan	1	1	13
84	Bosnia & Herzegovina	0	1	110
84	Lebanon	0	1	25
84	Morocco	0	1	46
84	Oman	0	1	6
84	Palestine	0	1	14
84	Sri Lanka	0	1	70
84	Sudan	0	1	18
84	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	32

last update: 28.12.2022

Overview - number of research papers on chess in the respective language

	Sprache	Gesamtanzahl Forschungsbeiträge	Anzahl Forschungsbeiträge, Schule und Bildung
1	English	2699	284
2	Russian	495	163
3	Spanish	478	236
4	Portuguese	384	224
5	German	96	15
6	French	85	10
7	Italian	66	7
8	Polish	53	15
9	Turkish	26	15
10	Greek	19	5
10	Ukrainian	19	5
12	Indonesian	17	6
13	Persian	14	4
13	Czech	14	3
15	Hungarian	13	9
16	Slovenian	10	0
17	Swedish	8	5
18	Catalan	7	5
19	Bulgarian	6	2
20	Romanian	5	2
20	Croatian	5	0
22	Armenian	3	1
22	Dutch	3	1
22	Hebrew	3	1
22	Bosnian	3	0
22	Norwegian	3	0
27	Latvian	2	2
28	Afrikaans	1	1
28	Arabic	1	1
28	Kurdish	1	1
28	Serbian	1	1
28	Tajik	1	1
28	Chinese	1	0
28	Georgian	1	0
28	Korean	1	0
28	Kyrgyz	1	0
28	Malaysian	1	0
28	Thai	1	0
28	Uzbek	1	0
28	Vietnamese	1	0

last update: 28.12.2022

Overview - Distribution of research papers on chess over the years

Jahr	Gesamtanzahl Forschungsbeiträge	Anzahl Forschungsbeiträge, Schule und Bildung
2022	301	67
2021	398	82
2020	407	105
2019	331	90
2018	322	81
2017	293	93
2016	296	78
2015	264	72
2014	228	52
2013	180	37
2012	204	46
2011	167	37
2010	145	24
2009	140	32
2008	119	32
2007	110	23
2006	88	10
2005	79	9
2004	73	14
2003	42	3
2002	37	5
2001	38	5
2000	32	6
1999	25	2

last update: 28.12.2022