Statistical information on the scientific library

Statistical information on the scientific library

The table lists research work about chess, in which researchers from 96 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 43 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

LandGesamtanzahl ForschungsbeiträgeAnzahl Forschungsbeiträge, Schule und BildungGesamtzahl der Titelträger (IGM, IM, FM),Stand Oktober 2023, FIDE
1USA87067916
2Russia5791772522
3Brazil436238249
4UK35439379
5Spain28283801
6Germany246161549
7Italy15418274
8France1308530
9India12819564
10Canada1129223
11Poland11017527
12China995192
13Cuba9665328
14The Netherlands904409
15Australia849229
16Turkey8134247
17Colombia8039289
18Iran6314146
18Slovenia632147
20Ecuador584178
20Ukraine5812580
20Switzerland584162
23Malaysia55365
24Argentina5415310
25Mexico5315248
26Austria507277
27Armenia 4830150
28Sweden477220
29Israel463243
30Indonesia4412141
30Portugal44759
32Hungary4210501
33Greece3610174
34Peru3522111
35Czechia349377
35Japan34132
37Finland 331123
38Romania3115297
38Uzbekistan311287
40South Africa278164
41Serbia262619
42Bulgaria235153
42Belgium231122
44Croatia212276
44Norway211164
46Venezuela2011165
47Uruguay19847
48Ireland15146
49Iraq14376
50Costa Rica13469
51Nigeria11448
51Denmark112154
53New Zealand10074
54Belarus8598
54Vietnam84173
54Thailand8021
57Moldova7273
57Korea7024
57Pakistan7016
57Saudi Arabia 705
61Kazakhstan62184
61Iceland6068
61Lithuania6069
64Paraguay5334
64Latvia5272
64Algeria5074
64Bolivien5044
64Philippines50113
69Azerbaidshan41164
69Egypt4081
69Estonia4054
69Singapore4083
69Slovak Republic40140
74Puerto Rico3144
74Malta3027
74United Arab Emirates3062
77Georgia21144
77Nicaragua2130
77Sri Lanka2171
77Bangladesh2051
72Cyprus2011
77Kirgistan2025
77Luxembourg2017
77Macedonia2050
77Yemen2020
86Angola1133
86Dominican Republic1163
86Mongolia11117
86Tajikistan1114
86Bosnia & Herzegovina10109
86Lebanon1025
86Morocco1047
86Oman106
86Palestine1014
86Sudan1018
86Trinidad and Tobago1032

last update: 31.10.2023

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

SpracheGesamtanzahl ForschungsbeiträgeAnzahl Forschungsbeiträge, Schule und Bildung
1English2887322
2Spanish551278
3Russian542172
4Portuguese422254
5German10716
6French8510
7Italian707
8Polish5415
9Turkish4319
10Ukrainian3710
11Greek216
12Indonesian196
13Persian165
13Czech163
15Hungarian139
16Slovenian100
17Swedish95
17Romanian92
19Catalan75
19Croatian71
21Bulgarian62
22Armenian31
22Dutch31
22Hebrew31
22Arabic31
22Norwegian30
22Bosnian30
28Latvian22
28Tajik21
28Chinese20
31Serbian11
31Afrikaans11
31Kurdish11
31Danish11
31Georgian10
31Vietnamese10
31Korean10
31Malaysian10
31Thai10
31Kyrgyz10
31Uzbek10
31Corsican10
31Kazakh10

last update: 31.10.2023

Overview - Distribution of research papers on chess over the years

JahrAnzahl Forschungsbeiträge, Schule und BildungGesamtanzahl Forschungsbeiträge
202346136
202288384
202194427
2020118437
201996342
201887336
2017100304
201681309
201574269
201457243
201337186
201249215
201139171
201025151
200934144
200832124
200723113
20061194
20051080
20041577
2003347
2002539
2001540
2000634
1999226

last update: 31.10.2023