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Questions about game statistics, e.g. the winning percentage of a "line," the probability of some event occurring in a game, or player statistics.
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What is the physical response to a high level chess game?
Chess is used as an example of how the body can be influenced purely by brain activity:
In the middle of a chess Grand Master tournament these people are maintaining blood pressure for 6 hours' runni …
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What's the average total time for a game of bullet chess?
Bullet chess gives each player 1 minute to make all their moves - if that minute passes and they haven't checkmated their opponent, they lose (or if insufficient material, a draw).
Since chess has 2 p …
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How many FIDE rated games are played per year?
I was surprised not to be able to easily find this statistic. How many FIDE rated games are played around the world each year?
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Is there a data file available (e.g. a .csv) containing every single rated game?
What I found out so far
I see many websites with some limited database search capability, or summary statistics, but I couldn't find anywhere to simply download a complete dataset of FIDE games. …
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By how much does being told what piece to move improve one's Elo?
Here is a (rather humorous) game in which a 900 player is told by a much higher rated player only which kind of piece to move (e.g. along the lines of "bishop", not "light square bishop").
Is it saf …
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What are the biggest events in chess by viewership?
Are there statistics on how many viewers each chess tournament receives, and if so, what are the biggest chess tournaments by viewership (including online viewers) in recent years? …
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Do any grandmasters win more with black than white?
Some statistics indicate white scores 52-56% - but I wonder if that differs according to playing style - e.g. perhaps strong defenders prefer the black pieces. …
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How often do grandmasters miss checkmate?
Although top players are extremely good at finding checkmate, the number of permutations of moves in just 3 moves can be hundreds of thousands, and the farther out the possible mate (e.g. mate in 4, m …
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What's the oldest age at which a grandmaster played their first rated game?
Of all grandmasters past and present, what is the oldest age at which any of them started playing chess?
Define started playing chess:
The day that person played their first (FIDE, or equivalent) rat …
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How often do Super GMs achieve 100% engine correlation?
There has been speculation that anomalous values of a correlation metric1 may hint to the use of outside assistance.
Example
Examination of Hans Niemann vs Matthieu Cornette surprises:
Hikaru Nakamura …
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