Hi there. Either you are fond of chess and want to test your knowledge or are unable to properly navigate your web browser. Welcome chess players and inept internet users alike!
Before moving forward, this test is much longer than typical at 50 questions and will probably take at least 30 minutes, longer if you want to give it your all. For any chessplayer, casual or not, this should be rewarding. After feedback since the test's creation, the kinks have been all worked out, so you don't have to worry about frustrating over answers that aren't there.
This test has two variables: chess culture and chess skills. It contains questions on trivia, conceptual knowledge, and problem solving. I've tried to give this test a high ceiling and a very low floor, so most people will have a hard time scoring perfect or getting a score of zero. I've worked to make this test quite thorough as to get a good sample of your chess abilities and knowledge. There will be an extremely high variability of difficulty within the test. This test should catch skill levels within the range from absolute beginner to literally around high expert/master strength. The culture section also has a wide range of difficulty. You may skip any question you like, but realize you will not be penalized for incorrect answers. Guessing is to your advantage. Ready? Kick some ass, Seabass!
High Scores
shogi from Ohio, USA
Grandmaster: 100% Chess Cultured, 100% Chess Skilled
OrangeKing from Connecticut, USA
Historian Club Player: 96% Chess Cultured, 88% Chess Skilled
Tedde22 from Ohio, USA
Historian Hobbiest: 96% Chess Cultured, 56% Chess Skilled
haplessglider from Delaware, USA
Master: 80% Chess Cultured, 96% Chess Skilled
DeckHandLuke from Oklahoma, USA
Historian Club Player: 96% Chess Cultured, 80% Chess Skilled
sithan from York, United Kingdom
Historian Club Player: 96% Chess Cultured, 94% Chess Skilled
Qxh7 from Massachusetts, USA
Grandmaster: 100% Chess Cultured, 100% Chess Skilled
BraWearer from California, USA
Historian Club Player: 100% Chess Cultured, 88% Chess Skilled
ninecastles from Indiana, USA
Historian Club Player: 100% Chess Cultured, 74% Chess Skilled
castlerook from New York, USA
Cultured Master: 92% Chess Cultured, 96% Chess Skilled
tintxo from Cordoba, Argentina
Historian Club Player: 96% Chess Cultured, 92% Chess Skilled
lookingBroadly from Sydney, Australia
Grandmaster: 96% Chess Cultured, 96% Chess Skilled
Klokkentoren from Nijmegen, Netherlands
Cultured Master: 80% Chess Cultured, 96% Chess Skilled
skliaj from California, USA
Grandmaster: 100% Chess Cultured, 96% Chess Skilled
Chessplayer from Illinois, USA
Cultured Master: 92% Chess Cultured, 100% Chess Skilled
Balzato from Singapore, Singapore
Historian Club Player: 100% Chess Cultured, 88% Chess Skilled
ALTIMATAS from Copenhagen, Denmark
Crazy Bobby Fischer: 52% Chess Cultured, 96% Chess Skilled
Salience from California, USA
Historian Club Player: 96% Chess Cultured, 72% Chess Skilled
Karly88 from Dortmund, Germany
Grandmaster: 96% Chess Cultured, 96% Chess Skilled
aussie_kiss from Oxford, United Kingdom
Historian Hobbiest: 100% Chess Cultured, 60% Chess Skilled
bloodybugger from Singapore, Singapore
Grandmaster: 100% Chess Cultured, 100% Chess Skilled
monster_jam from Singapore, Singapore
Cultured Master: 88% Chess Cultured, 96% Chess Skilled
Boston_Passion from Massachusetts, USA
Grandmaster: 100% Chess Cultured, 96% Chess Skilled
gavinofrjc from Singapore, Singapore
Cultured Master: 84% Chess Cultured, 100% Chess Skilled
ibuild from Illinois, USA
Grandmaster: 96% Chess Cultured, 98% Chess Skilled
solskytz from Nice, France
Cultured Master: 92% Chess Cultured, 100% Chess Skilled
To appear on the high score list, message me after scoring as Crazy Bobby Fischer, or any type of Master or Historian. Anyone knowing that much chess deserves mention. Note: Images used in this test were not created by me other than the diagrams, which I used chess software to create and check for accuracy. Did you really think I was talented enough to design that other shit?
