FIDE Chess Network

FIDE Chess Network

The game of chess has a long and rich history. In the last century it has been closely connected to the world chess federation FIDE1. This paper analyses all of the rated chess games published on the FIDE website from January 2008 to September 2010 with network analytic methods. We discuss some play...

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Main Authors: Kristijan Breznik, Vladimir Batagelj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Austrian Statistical Society 2016-02-01
Series:Austrian Journal of Statistics
Online Access:http://www.ajs.or.at/index.php/ajs/article/view/214
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spelling doaj-2e799fcc1557477f90b359141a781b9f2021-04-22T12:34:39ZengAustrian Statistical SocietyAustrian Journal of Statistics1026-597X2016-02-0140410.17713/ajs.v40i4.214FIDE Chess NetworkKristijan Breznik0Vladimir Batagelj1International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje, SloveniaFaculty of Mathematics and Physics, Ljubljana, SloveniaThe game of chess has a long and rich history. In the last century it has been closely connected to the world chess federation FIDE1. This paper analyses all of the rated chess games published on the FIDE website from January 2008 to September 2010 with network analytic methods. We discuss some players and game properties, above all the portion of games played between the world’s best chess players and the frequency of games among countries. Additionally, our analysis confirms the already known advantage of white pieces in the game of chess. We conclude that some modifications in the current system should appear in the near future.http://www.ajs.or.at/index.php/ajs/article/view/214
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description The game of chess has a long and rich history. In the last century it has been closely connected to the world chess federation FIDE1. This paper analyses all of the rated chess games published on the FIDE website from January 2008 to September 2010 with network analytic methods. We discuss some players and game properties, above all the portion of games played between the world’s best chess players and the frequency of games among countries. Additionally, our analysis confirms the already known advantage of white pieces in the game of chess. We conclude that some modifications in the current system should appear in the near future.
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