Check (chess)

Check - chess condition. Article “Check (chess)” in English Wikipedia has 37.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 8 references and 10 sections.

This article has the best quality in Tamil Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Check (chess)”, its content was written by 101 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 625 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 601 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3001 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #32448 in March 2026
• Global: #6308 in September 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #67724 in December 2020
• Global: #42865 in December 2020

There are 38 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Tamil (ta) முற்றுகை (சதுரங்கம்)		43.7942
2	English (en) Check (chess)		37.3534
3	Chinese (zh) 將軍 (國際象棋)		36.2447
4	Turkish (tr) Şah çekmek		29.5773
5	Vietnamese (vi) Chiếu (cờ vua)		26.3058
6	French (fr) Échec au roi		25.9644
7	Belarusian (be) Шах (шахматы)		24.4762
8	Catalan (ca) Escac		24.0491
9	Japanese (ja) 王手		23.4334
10	Basque (eu) Xake (xakea)		22.4515

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Check (chess)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Check (chess)		1 047 513
2	Russian (ru) Шах (шахматы)		481 828
3	Spanish (es) Jaque		473 446
4	Japanese (ja) 王手		222 885
5	Italian (it) Scacco al re		171 869
6	Polish (pl) Szach (szachy)		160 149
7	Arabic (ar) كش (شطرنج)		148 770
8	German (de) Schachgebot		136 327
9	French (fr) Échec au roi		106 902
10	Vietnamese (vi) Chiếu (cờ vua)		85 899

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Check (chess)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Check (chess)		2 073
2	Russian (ru) Шах (шахматы)		590
3	Chinese (zh) 將軍 (國際象棋)		416
4	Japanese (ja) 王手		377
5	German (de) Schachgebot		311
6	Polish (pl) Szach (szachy)		296
7	Italian (it) Scacco al re		231
8	Persian (fa) کیش (شطرنج)		212
9	Spanish (es) Jaque		172
10	Vietnamese (vi) Chiếu (cờ vua)		152

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Check (chess)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Check (chess)		101
2	Dutch (nl) Schaak		50
3	Russian (ru) Шах (шахматы)		48
4	Japanese (ja) 王手		43
5	German (de) Schachgebot		41
6	French (fr) Échec au roi		38
7	Spanish (es) Jaque		31
8	Italian (it) Scacco al re		29
9	Polish (pl) Szach (szachy)		23
10	Czech (cs) Šach		20

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Check (chess)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Schachgebot		1
2	Italian (it) Scacco al re		1
3	Chinese (zh) 將軍 (國際象棋)		1
4	Arabic (ar) كش (شطرنج)		0
5	Azerbaijani (az) Şah (şahmat termini)		0
6	Belarusian (be) Шах (шахматы)		0
7	Bulgarian (bg) Шах (шахмат)		0
8	Catalan (ca) Escac		0
9	Czech (cs) Šach		0
10	Greek (el) Σαχ		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Check (chess)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Check (chess)		601
2	Japanese (ja) 王手		374
3	Greek (el) Σαχ		214
4	Arabic (ar) كش (شطرنج)		174
5	Turkish (tr) Şah çekmek		174
6	Korean (ko) 체크 (체스)		162
7	Russian (ru) Шах (шахматы)		161
8	Ukrainian (uk) Шах (шахи)		127
9	Czech (cs) Šach		94
10	Indonesian (id) Sekak		74

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic كش (شطرنج)
az	Azerbaijani Şah (şahmat termini)
be	Belarusian Шах (шахматы)
bg	Bulgarian Шах (шахмат)
ca	Catalan Escac
cs	Czech Šach
de	German Schachgebot
el	Greek Σαχ
en	English Check (chess)
es	Spanish Jaque
et	Estonian Tuli (male)
eu	Basque Xake (xakea)
fa	Persian کیش (شطرنج)
fr	French Échec au roi
gl	Galician Xaque
he	Hebrew שח
hi	Hindi शह
hy	Armenian Շախ (շախմատ)
id	Indonesian Sekak
it	Italian Scacco al re
ja	Japanese 王手
kk	Kazakh Шах
ko	Korean 체크 (체스)
lt	Lithuanian Šachas (šachmatai)
nl	Dutch Schaak
pl	Polish Szach (szachy)
pt	Portuguese Xeque (xadrez)
ro	Romanian Șah (situație în jocul de șah)
ru	Russian Шах (шахматы)
sk	Slovak Šach (situácia)
sv	Swedish Schacka
ta	Tamil முற்றுகை (சதுரங்கம்)
tr	Turkish Şah çekmek
uk	Ukrainian Шах (шахи)
ur	Urdu شہ
uz	Uzbek Kisht berish (shaxmat)
vi	Vietnamese Chiếu (cờ vua)
zh	Chinese 將軍 (國際象棋)

Best Rank

English: #67724 12.2020

Global: #42865 12.2020

Best Rank

English: #32448 03.2026

Global: #6308 09.2003

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