Deflection (chess)

Deflection - chess tactic that forces an opposing piece to leave the square, rank or file it occupies, thus exposing the king or a valuable piece. Article "Deflection (chess)" in English Wikipedia has 18.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 3 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Deflection (chess)", its content was written by 16 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 89 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 528 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1060 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #274093 in January 2014
• Global: #102915 in April 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #532499 in March 2009
• Global: #718815 in March 2009

There are 10 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, 2025 (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	Bulgarian (bg) Отвличане (шахмат)		36.7778
2	Tamil (ta) விலக்குதல் (சதுரங்கம்)		28.1693
3	Arabic (ar) تشتيت (شطرنج)		26.0372
4	German (de) Ablenkung (Schach)		19.9105
5	French (fr) Déviation (échecs)		19.6179
6	Catalan (ca) Desviació (escacs)		18.6565
7	English (en) Deflection (chess)		18.3752
8	Turkish (tr) Saptırma (satranç)		18.2192
9	Ukrainian (uk) Відволікання (шахи)		15.6643
10	Russian (ru) Отвлечение (шахматы)		3.7463

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Deflection (chess)		126 511
2	German (de) Ablenkung (Schach)		26 193
3	Russian (ru) Отвлечение (шахматы)		23 459
4	Arabic (ar) تشتيت (شطرنج)		4 801
5	French (fr) Déviation (échecs)		4 732
6	Ukrainian (uk) Відволікання (шахи)		3 286
7	Catalan (ca) Desviació (escacs)		1 819
8	Turkish (tr) Saptırma (satranç)		1 718
9	Tamil (ta) விலக்குதல் (சதுரங்கம்)		891
10	Bulgarian (bg) Отвличане (шахмат)		415

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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 "Deflection (chess)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Deflection (chess)		582
2	Turkish (tr) Saptırma (satranç)		45
3	Russian (ru) Отвлечение (шахматы)		40
4	German (de) Ablenkung (Schach)		36
5	French (fr) Déviation (échecs)		27
6	Catalan (ca) Desviació (escacs)		15
7	Arabic (ar) تشتيت (شطرنج)		14
8	Bulgarian (bg) Отвличане (шахмат)		14
9	Tamil (ta) விலக்குதல் (சதுரங்கம்)		13
10	Ukrainian (uk) Відволікання (шахи)		12

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Ablenkung (Schach)		36
2	English (en) Deflection (chess)		16
3	French (fr) Déviation (échecs)		8
4	Russian (ru) Отвлечение (шахматы)		7
5	Ukrainian (uk) Відволікання (шахи)		7
6	Turkish (tr) Saptırma (satranç)		5
7	Tamil (ta) விலக்குதல் (சதுரங்கம்)		4
8	Bulgarian (bg) Отвличане (шахмат)		3
9	Arabic (ar) تشتيت (شطرنج)		2
10	Catalan (ca) Desviació (escacs)		1

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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 "Deflection (chess)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) تشتيت (شطرنج)		0
2	Bulgarian (bg) Отвличане (шахмат)		0
3	Catalan (ca) Desviació (escacs)		0
4	German (de) Ablenkung (Schach)		0
5	English (en) Deflection (chess)		0
6	French (fr) Déviation (échecs)		0
7	Russian (ru) Отвлечение (шахматы)		0
8	Tamil (ta) விலக்குதல் (சதுரங்கம்)		0
9	Turkish (tr) Saptırma (satranç)		0
10	Ukrainian (uk) Відволікання (шахи)		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 "Deflection (chess)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Deflection (chess)		528
2	Arabic (ar) تشتيت (شطرنج)		161
3	Russian (ru) Отвлечение (шахматы)		106
4	Ukrainian (uk) Відволікання (шахи)		101
5	Turkish (tr) Saptırma (satranç)		79
6	German (de) Ablenkung (Schach)		28
7	Catalan (ca) Desviació (escacs)		22
8	Tamil (ta) விலக்குதல் (சதுரங்கம்)		21
9	Bulgarian (bg) Отвличане (шахмат)		12
10	French (fr) Déviation (échecs)		2

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تشتيت (شطرنج)
bg	Bulgarian Отвличане (шахмат)
ca	Catalan Desviació (escacs)
de	German Ablenkung (Schach)
en	English Deflection (chess)
fr	French Déviation (échecs)
ru	Russian Отвлечение (шахматы)
ta	Tamil விலக்குதல் (சதுரங்கம்)
tr	Turkish Saptırma (satranç)
uk	Ukrainian Відволікання (шахи)

Best Rank

English: #532499 03.2009

Global: #718815 03.2009

Best Rank

English: #274093 01.2014

Global: #102915 04.2006

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