Fifty-move rule

Fifty-move rule - chess rule that a player can claim a draw if no capture has been made and no pawn has been moved in the last 50 moves. Article “Fifty-move rule” in English Wikipedia has 69.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 46 references and 12 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Fifty-move rule”, its content was written by 102 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 379 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 551 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1433 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #15222 in August 2020
• Global: #15399 in July 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #107345 in January 2021
• Global: #110914 in December 2020

There are 21 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	English (en) Fifty-move rule		69.8652
2	Ukrainian (uk) Правило п'ятдесяти ходів		39.6405
3	French (fr) Règle des 50 coups		34.9551
4	Bulgarian (bg) Петдесетходово правило		30.3018
5	Catalan (ca) Regla dels cinquanta moviments		23.826
6	Spanish (es) Regla de los cincuenta movimientos		22.4937
7	Arabic (ar) قاعدة الخمسين نقلة		19.4504
8	German (de) 50-Züge-Regel		18.08
9	Turkish (tr) Elli hamle kuralı		17.9221
10	Lithuanian (lt) 50 ėjimų taisyklė (šachmatai)		17.7773

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Fifty-move rule" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Fifty-move rule		1 038 406
2	German (de) 50-Züge-Regel		168 009
3	French (fr) Règle des 50 coups		132 795
4	Russian (ru) Правило 50 ходов		114 895
5	Spanish (es) Regla de los cincuenta movimientos		100 419
6	Turkish (tr) Elli hamle kuralı		49 817
7	Portuguese (pt) Regra dos 50 movimentos		42 927
8	Italian (it) Regola delle cinquanta mosse		38 090
9	Dutch (nl) Vijftigzettenregel		30 435
10	Japanese (ja) 50手ルール		28 499

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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 "Fifty-move rule" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Fifty-move rule		6 220
2	German (de) 50-Züge-Regel		568
3	French (fr) Règle des 50 coups		515
4	Russian (ru) Правило 50 ходов		494
5	Spanish (es) Regla de los cincuenta movimientos		250
6	Turkish (tr) Elli hamle kuralı		154
7	Italian (it) Regola delle cinquanta mosse		147
8	Chinese (zh) 50步规则		138
9	Persian (fa) قانون پنجاه حرکت		130
10	Dutch (nl) Vijftigzettenregel		94

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

Language versions of the article "Fifty-move rule" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Fifty-move rule		102
2	German (de) 50-Züge-Regel		61
3	French (fr) Règle des 50 coups		33
4	Italian (it) Regola delle cinquanta mosse		31
5	Dutch (nl) Vijftigzettenregel		26
6	Spanish (es) Regla de los cincuenta movimientos		18
7	Russian (ru) Правило 50 ходов		18
8	Norwegian (no) Femtitrekksregelen		15
9	Turkish (tr) Elli hamle kuralı		11
10	Bulgarian (bg) Петдесетходово правило		10

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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 "Fifty-move rule" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) قاعدة الخمسين نقلة		0
2	Bulgarian (bg) Петдесетходово правило		0
3	Catalan (ca) Regla dels cinquanta moviments		0
4	German (de) 50-Züge-Regel		0
5	Greek (el) Κανόνας των 50 κινήσεων		0
6	English (en) Fifty-move rule		0
7	Spanish (es) Regla de los cincuenta movimientos		0
8	Persian (fa) قانون پنجاه حرکت		0
9	French (fr) Règle des 50 coups		0
10	Italian (it) Regola delle cinquanta mosse		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 "Fifty-move rule" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Fifty-move rule		551
2	Arabic (ar) قاعدة الخمسين نقلة		165
3	Russian (ru) Правило 50 ходов		103
4	Ukrainian (uk) Правило п'ятдесяти ходів		100
5	Korean (ko) 50수 규칙		91
6	Japanese (ja) 50手ルール		86
7	Turkish (tr) Elli hamle kuralı		82
8	Greek (el) Κανόνας των 50 κινήσεων		67
9	Chinese (zh) 50步规则		40
10	German (de) 50-Züge-Regel		30

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قاعدة الخمسين نقلة
bg	Bulgarian Петдесетходово правило
ca	Catalan Regla dels cinquanta moviments
de	German 50-Züge-Regel
el	Greek Κανόνας των 50 κινήσεων
en	English Fifty-move rule
es	Spanish Regla de los cincuenta movimientos
fa	Persian قانون پنجاه حرکت
fr	French Règle des 50 coups
it	Italian Regola delle cinquanta mosse
ja	Japanese 50手ルール
ko	Korean 50수 규칙
lt	Lithuanian 50 ėjimų taisyklė (šachmatai)
nl	Dutch Vijftigzettenregel
no	Norwegian Femtitrekksregelen
pt	Portuguese Regra dos 50 movimentos
ru	Russian Правило 50 ходов
sl	Slovenian Pravilo 50 potez
tr	Turkish Elli hamle kuralı
uk	Ukrainian Правило п'ятдесяти ходів
zh	Chinese 50步规则

Best Rank

English: #107345 01.2021

Global: #110914 12.2020

Best Rank

English: #15222 08.2020

Global: #15399 07.2003

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