X-ray (chess)

X-ray - chess tactic where a tactic where a piece indirectly attacks an enemy piece through another piece or defends a friendly piece through an enemy piece. Article “X-ray (chess)” in English Wikipedia has 50.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 25 references and 3 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 “X-ray (chess)”, its content was written by 41 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 98 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 527 times in English Wikipedia and cited 914 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #55632 in January 2005
• Global: #125440 in August 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #426828 in January 2008
• Global: #280103 in November 2010

There are 9 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) X-ray (chess)		50.4025
2	Catalan (ca) Raigs X (escacs)		47.33
3	Serbian (sr) Рендген (шах)		35.9894
4	Russian (ru) Рентген (шахматы)		27.8252
5	Ukrainian (uk) Рентген (шахи)		27.5857
6	Vietnamese (vi) Tia X (cờ vua)		21.5037
7	Arabic (ar) الأشعة أكس (شطرنج)		21.1974
8	German (de) Röntgenangriff		1.8726
9	Spanish (es) Rayos X (ajedrez)		1.1237

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

The most popular language versions of the article "X-ray (chess)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) X-ray (chess)		147 596
2	Spanish (es) Rayos X (ajedrez)		83 520
3	Russian (ru) Рентген (шахматы)		51 585
4	German (de) Röntgenangriff		16 095
5	Catalan (ca) Raigs X (escacs)		2 977
6	Arabic (ar) الأشعة أكس (شطرنج)		666
7	Vietnamese (vi) Tia X (cờ vua)		531
8	Serbian (sr) Рендген (шах)		529
9	Ukrainian (uk) Рентген (шахи)		280

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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 "X-ray (chess)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) X-ray (chess)		954
2	Russian (ru) Рентген (шахматы)		130
3	Spanish (es) Rayos X (ajedrez)		92
4	German (de) Röntgenangriff		53
5	Serbian (sr) Рендген (шах)		9
6	Ukrainian (uk) Рентген (шахи)		7
7	Vietnamese (vi) Tia X (cờ vua)		7
8	Catalan (ca) Raigs X (escacs)		6
9	Arabic (ar) الأشعة أكس (شطرنج)		3

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

Language versions of the article "X-ray (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) X-ray (chess)		41
2	German (de) Röntgenangriff		21
3	Spanish (es) Rayos X (ajedrez)		9
4	Russian (ru) Рентген (шахматы)		8
5	Serbian (sr) Рендген (шах)		6
6	Arabic (ar) الأشعة أكس (شطرنج)		4
7	Catalan (ca) Raigs X (escacs)		3
8	Ukrainian (uk) Рентген (шахи)		3
9	Vietnamese (vi) Tia X (cờ vua)		3

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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 "X-ray (chess)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) الأشعة أكس (شطرنج)		0
2	Catalan (ca) Raigs X (escacs)		0
3	German (de) Röntgenangriff		0
4	English (en) X-ray (chess)		0
5	Spanish (es) Rayos X (ajedrez)		0
6	Russian (ru) Рентген (шахматы)		0
7	Serbian (sr) Рендген (шах)		0
8	Ukrainian (uk) Рентген (шахи)		0
9	Vietnamese (vi) Tia X (cờ vua)		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 "X-ray (chess)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) X-ray (chess)		527
2	Russian (ru) Рентген (шахматы)		103
3	Serbian (sr) Рендген (шах)		99
4	Ukrainian (uk) Рентген (шахи)		97
5	Vietnamese (vi) Tia X (cờ vua)		59
6	Catalan (ca) Raigs X (escacs)		22
7	Spanish (es) Rayos X (ajedrez)		5
8	German (de) Röntgenangriff		2
9	Arabic (ar) الأشعة أكس (شطرنج)		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الأشعة أكس (شطرنج)
ca	Catalan Raigs X (escacs)
de	German Röntgenangriff
en	English X-ray (chess)
es	Spanish Rayos X (ajedrez)
ru	Russian Рентген (шахматы)
sr	Serbian Рендген (шах)
uk	Ukrainian Рентген (шахи)
vi	Vietnamese Tia X (cờ vua)

Best Rank

English: #426828 01.2008

Global: #280103 11.2010

Best Rank

English: #55632 01.2005

Global: #125440 08.2005

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