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The whole point of the article is that the average active Lichess user would be 95th percentile of people who know how to play chess.

• Buttons840 5y ago
  So someone who only knows how to play chess would be considered a participant? Maybe this is what the author intended, I don't know. However, I find this definition of "participant" strange, because it allows us to truthfully say that someone is a participant, even though they don't play chess (they know the rules, but don't play).
  • tempestn 5y ago
    I've played chess plenty of times. Against my parents growing up, against friends, computers, etc. Probably played 50 games of chess in my life. Compared to none at all, that's a lot. But I've never actually studied the game. I don't know any theory, haven't memorized any openings, etc. I have no idea what my rating would be, but I'm sure it'd be low. I expect there are plenty of similar people out there, who "play" chess, meaning they have done so on occasion, but are not in any way students of the game.
• Invictus0 5y ago
  That still sounds completely wrong. I might give you 75th percentile but certainly not 95th.