Promotion (chess)

Promotion - in chess, the mandatory immediate replacement of a pawn reaching its 8th rank by the player's choice of a queen, knight, rook, or bishop of the same color. Article “Promotion (chess)” in English Wikipedia has 87.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 89 references and 22 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 “Promotion (chess)”, its content was written by 182 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 762 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 630 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2420 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8171 in August 2022
• Global: #6977 in June 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #18776 in December 2020
• Global: #12279 in December 2020

There are 33 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) Promotion (chess)		87.6105
2	Catalan (ca) Promoció (escacs)		62.5856
3	Bulgarian (bg) Произвеждане		58.2889
4	Romanian (ro) Promovare (șah)		43.3292
5	Czech (cs) Proměna (šachy)		41.2902
6	Tamil (ta) நிலை உயர்வு (சதுரங்கம்)		40.5095
7	Arabic (ar) ترقية (شطرنج)		32.4739
8	German (de) Umwandlung (Schach)		26.2873
9	Portuguese (pt) Promoção (xadrez)		24.642
10	Ukrainian (uk) Перетворення пішака		22.7564

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Promotion (chess)		2 295 352
2	German (de) Umwandlung (Schach)		671 273
3	French (fr) Promotion (échecs)		395 268
4	Spanish (es) Promoción (ajedrez)		366 045
5	Russian (ru) Превращение пешки		292 103
6	Italian (it) Promozione (scacchi)		204 134
7	Polish (pl) Promocja (szachy)		203 886
8	Japanese (ja) 成駒		169 627
9	Dutch (nl) Promotie (schaken)		163 316
10	Vietnamese (vi) Phong cấp (cờ vua)		141 578

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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 "Promotion (chess)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Promotion (chess)		8 756
2	German (de) Umwandlung (Schach)		2 150
3	French (fr) Promotion (échecs)		1 618
4	Russian (ru) Превращение пешки		1 360
5	Vietnamese (vi) Phong cấp (cờ vua)		1 049
6	Italian (it) Promozione (scacchi)		873
7	Chinese (zh) 升變		556
8	Spanish (es) Promoción (ajedrez)		500
9	Japanese (ja) 成駒		498
10	Arabic (ar) ترقية (شطرنج)		407

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

Language versions of the article "Promotion (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) Promotion (chess)		182
2	French (fr) Promotion (échecs)		73
3	German (de) Umwandlung (Schach)		70
4	Dutch (nl) Promotie (schaken)		48
5	Italian (it) Promozione (scacchi)		38
6	Japanese (ja) 成駒		36
7	Norwegian (no) Bondeforvandling		31
8	Polish (pl) Promocja (szachy)		31
9	Vietnamese (vi) Phong cấp (cờ vua)		24
10	Chinese (zh) 升變		24

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Umwandlung (Schach)		2
2	Catalan (ca) Promoció (escacs)		1
3	French (fr) Promotion (échecs)		1
4	Indonesian (id) Promosi (catur)		1
5	Ukrainian (uk) Перетворення пішака		1
6	Arabic (ar) ترقية (شطرنج)		0
7	Bulgarian (bg) Произвеждане		0
8	Czech (cs) Proměna (šachy)		0
9	Greek (el) Προαγωγή (σκάκι)		0
10	English (en) Promotion (chess)		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 "Promotion (chess)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Promotion (chess)		630
2	Japanese (ja) 成駒		350
3	Arabic (ar) ترقية (شطرنج)		166
4	Ukrainian (uk) Перетворення пішака		117
5	German (de) Umwandlung (Schach)		112
6	Russian (ru) Превращение пешки		93
7	Korean (ko) 프로모션 (체스)		90
8	Turkish (tr) Terfi (satranç)		85
9	Greek (el) Προαγωγή (σκάκι)		76
10	Chinese (zh) 升變		75

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ترقية (شطرنج)
bg	Bulgarian Произвеждане
ca	Catalan Promoció (escacs)
cs	Czech Proměna (šachy)
de	German Umwandlung (Schach)
el	Greek Προαγωγή (σκάκι)
en	English Promotion (chess)
es	Spanish Promoción (ajedrez)
fr	French Promotion (échecs)
he	Hebrew הכתרה (שחמט)
hu	Hungarian Átalakulás (sakk)
id	Indonesian Promosi (catur)
it	Italian Promozione (scacchi)
ja	Japanese 成駒
kk	Kazakh Пешканың айналуы
ko	Korean 프로모션 (체스)
la	Latin Promotio (scacci)
nl	Dutch Promotie (schaken)
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Bondeforvandling
no	Norwegian Bondeforvandling
pl	Polish Promocja (szachy)
pt	Portuguese Promoção (xadrez)
ro	Romanian Promovare (șah)
ru	Russian Превращение пешки
sh	Serbo-Croatian Promocija pešaka
sl	Slovenian Promocija (šah)
sr	Serbian Промоција пешака
sv	Swedish Promovering (schack)
ta	Tamil நிலை உயர்வு (சதுரங்கம்)
tr	Turkish Terfi (satranç)
uk	Ukrainian Перетворення пішака
vi	Vietnamese Phong cấp (cờ vua)
zh	Chinese 升變

Best Rank

English: #18776 12.2020

Global: #12279 12.2020

Best Rank

English: #8171 08.2022

Global: #6977 06.2012

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