chess_transfers: Chess Transfers

Description Usage Format Source

Description

The raw data behind the story "American Chess Is Great Again" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/american-chess-is-great-again/.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 932 rows representing international player transfers and 5 variables:

url

The corresponding website on the World Chess Federation page which details the transfers of a given year.

id

An numeric identifier for the chess player who transferred.

federation

The current national federation of the chess player

form_fed

The national federation from which the chess player has transferred.

transfer_date

The date at which the transfer took place.

Source

World Chess Federation


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