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. 2025 May 30:16:1545846.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1545846. eCollection 2025.

Development and validation of the scale of aesthetics and creativity in chess

Alisa Scherbakova  1 , George Engelhard Jr  2 , A Kadir Bahar  2
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Development and validation of the scale of aesthetics and creativity in chess

Alisa Scherbakova et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

This study examined the psychometric quality of the Scale of Aesthetics and Creativity in Chess (SACC) with the data collected from 132 expert and non-expert chess players. To analyze the validity, reliability, and item functioning within the scale, the Many-facet Rasch model was applied. The Rasch measure explained 50.59% of the variance in scores and provided evidence for the scale's unidimensionality. The reliability indices for items and participants were 0.83 and 0.93, respectively. The expertise level of chess players predicted scores on the SACC; however, Intermediate level players showed the lowest scores in comparison with Expert, Advanced, and Beginner level participants.

Keywords: Many-facet Rasch model; Rasch analysis; aesthetics; chess; creativity; expertise.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Chess problem 1. Solution: 1. B:f7-Kf7 2. Ne6—Ke6 3. Qd5—Kf5 4. g4 +/−.
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Chess problem 2. Solution: 1. Ne6—fe 2. fe—kf6 3. Bb6 + −.
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Chess problem 3. Solution: 1. N:d6 (or B:d6)—B:d6 2. B:d6—Q:d6 3. De—N:e5 4. B:h7 + +−.
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