Chess is an appropriate model to study ability and non-ability traits as related with performance because it bears intellectual and emotional demanding requirements. With a group of amateur chess players (n = 100), the current study addressed two interrelated aims. First, we assessed whether the three broad PEN personality factors (psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism), and emotion regulation traits (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression) differentiated chess players from the general population. Second, we compared the association of domain knowledge and personality/emotion traits with chess skill. The main findings indicated that chess players scored lower in neuroticism and higher in expressive suppression compared with the general population. Moreover, chess knowledge related in a greater extent with chess skill than personality/emotion regulation traits, even though extraversion explained additional variability in chess skill. Overall, the findings suggest that non-ability traits may be influential in the selection of the chess environment. Besides, the findings corroborate the stronger impact of cognitive ability than personality traits on intellectual performance found in other domains.

国际象棋是一种研究与能力相关的能力和非能力特征的合适模型，因为它具有智力和情感上的苛刻要求。与一群业余棋手（n = 100），当前的研究解决了两个相互关联的目标。首先，我们评估了三种广泛的PEN人格因素（精神病，外向性和神经质）以及情绪调节特质（认知重新评估和表达抑制）是否使一般国际象棋选手与其他人区别开来。其次，我们比较了领域知识和人格/情绪特质与国际象棋技巧的关联。主要发现表明，与一般人群相比，下象棋者在神经质方面得分较低，在表达抑制方面得分较高。而且，尽管外向性解释了国际象棋技巧的其他可变性，但国际象棋知识在很大程度上与国际象棋技巧比人格/情绪调节特质有关。全面的，研究结果表明，非能力特质可能会影响国际象棋环境的选择。此外，这些发现证实了认知能力比人格特质对其他领域的智力表现的影响更大。