Top Players of All Time At Stan's

[savin]

I have been asked a couple of times about who are the top players of all time at Stan's NetChess. We have had very few of our top players retire from the site, the most notable retiree is Pluto. Here is the all time list:

Player Name	Highest Rating	Games Played	Status
cavallo	2542	125	Active
pluto	2533	715	Retired
sisyfos	2496	491	Active
ast68	2449	113	Active
Savin	2436	309	Active
Wolf	2433	57	Active
Mati	2428	220	Active
senna2	2415	158	Active
gunner	2412	363	Active
powerpoul	2396	240	Active
Seneca54	2393	195	Active
Cardinero	2390	129	Active
nobodyspawn	2376	61	Active
goon26	2364	85	Retired
edmund	2362	301	Retired
MyrLynn	2358	147	Active
Caissa	2355	64	Active
larryljubo	2353	183	Active
Centerman	2353	183	Active
Rock16	2348	593	Active
Sasha	2335	144	Active
ZorMaster	2332	925	Active
Pete-The Irish Soul	2329	272	Retired
FREEBIRD1056	2326	427	Active

[savin]

Another interesting question I get is

"Who has the most wins in a month"

If we score 1pt for a win and 1/2 point for a draw then the highest score in a month for active players are:

Player	Games Completed	Score	Date
BOD1969	178	105.5	October 2002
Stormcrow	127	96.5	March 2003
okie901	120	79.5	August 2001
Caesar911	116	78.5	November 2001
BOD1969	133	77.0	September 2002
BOD1969	124	75.0	April 2003
Chessmonster	99	74.0	August 2002

[Gritty]

I'm not asking you to name names Savin, that wouldn't be fair, but what standard are these top players? Do we have any International Masters amongst us, or perhaps the odd Grandmasters, just passing a bit of time now and again.

[bellesbabe]

What about the other end of the spectrum? Losers stats?

[Stan Steliga]

I'd rather we not post negative stuff like that.

[bellesbabe]

I knew that would be your answer. Seems you only post when I do. Why is that Stan?

[Stan Steliga]

That's just the impression you get. I post when I feel it's appropriate.

[savin]

Gritty,

Of the top 20 players at the site, I have some idea about who 8 of them are in real life (confirmed information). Of those players some are still active in top OTB tournaments and some are retired from OTB tournaments, but I know of them from 30 years ago when I wass playing OTB. Our top rated player had an FIDE Elo rating of a little over 2300, the second highest also wass just over 2300. We have 3 players who had ratings in the 2200-2300, range. We have two players who are still very active with ratings in the 2150-2200 range.

Having said that, OTB and CC chess are very different. To reach the top of OTB requires a lot of study and the ability to think quickly under pressure. CC chess allows you to refer to chess books and the time pressure is gone.

From a title point of view we do have one FIDE ladies IM at the site. To my knowledge we do not have any FIDE IMs at the site, but we do have 3-4 playerrs who got very close to that.

[savinsnightmare]

Savin, do you eat, sleep, and play chess?

[Stan Steliga]

John, do you eat, sleep and haunt websites?

Your promise to stop causing trouble here didn't last too long.

[savinsnightmare]

Seems like your the only one here stan who likes to cause trouble. Everytime I post something, YOU OBJECT. Why is that? Afraid of me or what.

[Stan Steliga]

Ya, I'm afraid of you... been putting up with your crap for 6 years. I'm a real jerk.

[savinsnightmare]

At least your a man and ADMITTED your afraid of me, was surprised by that,

[Diet_Coke is better than chess]

Wow, even chess discussion boards have idiots.