I can't believe that either:

a) this site doesn't have an option to see the top rated players, untitled

b) this option is so well hidden as I don't see it under any of the headings, including Members which would seem the most logical

All we can do is Search Members, Invite Friends, Titled Players, Country List, Memberships and Photos.

I've been here a long time and I thought I saw such an option a few months ago but perhaps has since been removed or hidden deeper.

It's the "View Players" link on your profile page ("My Home" -> "Online Chess"):

http://www.chess.com/echess/players.html

Thanks for the quick and accurate response.  I think it'd make more sense for that option to be under Members at the top, not where you start a game or check your stats and settings.

Either way, thanks!

Agreed.

Yes, I was looking for this the other day, in Members. Glad to finally find it!

Yeah, what happened to Ouachita?  He was the top rated player here>? 

He dissapeared.

He got banned for cheating.

They've decided to clone Elvis so he had to leave to donate the DNA.

no he did something bad at his high school football game he went on the other teams side and sweared then shoved a pie in ten peoples faces

the two teams were woodstown falcons and the westburg mustangs

No, he got banned from getting help from someone else..

ME! its true, im kasparov :)

the game was tonight and chess.com just wanted to ban him because they heard from the coach of the westburg mustangs his name was stevy crocker and they were playing a home game

chess.com staff- hi who is this?

westburg- hey can i report a student

chess.com staff- sure

westburg- ok someone is misbehaving herte tonight his name is ouachita can you do something

chess.com staff- sure we will ban him from the site

westburg- ok thanks

chess.com staff- hey what's your team record who are you playing and how is that loud home crowd i here tonight

westburg- it's great we are playing are biggest crosstown rivals the woodstown falcons and the crowd here is going nuts thousands of kids screaming

chess.com staff- ok intrestesting

westburg- yea i know and there's halloween tommorrow

chess.com staff- bye now and we can't wait til halloween here on chess.com

woodstown- yo did you report him alredy

westburg- yes

woodstwon- thank you for reporting ouachita

westburg- your welcome

just joknig i love telling jokes hehe that last thing i wrote there was a lie

this is what really happened chess.com banned him for cheating

Ughhh, someone check this guy bullet rating

http://www.chess.com/livechess/profile/ChessNetwork

Yes -- for a long time there was a bug in the rating calculation that always rounded the points that were awarded for a win up to a minimum of 1.  ChessNetwork exploited this bug by playing many, many games against much lower rated opponents in order to obtain the rating of 4200 that he has today.

When the new live chess went in, Chess.com rounded everyone's rating down to the nearest 100, in ChessNetwork's case this had no effect since he was already at 4200.

As you can see he has continued to play, and is no longer being awarded any points for his wins so clearly the bug has been fixed.

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