THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PIECES

Every player has
a circle.

Explore the connections around Chess.com’s titled players. Find a familiar name, follow the ratings, and see where everyone lands.

Explore the graph Public observations. A different view of the board.
Players in the collection—Distinct saved accounts
Known friend counts—Exact counts & lower bounds
Ratings available—All three controls available
Dataset saved—Dated observations, not a live feed
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Friend-count coverage is separate from roster coverage.

FIND YOUR PLACE ON THE BOARD

The graph

TITLES
Fine-tune the range
—matching players
—points on the graph
—median rating
—median exact friends
Exact count At least this many ↑

Each point is a player. Select a point to see their details. Unknown values stay in the results below.

The players —

Every matching account, including unknown observations.

Player Title Friends Bullet Blitz Rapid Overall Compare
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READING THE BOARD

A snapshot.
Not the whole story.

Counts describe public observations. They do not measure friendship quality, online activity, request acceptance, or who added whom.

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What is included?

Saved public Chess.com accounts, friend counts, and ratings. Titles follow the badges displayed by Chess.com, including its Master (M) badge. Roster coverage and friend-count coverage are measured separately. Complete saved page coverage means every recorded directory position was captured, across dates. Repeated card observations are separate from distinct directory accounts and the broader dated roster union. This does not establish a live or simultaneous census, or complete friend-count coverage.

Exact, lower bound, or unknown?

An exact count records the observed total at its observation time. A lower bound means at least that many friends; an arrow continues upward because its upper total is unknown. Unknown values are never treated as zero and remain visible in the table.

How do ratings work?

Bullet, Blitz, and Rapid are saved Chess.com ratings. Overall is the arithmetic average of all three, available only when all three are known. It is a descriptive comparison, not an official Chess.com rating. Points need both a known count and the selected rating.

How current are the observations?

The dataset save time, each observation time, and the date of the last rated game are different. Older ratings may remain listed. A counted public list covers a traversal period and is not an atomic current account total.