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  • Both Just Wondering (Gary Ruben) and Wayne Komer were dedicated chesstalkers. As long as I was on the board Just Wondering was leading poster, so at least fifteen years. Shortly after Egidijus took over as leading poster after Gary passed, Wayne Komer took over the lead and kept it unitl he passed three years later. I was a thousand posts behind Wayne Komer when he passed away but have posted over 5,000 posts in the last three years. I guess you could say thats prolific posting. Gary Ruben passed in February 2015 and Wayne Komer in September 2021. Both are missed.

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    • Originally posted by Erik Malmsten View Post

      Did my posting of Jan 1, 2013 (11 years ago) include pre-2008 numbers?:

      "There has been 602 posters on chesstalk with an average of 101 posts, skewed by the heavy users while 360, over half, have posted less than 10 times. Historically, there has been 113 posters with over 100 postings, last year 38 with 100, 20 with 50. This year slightly higher 43 with 100, 32 with 50. The top 7 maintain their placement as the biggest chesstalkers, while the next group passes the 1,000 postings mark. Maybe they should get a certificate.

      TOP ALL-TIME POSTERS 2013
      1 Gary Ruben 3,269
      2 Egidijus Zeromskis 2,574

      3 Hugh Brodie 2,227
      4 Bob Armstrong 2,157
      5 IM Jean Hébert 1,926
      6 Kerry Liles 1,431
      7 Vlad Drkulec 1,315
      8 Felix Dumont 1,251

      9 IA Larry Bevand 1,237
      10 IA Aris Marghetis 1,081
      11 Bob Gillanders 1,071
      12 Zeljko Kitich 1,064

      13 FA Christopher Mallon 1,019
      14 FM/IA Jonathan Berry 999
      15 Vlad Dobrich 923

      16 FM Hans Jung 869
      17 Kevin Pacey 858
      18 Carl Bilodeau 814

      19 Paul Beckwith 824

      20 Roger Patterson 778"

      Hans may have been a late starter, but, lately with links to chessbase, has risen to the top.
      Since 2013, there has been an increase from 13 to 39 players with over 1,000 posts.

      Comparing the top all-time list minus the 2013 list, here are the most active since Dec. 2012. And a few have become inactive.:

      1 Hans Jung 9,670
      2 (Wayne Komer 6,425)
      3 Bob Armstrong 3,813
      4 Hugh Brodie 3,254
      5 Vlad Drkulec 3,195
      6 Egidijus Zeromskis 3,103
      7 Sid Belzberg 2,326
      8 Jack Maguire 2,239
      9 Neil Frarey 2,016
      10 Bob Gillanders 1,950

      11 Aris Marghetis 1,883
      12 Paul Bonham 1,663
      13 Larry Bevand 1,648
      14 (Gary Ruben 1,646)
      15 Vlad Dobrich 1,609
      16 Kerry Liles 1,591
      17 Peter McKillop 1,459
      18 Mattieu Cloutier 1,399
      19 Nigel Hanrahan 1,289
      20 Hal Bond 1,287
      21 Frank Dixon 1,286
      22 Brad Thomson 1,240

      Top newcomers who have joined since Jan 2013:
      1 Sid Belzberg 2,326
      2 Neil Frarey 2,016
      3 Pargat Perrier 1,041
      4 Victor Tsypin 681
      5 Pierre St. Onge 449
      6 Sasha Starr 393

      7 Henri Hughes 323
      8 Ken Green 240
      9 Marc Andre Beaudry 223
      10 Cathy Ye 206
      11 Nick Oancea 199
      Last edited by Erik Malmsten; Tuesday, 1st October, 2024, 07:24 PM. Reason: corrected order of 4, 5, 6

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      • https://en.chessbase.com/post/grivas...lympiad-2024-2

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        • Erik - are you including posters to the non-chess group? If so - that could inflate the numbers for some of those listed.

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          • Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View Post
            Erik - are you including posters to the non-chess group? If so - that could inflate the numbers for some of those listed.
            I don't think it includes those non-chess discussions, nor should it.

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            • Originally posted by Erik Malmsten View Post

              I don't think it includes those non-chess discussions, nor should it.
              It does seem like it includes the non-chess postings...

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