USCF player statistics
Staples, Richard
Official US Chess record- FIDE
- FIDE 39966674
- US Chess reported rank
- #12,844 national · #254 in state
- Floor
- Regular 1,500 · Quick 1,400
US Chess record as of Sep 13, 2026
Regular rating
Published rating · Sep 2026 · 10 published updates since Dec 2025
Other formats against Regular
-100 Quick vs Regular
No national baseline for this rating band yet.
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +23
- Jan 2026 to Feb 2026
- Biggest drop
- -23
- Feb 2026 to Mar 2026
- Longest rise
- 1 update
- +23 from Jan 2026 to Feb 2026
- Current run
- 6 updates
- Unchanged since Mar 2026
- Typical move
- ±7
- Mean absolute change; spread ±13
Regular rating in context
United States
#17,105of 83,635 rated members · higher than 79.2%
66,280 lower · 251 same rating · 17,104 higher · ties share a rank
Georgia
#343of 2,028 rated members · higher than 82.9%
1,683 lower · 3 same rating · 342 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,635 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 6,991 within 100 points of 1,500 (this player included)
1,500–1,549: 1,925 members (2.3%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
81.5% below 1,550 (68,205 of 83,635; 79.2% below 1,500)
How these comparisons are calculated
Chess67 calculations from the Sep 2026 monthly rating update, using the same population as the USCF statistics pages: US members classified as active in the published monthly records, excluding lifetime-coded records, provisional ratings included. Ties share a rank; “lower” is strictly lower; national and state groups overlap. The target explorer keeps the population fixed, with this player at their recorded rating: it is a rating comparison, not a prediction of future rank.
Published ratings by month
P marks a provisional rating; the small figure is the change since the previous published observation.
| Month | Regular | Quick |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 1,500no change | 1,400no change |
| Aug 2026 | 1,500no change | 1,400no change |
| Jul 2026 | 1,500no change | 1,400no change |
| Jun 2026 | 1,500no change | 1,400no change |
| May 2026 | 1,500no change | 1,400no change |
| Apr 2026 | 1,500no change | 1,400no change |
| Mar 2026 | 1,500-23 | 1,400-4 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,523+23 | 1,404+4 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,500-18 | 1,400-17 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,518 | 1,417 |