USCF player statistics
Merchant, Daniel E
- Biggest rank climb · #3 in South Dakota (Quick)
- Biggest rank climb · #10 in South Dakota (Regular)
- Top rated · #33 in South Dakota (Blitz)
- Top rated · #29 in South Dakota (Quick)
- Top rated · #34 in South Dakota (Regular)
- Fastest rising · #3 in South Dakota (Quick)
- Fastest rising · #7 in South Dakota (Regular)
- Gender
- Male
- FIDE
- FIDE 0
- US Chess reported rank
- #7,610 national · #20 in state
- Floor
- Regular 1,500 · Quick 1,300 · Blitz 117
- Rated games
- Blitz 20
US Chess record as of Sep 15, 2026
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +129
- Jul 2026 to Aug 2026
- Biggest drop
- -58
- Sep 2026 to Oct 2026
- Longest rise
- 3 updates
- +91 from Dec 2025 to Mar 2026
- Updates that moved
- 11 of 11
- Latest +26, Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
- Typical move
- ±43
- Mean absolute change; spread ±52.8
Regular rating in context
United States
#11,407of 83,032 rated members · higher than 86.2%
71,597 lower · 29 same rating · 11,406 higher · ties share a rank
South Dakota
#34of 190 rated members · higher than 81.5%
155 lower · 2 same rating · 33 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,032 rated members in 50-point bands · median 850–899 · 6,403 within 100 points of 1,676 (this player included)
1,650–1,699: 1,498 members (1.8%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
87% below 1,700 (72,289 of 83,032; 86.2% below 1,676)
Percentile over time · United States
86.2% higher than · Nov 2026 · rank #11,407 of 83,032
Since Dec 2025
+8.2 pts
How these comparisons are calculated
Chess67 calculations from the Nov 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 | Blitz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 1,676+26 | 1,553+33 | 1,342-69 |
| Oct 2026 | 1,650-58 | 1,520-53 | 1,411 Pno change · 20 games |
| Sep 2026 | 1,708+55 | 1,573+27 | 1,411 Pno change · 20 games |
| Aug 2026 | 1,653+129 | 1,546+138 | 1,411 Pno change · 20 games |
| Jul 2026 | 1,524-54 | 1,408-54 | 1,411 Pno change · 20 games |
| Jun 2026 | 1,578+39 | 1,462+48 | 1,411 Pno change · 20 games |
| May 2026 | 1,539-1 | 1,414no change | 1,411 Pno change · 20 games |
| Apr 2026 | 1,540-25 | 1,414-31 | 1,411 Pno change · 20 games |
| Mar 2026 | 1,565+23 | 1,445+25 | 1,411 Pno change · 20 games |
| Feb 2026 | 1,542+33 | 1,420+36 | 1,411 Pno change · 20 games |
| Jan 2026 | 1,509+35 | 1,384+39 | 1,411 Pno change · 20 games |
| Dec 2025 | 1,474 | 1,345 | 1,411 P20 games |