USCF player statistics
Merchant, Daniel E
Official US Chess record- Biggest rank climb · #54 in South Dakota (Quick)
- Biggest rank climb · #11 in South Dakota (Regular)
- Top rated · #24 in South Dakota (Blitz)
- Top rated · #23 in South Dakota (Quick)
- Top rated · #25 in South Dakota (Regular)
- Fastest rising · #4 in South Dakota (Quick)
- Fastest rising · #8 in South Dakota (Regular)
- 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
Regular rating
Published rating · Sep 2026 · 10 published updates since Dec 2025
Other formats against Regular
-135 Quick vs Regular
No national baseline for this rating band yet.
-297 Blitz vs Regular (provisional)
No national baseline for this rating band yet.
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +129
- Jul 2026 to Aug 2026
- Biggest drop
- -54
- Jun 2026 to Jul 2026
- Longest rise
- 3 updates
- +91 from Dec 2025 to Mar 2026
- Updates that moved
- 9 of 9
- Latest +55, Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Typical move
- ±44
- Mean absolute change; spread ±51.8
Regular rating in context
United States
#10,161of 83,635 rated members · higher than 87.8%
73,439 lower · 36 same rating · 10,160 higher · ties share a rank
South Dakota
#25of 184 rated members · higher than 86.4%
159 lower · 1 same rating · 24 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,635 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 6,158 within 100 points of 1,708 (this player included)
1,700–1,749: 1,684 members (2%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
89.2% below 1,750 (74,637 of 83,635; 87.8% below 1,708)
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 | Blitz |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |