USCF player statistics

Ploch, Michael

USCF 13560463New JerseyUpdated: Nov 2026

Official US Chess record

Biggest rank climb · #20 in New Jersey (Blitz)

Gender: Male
FIDE: FIDE 39954528
TD: Local
US Chess reported rank: #4,554 national · #216 in state
Floor: Regular 1,700 · Quick 1,500 · Blitz 1,500

US Chess record as of Sep 15, 2026

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Regular rating

1,861-5 since Oct 2026

Published rating · Nov 2026 · 12 published updates since Dec 2025

Nov 20261,861 Regular

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Dec 2025Nov 2026

12 updates in this window · -31 first to last · open points are provisional · guides mark US Chess classes · unpublished months are skipped, not inactivity

Compare with another playerOverlays their published ratings on the chart; the link keeps the comparison.

Other formats against Regular

-251 Quick vs Regular
Typical for 1,800–1,899 regular players: -129 (middle half -220 to -73, 1,805 established members). This gap is below the typical range.
-160 Blitz vs Regular
Typical for 1,800–1,899 regular players: -208 (middle half -342 to -93, 996 established members). This gap is within the typical range.

How this rating moves

Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.

Biggest gain: +53; Jul 2026 to Aug 2026
Biggest drop: -51; Jan 2026 to Feb 2026
Longest rise: 2 updates; +68 from Jun 2026 to Aug 2026
Updates that moved: 8 of 11; Latest -5, Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
Typical move: ±21; Mean absolute change; spread ±30.5

Regular rating in context

Nov 2026 update

United States

#6,058of 83,032 rated members · higher than 92.6%

76,957 lower · 18 same rating · 6,057 higher · ties share a rank

New Jersey

#283of 3,071 rated members · higher than 90.7%

2,788 lower · 1 same rating · 282 higher · ties share a rank

Where this rating sits · United States

83,032 rated members in 50-point bands · median 850–899 · 4,899 within 100 points of 1,861 (this player included)

Player · 1,861

01,4252,850

1,850–1,899: 1,092 members (1.3%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target

Target 1,900

93.6% below 1,900 (77,784 of 83,032; 92.6% below 1,861)

Percentile over time · United States

92.6% higher than · Nov 2026 · rank #6,058 of 83,032

Since Dec 2025
-0.8 pts

Dec 2025Nov 2026

Each month against that month’s active pool, so pool growth and rating drift both count.

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.

United States statistics New Jersey statistics

Published ratings by month

P marks a provisional rating; the small figure is the change since the previous published observation.

Monthly USCF ratings for Ploch, Michael
Month	Regular	Quick	Blitz
Nov 2026	1,861-5	1,610no change	1,701no change
Oct 2026	1,866no change	1,610no change	1,701no change
Sep 2026	1,866no change	1,610no change	1,701no change
Aug 2026	1,866+53	1,610no change	1,701-1
Jul 2026	1,813+15	1,610no change	1,702no change
Jun 2026	1,798no change	1,610no change	1,702no change
May 2026	1,798-50	1,610-51	1,702no change
Apr 2026	1,848+31	1,661no change	1,702no change
Mar 2026	1,817-14	1,661no change	1,702no change
Feb 2026	1,831-51	1,661-27	1,702no change
Jan 2026	1,882-10	1,688+39	1,702no change
Dec 2025	1,892	1,649	1,702

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