USCF player statistics

Nichols, Joshua A

USCF 15564411VirginiaUpdated: Nov 2026

Official US Chess record

Fastest rising · #29 in Virginia (Quick)

Gender: Male
FIDE: FIDE 39973042
TD: Club
US Chess reported rank: #4,646 national · #153 in state
Floor: Regular 1,700 · Quick 1,600 · Blitz 1,400

US Chess record as of Sep 15, 2026

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Regular rating

1,819-2 since Oct 2026

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

Nov 20261,819 Regular

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Dec 2025Nov 2026

12 updates in this window · -68 first to last · open points are provisional · guides mark US Chess classes · unpublished months are skipped, not inactivity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

-44 Quick vs Regular
Typical for 1,800–1,899 regular players: -129 (middle half -220 to -73, 1,805 established members). This gap is above the typical range.
-164 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: +45; Jan 2026 to Feb 2026
Biggest drop: -39; Sep 2026 to Oct 2026
Longest rise: 1 update; +45 from Jan 2026 to Feb 2026
Updates that moved: 6 of 11; Latest -2, Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
Typical move: ±14; Mean absolute change; spread ±22.1

Regular rating in context

Nov 2026 update

United States

#7,065of 83,032 rated members · higher than 91.4%

75,947 lower · 21 same rating · 7,064 higher · ties share a rank

Virginia

#260of 2,592 rated members · higher than 89.9%

2,332 lower · 1 same rating · 259 higher · ties share a rank

Where this rating sits · United States

83,032 rated members in 50-point bands · median 850–899 · 5,256 within 100 points of 1,819 (this player included)

Player · 1,819

01,4252,850

1,800–1,849: 1,531 members (1.8%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target

Target 1,850

92.3% below 1,850 (76,692 of 83,032; 91.4% below 1,819)

Percentile over time · United States

91.4% higher than · Nov 2026 · rank #7,065 of 83,032

Since Dec 2025
-1.8 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 Virginia 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 Nichols, Joshua A
Month	Regular	Quick	Blitz
Nov 2026	1,819-2	1,775+121	1,655no change
Oct 2026	1,821-39	1,654-37	1,655no change
Sep 2026	1,860-23	1,691-41	1,655+15
Aug 2026	1,883no change	1,732-25	1,640no change
Jul 2026	1,883no change	1,757-20	1,640no change
Jun 2026	1,883-20	1,777+1	1,640no change
May 2026	1,903no change	1,776no change	1,640no change
Apr 2026	1,903no change	1,776-1	1,640no change
Mar 2026	1,903-29	1,777no change	1,640no change
Feb 2026	1,932+45	1,777+44	1,640no change
Jan 2026	1,887no change	1,733no change	1,640no change
Dec 2025	1,887	1,733	1,640

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