USCF player statistics
Van Buren, James Henry
Official US Chess record- Biggest rank climb · #69 in Michigan (Quick)
- Biggest rank climb · #10 in Michigan (Regular)
- Fastest rising · #51 in Michigan (Quick)
- Fastest rising · #8 in Michigan (Regular)
- FIDE
- FIDE 0
Regular rating
Published rating · Sep 2026 · 10 published updates since Dec 2025
Other formats against Regular
-189 Quick vs Regular
No national baseline for this rating band yet.
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +206
- Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Biggest drop
- -55
- Mar 2026 to Apr 2026
- Longest rise
- 1 update
- +206 from Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Updates that moved
- 5 of 9
- Latest +206, Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Typical move
- ±44
- Mean absolute change; spread ±80.7
Regular rating in context
United States
#42,566of 83,635 rated members · higher than 49%
41,023 lower · 47 same rating · 42,565 higher · ties share a rank
Michigan
#936of 1,935 rated members · higher than 51.6%
999 lower · 1 same rating · 935 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,635 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 9,117 within 100 points of 820 (this player included)
800–849: 2,310 members (2.7%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
50.6% below 850 (42,370 of 83,635; 49% below 820)
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 | 820+206 | 631+68 |
| Aug 2026 | 614-26 | 563-28 |
| Jul 2026 | 640-3 | 591-4 |
| Jun 2026 | 643+109 | 595+116 |
| May 2026 | 534no change | 479no change |
| Apr 2026 | 534-55 | 479-62 |
| Mar 2026 | 589no change | 541no change |
| Feb 2026 | 589no change | 541no change |
| Jan 2026 | 589no change | 541no change |
| Dec 2025 | 589 | 541 |