USCF player statistics
Lian, Sheldon
Official US Chess recordRegular rating
Published rating · Sep 2026 · 10 published updates since Dec 2025
Other formats against Regular
-37 Quick vs Regular
No national baseline for this rating band yet.
-238 Blitz vs Regular (provisional)
No national baseline for this rating band yet.
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +259
- May 2026 to Jun 2026
- Biggest drop
- -59
- Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Longest rise
- 5 updates
- +396 from Feb 2026 to Jul 2026
- Updates that moved
- 9 of 9
- Latest -59, Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Typical move
- ±77
- Mean absolute change; spread ±106.1
Regular rating in context
United States
#35,642of 83,635 rated members · higher than 57.3%
47,949 lower · 45 same rating · 35,641 higher · ties share a rank
New York
#3,885of 9,415 rated members · higher than 58.6%
5,523 lower · 8 same rating · 3,884 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,635 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 8,121 within 100 points of 981 (this player included)
950–999: 2,074 members (2.4%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
58.2% below 1,000 (48,741 of 83,635; 57.3% below 981)
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 | 981-59 | 944-68 | 743 Pno change · 12 games |
| Aug 2026 | 1,040-34 | 1,012-31 | 743 Pno change · 12 games |
| Jul 2026 | 1,074+5 | 1,043+8 | 743 Pno change · 12 games |
| Jun 2026 | 1,069+259 | 1,035+232 | 743 Pno change · 12 games |
| May 2026 | 810+31 | 803+39 | 743 Pno change · 12 games |
| Apr 2026 | 779+100 | 764+109 | 743 Pno change · 12 games |
| Mar 2026 | 679+1 | 655-5 | 743 Pno change · 12 games |
| Feb 2026 | 678-55 | 660-59 | 743 P12 games |
| Jan 2026 | 733+147 | 719+154 | — |
| Dec 2025 | 586 | 565 | — |