USCF player statistics
Smith, Michael
Official US Chess recordRegular rating
Published rating · Sep 2026 · 10 published updates since Dec 2025
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +9
- Jun 2026 to Jul 2026
- Biggest drop
- -19
- Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Longest rise
- 1 update
- +9 from Jun 2026 to Jul 2026
- Updates that moved
- 5 of 9
- Latest -19, Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Typical move
- ±6
- Mean absolute change; spread ±9
Regular rating in context
United States
#36,458of 83,635 rated members · higher than 56.3%
47,133 lower · 45 same rating · 36,457 higher · ties share a rank
California
#4,225of 9,051 rated members · higher than 53.2%
4,820 lower · 7 same rating · 4,224 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,635 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 8,277 within 100 points of 961 (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; 56.3% below 961)
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 |
|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 961-19 |
| Aug 2026 | 980no change |
| Jul 2026 | 980+9 |
| Jun 2026 | 971-18 |
| May 2026 | 989-5 |
| Apr 2026 | 994no change |
| Mar 2026 | 994-4 |
| Feb 2026 | 998no change |
| Jan 2026 | 998no change |
| Dec 2025 | 998 |