USCF player statistics
Van Westen, Michael
Official US Chess recordRegular rating
Provisional rating · Sep 2026 · 10 published updates since Dec 2025
Other formats against Regular
-6 Quick vs Regular (provisional)
No national baseline for this rating band yet.
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +113
- Apr 2026 to May 2026
- Biggest drop
- —
- No drop between published updates yet
- Longest rise
- 1 update
- +113 from Apr 2026 to May 2026
- Current run
- 1 update
- Unchanged since Aug 2026
- Typical move
- ±13
- Mean absolute change; spread ±37.6
Regular rating in context
United States
13.7%of the comparison population has a lower rating.
11,526 lower · 42 same rating · 72,067 higher
Where this rating sits · United States
83,635 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 9,995 within 100 points of 252
250–299: 2,532 members (3%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
16.6% below 300 (13,947 of 83,635; 13.7% below 252)
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: it is a rating comparison, not a prediction of future rank. This player is outside that comparison population; no membership rank is assigned.
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 | 252 Pno change · 11 games | 246 Pno change · 11 games |
| Aug 2026 | 252 P+2 · 11 games | 246 P+2 · 11 games |
| Jul 2026 | 250 Pno change · 11 games | 244 Pno change · 11 games |
| Jun 2026 | 250 Pno change · 11 games | 244 Pno change · 11 games |
| May 2026 | 250 P+113 · 11 games | 244 P+115 · 11 games |
| Apr 2026 | 137 Pno change · 5 games | 129 Pno change · 5 games |
| Mar 2026 | 137 Pno change · 5 games | 129 Pno change · 5 games |
| Feb 2026 | 137 Pno change · 5 games | 129 Pno change · 5 games |
| Jan 2026 | 137 Pno change · 5 games | 129 Pno change · 5 games |
| Dec 2025 | 137 P5 games | 129 P5 games |