USCF player statistics
Alford, Merritt
Official US Chess recordQuick rating
Provisional rating · Sep 2026 · 8 published updates since Feb 2026
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- —
- No gain between published updates yet
- Biggest drop
- -59
- Feb 2026 to Mar 2026
- Longest rise
- —
- No consecutive gains yet
- Current run
- 6 updates
- Unchanged since Mar 2026
- Typical move
- ±8
- Mean absolute change; spread ±22.3
Quick rating in context
United States
#63,995of 79,019 rated members · higher than 18.9%
14,972 lower · 53 same rating · 63,994 higher · ties share a rank
Louisiana
#596of 703 rated members · higher than 15.2%
107 lower · 1 same rating · 595 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
79,019 rated members in 50-point bands · median 750–799 · 10,665 within 100 points of 315 (this player included)
300–349: 2,698 members (3.4%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
21.3% below 350 (16,910 of 79,019; 18.9% below 315)
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 | Quick |
|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 315 Pno change · 12 games |
| Aug 2026 | 315 Pno change · 12 games |
| Jul 2026 | 315 Pno change · 12 games |
| Jun 2026 | 315 Pno change · 12 games |
| May 2026 | 315 Pno change · 12 games |
| Apr 2026 | 315 Pno change · 12 games |
| Mar 2026 | 315 P-59 · 12 games |
| Feb 2026 | 374 P12 games |
| Jan 2026 | — |
| Dec 2025 | — |