USCF player statistics
Black, Samuel
Official US Chess record- FIDE
- FIDE 39998037
Regular rating
Provisional rating · Sep 2026 · 9 published updates since Jan 2026
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +19
- Jan 2026 to Feb 2026
- Biggest drop
- —
- No drop between published updates yet
- Longest rise
- 1 update
- +19 from Jan 2026 to Feb 2026
- Updates that moved
- 4 of 8
- Latest +7, Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Typical move
- ±4
- Mean absolute change; spread ±6.7
Regular rating in context
United States
#35,732of 83,635 rated members · higher than 57.2%
47,872 lower · 32 same rating · 35,731 higher · ties share a rank
Idaho
#162of 284 rated members · higher than 42.9%
122 lower · 1 same rating · 161 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,635 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 8,138 within 100 points of 979 (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; 57.2% below 979)
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 | 979 P+7 · 8 games |
| Aug 2026 | 972 Pno change · 8 games |
| Jul 2026 | 972 Pno change · 8 games |
| Jun 2026 | 972 P+1 · 8 games |
| May 2026 | 971 Pno change · 8 games |
| Apr 2026 | 971 P+1 · 8 games |
| Mar 2026 | 970 Pno change · 8 games |
| Feb 2026 | 970 P+19 · 8 games |
| Jan 2026 | 951 P6 games |
| Dec 2025 | — |