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Members
9,763
California
Top Regular
2,715
highest
Median Regular
971
midpoint
Rated Regular
7,921
players

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California State Rankings

Where California ranks among states by rating category · updated November 1, 2026

MetricRegularQuickBlitzOnline RegOnline QuickOnline Blitz
Median rating
#28971 median
#27873 median
#291,234 median
#221,154 median
#411,109 median
#161,503 median
Average rating
#261,034 average
#30919 average
#311,209 average
#211,184 average
#401,120 average
#211,427 average
Best player
#102,715 top
#82,641 top
#82,696 top
#52,716 top
#22,699 top
#72,601 top
Rated players
#27.9k players
#27.3k players
#12.3k players
#1914 players
#11.1k players
#1611 players

50-State Trend Stack

California highlighted against every state · Active Members

5.7k11k0Alaska, latest 186Alabama, latest 637Arkansas, latest 492Arizona, latest 1,751California, latest 9,763Colorado, latest 1,196Connecticut, latest 971District of Columbia, latest 368Delaware, latest 249Florida, latest 4,584Georgia, latest 2,139Hawaii, latest 419Iowa, latest 410Idaho, latest 305Illinois, latest 4,370Indiana, latest 1,468Kansas, latest 619Kentucky, latest 987Louisiana, latest 775Massachusetts, latest 1,945Maryland, latest 2,080Maine, latest 440Michigan, latest 1,981Minnesota, latest 1,065Missouri, latest 1,425Mississippi, latest 393Montana, latest 140North Carolina, latest 2,931North Dakota, latest 113Nebraska, latest 343New Hampshire, latest 391New Jersey, latest 3,351New Mexico, latest 474Nevada, latest 784New York, latest 8,375Ohio, latest 2,270Oklahoma, latest 681Oregon, latest 1,355Pennsylvania, latest 2,862Rhode Island, latest 289South Carolina, latest 1,056South Dakota, latest 186Tennessee, latest 1,312Texas, latest 9,652Utah, latest 694Virginia, latest 2,820Vermont, latest 235Washington, latest 2,213Wisconsin, latest 981West Virginia, latest 267Wyoming, latest 118Dec 25Mar 26Jun 26Sep 26Nov 26
November 1, 2026
members
1California
9,763
2Texas
9,652
3New York
8,375
4Florida
4,584
5Illinois
4,370
6New Jersey
3,351

Member Growth & Turnover

How the number of active players in California changes month to month

Last month
-238
November 1, 2026 · 9,763 active members
Best month
+985
February 1, 2026 · 1,499 gained
Largest loss
-582
March 1, 2026 · 624 lost

Total active members

9,763

9.3k-10k
10k9.3kDec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26

Monthly net change

-238

+/- 985
0+985-985Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

How many members in California joined, came back, or left each month

Updated monthly
Joined
4,773
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Came back
1,621
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Left
6,065
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
4619221.4kDec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Joined Came back Left

Member Density

Active USCF members per 100,000 California residents using 2025 estimated resident population

Active members
1st
9,763
Valid November 1, 2026
Members per 100k
19th
24.8
per 100,000 of 39,355,309 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across California

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A regular rating of 971 beats 49.8% of players in California.
424 players rated 900–999
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Regular ratings · California

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#PlayerRating
1
Shankland, Sam
USCF12852765
2,715
2
Izoria, Zviad
USCF12922861
2,694
3
Hong, Andrew
USCF14941904
2,693
4
Yoo, Christopher Woojin
USCF15244943
2,640
5
Akopian, Vladimir
USCF12561112
2,618
6
Ghazarian, Kirk
USCF14885268
2,603
7
Wolff, Patrick G
USCF11343406
2,588
8
Corrales Jimenez, Fidel
USCF14958890
2,578
9
Sheng, Joshua
USCF13974250
2,575
10
Zierk, Steven
USCF12796611
2,574
11
Bhat, Vinay S
USCF12551720
2,569
12
Shaked, Tal
USCF12470713
2,558
13
Heimann, Mark
USCF12802899
2,549
14
Daggupati, Balaji
USCF14499403
2,532
15
Katz, Alexander
USCF12885132
2,507
16
Prokolab, Miroslav
USCF13494102
2,502
17
Ambartsoumian, Armen
USCF12561114
2,497
18
Vidyarthi, Vyom
USCF15107740
2,497
19
Lakdawala, Cyrus F
USCF11486738
2,490
20
Shlyakhtenko, Robert
USCF14951916
2,483

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#PlayerGain
1
Osan, Emil
USCF32026568
+367
2
Chung, Ethan Jaewon
USCF32144613
+363
3
Min, Nicky
USCF32017747
+324
4
Arun, Arjun
USCF32525028
+319
5
Manojkumar, Joe Benjamin
USCF31401813
+310
6
Shedge, Anuj
USCF32367512
+285
7
Bhogaraju, Sri Siva Naga Madhava
USCF32536381
+276
8
Maurya, Divyansh
USCF32706289
+270
9
Charoen, Kyle S
USCF33075759
+267
10
Prokopenko, George
USCF14992043
+263
11
Hung, Andrew
USCF32573890
+260
12
Ladd, Miles
USCF31595193
+259
13
Pokhrel, Sudhir
USCF14016498
+258
14
Buradkar, Vedant
USCF31926401
+258
15
Peng, Milo D.
USCF32331465
+256
16
Yan-Cheng, Jeffrey
USCF31798337
+255
17
Kuo, Preston
USCF32952429
+253
18
Jesuraj, Arokiaxavi
USCF32351419
+248
19
Wong, Alexander Dylan
USCF14169745
+245
20
Lamouri, Salim
USCF30762175
+244

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#PlayerRanks
1
Anand, Atharva
USCF31275661
+1,741
2
Patel, Nishan
USCF32433601
+1,667
3
Osan, Emil
USCF32026568
+1,577
4
Ma, Ethan
USCF33084897
+1,573
5
Surendar, Ganeshyaam
USCF32659549
+1,517
6
Toombs, Patrick
USCF32920811
+1,513
7
Chi, Ari
USCF32905136
+1,437
8
Charpe, Aadi
USCF33217667
+1,409
9
Chung, Ethan Jaewon
USCF32144613
+1,395
10
Wang, Jeff
USCF33225877
+1,389
11
Tanutama, Kai J
USCF33182913
+1,387
12
Echevarria, Santiago James
USCF30352399
+1,369
13
Arun, Arjun
USCF32525028
+1,348
14
Grudzien, Blake
USCF33068181
+1,287
15
Manojkumar, Joe Benjamin
USCF31401813
+1,263
16
Bhogaraju, Sri Siva Naga Madhava
USCF32536381
+1,250
17
Ping, Ruizhe
USCF33214414
+1,233
18
Ye, Clayton
USCF32243580
+1,218
19
Prokopenko, George
USCF14992043
+1,215
20
Chen, Nolan
USCF33212269
+1,204

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