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Members
4,370
Illinois
Top Regular
2,689
highest
Median Regular
797.5
midpoint
Rated Regular
3,760
players

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Illinois State Rankings

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

MetricRegularQuickBlitzOnline RegOnline QuickOnline Blitz
Median rating
#48798 median
#47719 median
#311,220 median
#341,105 median
#421,108 median
#281,444 median
Average rating
#47899 average
#47806 average
#341,206 average
#301,135 average
#421,104 average
#321,397 average
Best player
#112,689 top
#112,621 top
#132,624 top
#132,569 top
#162,461 top
#172,392 top
Rated players
#43.8k players
#43.5k players
#5887 players
#8259 players
#6322 players
#9162 players

50-State Trend Stack

Illinois 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 Illinois changes month to month

Last month
-201
November 1, 2026 · 4,370 active members
Best month
+681
February 1, 2026 · 1,040 gained
Largest loss
-395
March 1, 2026 · 436 lost

Total active members

4,370

4.1k-4.8k
4.8k4.1kDec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26

Monthly net change

-201

+/- 681
0+681-681Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

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

Updated monthly
Joined
2,219
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Came back
646
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Left
2,748
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
310620940Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Joined Came back Left

Member Density

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

Active members
5th
4,370
Valid November 1, 2026
Members per 100k
5th
34.4
per 100,000 of 12,719,141 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across Illinois

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A regular rating of 798 beats 50.0% of players in Illinois.
210 players rated 700–799
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Regular ratings · Illinois

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#PlayerRating
1
Zherebukh, Yaroslav
USCF15105277
2,689
2
Avrukh, Boris
USCF15478832
2,661
3
Shulman, Yury
USCF12741541
2,649
4
Goldin, Alexander
USCF12556822
2,566
5
Mardov, Dimitar
USCF15205818
2,564
6
Schmakel, Sam
USCF12887417
2,542
7
Rosen, Eric S
USCF12853959
2,426
8
Furfine, Jacob
USCF13089315
2,417
9
Kaplan, Avi Harrison
USCF15263943
2,410
10
Khanbutaev, Artemii
USCF30784129
2,399
11
Gurevich, Dmitry
USCF12212800
2,377
12
Ladan, Nicholas
USCF15092641
2,333
13
Lehmann, Spencer George
USCF13457744
2,318
14
Kogen, Jonathan
USCF12810919
2,315
15
Karagianis, Pete Demetrios
USCF12542549
2,307
16
Baker, Aidan
USCF17194941
2,288
17
Tikhomirov, Matthew
USCF30026331
2,279
18
Shetty, Anshul P
USCF15752957
2,275
19
Watson, Alan L
USCF10341116
2,272
20
Guha, Rohit
USCF15929653
2,245

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#PlayerGain
1
Wheeler, Evan S
USCF31591746
+342
2
Guttula, Karthikeya
USCF30888509
+288
3
Watkins, Nolan
USCF32698764
+277
4
Arustamyan, Alessandro
USCF32184944
+214
5
Schuele Bermeo, Camilo
USCF32824500
+193
6
Dashdemberel, Danzan
USCF30828320
+192
7
Vijayakumar, Vividh
USCF32209085
+190
8
Muller, Ethan
USCF32112675
+185
9
Barshan, Arya
USCF31932042
+181
10
Grandlienard, Caleb R
USCF30553396
+180
11
Wu, Alexander
USCF31988315
+172
12
Schick, Ryan
USCF32332243
+167
13
Byshevyi, Matthew
USCF16389333
+161
14
Van Gorden, Peter R
USCF32300377
+160
15
Kumar, Adhrit
USCF32114039
+158
16
Askhatov, Yusuf
USCF32801699
+157
17
Geddi Viswanathan, Vishanth
USCF30790115
+154
18
Lewandowski, Kacper Andrzej
USCF32755908
+149
19
George, Roydin
USCF30678977
+148
20
Shou, Joshua
USCF31949456
+143

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#PlayerRanks
1
Shrake, Matthew C
USCF14497888
+778
2
Wheat, Owen William
USCF32815520
+773
3
Chowdhury, Rivaan
USCF31035096
+760
4
Russo, Carter Thomas
USCF32706387
+722
5
Rayani, Nathan
USCF32857337
+708
6
Vemula, Thejas
USCF33245424
+677
7
Chawla, Ronit
USCF32907514
+617
8
Guttula, Karthikeya
USCF30888509
+616
9
Bhaumik, Ahorshi
USCF33224899
+612
10
Srivastava, Ankur
USCF33244935
+608
11
Sivakumar, Shravan
USCF33208347
+604
12
Dennison, Wesley
USCF32712304
+580
13
Van Gorden, Peter R
USCF32300377
+540
14
Muluk, Ojas
USCF33193931
+533
15
Chintireddy, Arjun
USCF33131073
+528
16
Schick, Ryan
USCF32332243
+525
17
Askhatov, Yusuf
USCF32801699
+502
18
Radecki, Myles
USCF32747968
+483
19
Arustamyan, Alessandro
USCF32184944
+474
20
Peterson, Benjamin
USCF32453951
+451

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