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Members
987
Kentucky
Top Regular
2,534
highest
Median Regular
814.5
midpoint
Rated Regular
856
players

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Kentucky State Rankings

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

MetricRegularQuickBlitzOnline RegOnline QuickOnline Blitz
Median rating
#45815 median
#40781 median
#301,230 median
#161,211 median
#261,200 median
#351,413 median
Average rating
#44909 average
#39870 average
#281,221 average
#221,182 average
#381,127 average
#341,387 average
Best player
#252,534 top
#102,629 top
#182,577 top
#102,613 top
#461,796 top
#451,830 top
Rated players
#24856 players
#22833 players
#28159 players
#2753 players
#3444 players
#3034 players

50-State Trend Stack

Kentucky 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 Kentucky changes month to month

Last month
-66
November 1, 2026 · 987 active members
Best month
+188
February 1, 2026 · 273 gained
Largest loss
-108
March 1, 2026 · 108 lost

Total active members

987

964-1.2k
1.2k964Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26

Monthly net change

-66

+/- 188
0+188-188Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

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

Updated monthly
Joined
460
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Came back
138
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Left
637
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
83166252Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Joined Came back Left

Member Density

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

Active members
24th
987
Valid November 1, 2026
Members per 100k
26th
21.4
per 100,000 of 4,606,864 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across Kentucky

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A regular rating of 815 beats 50.1% of players in Kentucky.
39 players rated 800–899
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Regular ratings · Kentucky

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#PlayerRating
1
Kaidanov, Gregory
USCF12543746
2,534
2
Novikov, Igor
USCF12556825
2,524
3
Sammons, Evan
USCF16792076
2,331
4
Abraham, John
USCF16922802
2,223
5
Liu, Chris Ping
USCF16086648
2,191
6
Decker, Michael P
USCF10248868
2,163
7
Prem, Muthu Avaneesh
USCF17264211
2,159
8
Velez, Ryan
USCF12792845
2,134
9
Dashti, Pasha
USCF15517506
2,113
10
Woodward, Billy
USCF12425374
2,092
11
Gilliam, John F
USCF10193575
2,051
12
Parthiv, Kavin
USCF15909843
2,048
13
Baker, Jerry
USCF12463414
2,039
14
Bush, Chris
USCF12457509
2,026
15
Goodwin, Aiden
USCF16395446
1,991
16
Hitselberger, Joseph
USCF12240680
1,987
17
Harrington-Taber, Timothy M
USCF12739204
1,987
18
Hereford, Liam
USCF14694643
1,969
19
Johnson, Jacob
USCF30916362
1,968
20
Burns, Randas L
USCF12778501
1,952

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#PlayerGain
1
Agarwal, Ahaan
USCF32436112
+217
2
Peterman, Jacob William
USCF30794057
+212
3
Muppalaneni, Devansh Sai
USCF31542283
+199
4
Nair, Vedanth
USCF32122054
+163
5
Yusufiy, Turkol Alisher
USCF30529472
+152
6
Bailey, Parker N
USCF30877788
+130
7
Revlett, Ethan
USCF32322865
+130
8
Heiny, Kevin
USCF13195694
+122
9
Noland, Andrew
USCF12656466
+120
10
Bosse, Titus William
USCF30540522
+97
11
Majors, Schaeffer Allen
USCF32270035
+93
12
Elliott, Simon
USCF17158995
+89
13
Tran, Tommy
USCF14946325
+83
14
Sawant, Sharvil Nitin
USCF30860067
+58
15
Karri, Taswik Karthikeya
USCF33078349
+57
16
Desoto, Victor Anthony
USCF16593597
+49
17
Meacham, Robert E
USCF11161197
+48
18
Kamp, Daniel
USCF30897759
+47
19
Lin, Anthony Hao
USCF30867876
+45
20
Ahlf, Gabriel
USCF31585057
+44

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#PlayerRanks
1
Tran, Vincent
USCF33149087
+238
2
Nguyen, Andrew
USCF32659711
+117
3
Bailey, Parker N
USCF30877788
+104
4
Agarwal, Ahaan
USCF32436112
+103
5
Peterman, Jacob William
USCF30794057
+87
6
Arumugam, Chockalingam
USCF32854164
+84
7
Scott, Cooper Alexander
USCF32789035
+79
8
Scheiderich, Andrew C
USCF30675599
+77
9
Nair, Vedanth
USCF32122054
+69
10
Prakash, Sharwin
USCF33247825
+67
11
Noland, Andrew
USCF12656466
+61
12
Hall, Julius Jase
USCF33220854
+61
13
Bullock, Charles
USCF32746805
+59
14
Karri, Taswik Karthikeya
USCF33078349
+52
15
Charleston, James Darnell
USCF31686848
+51
16
Heiny, Kevin
USCF13195694
+45
17
Noland, Adrian
USCF32926565
+45
18
Callis, Ian B
USCF32728280
+43
19
Bosse, Titus William
USCF30540522
+42
20
Bateman, Tyler
USCF32744802
+41

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