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Members
1,065
Minnesota
Top Regular
2,840
highest
Median Regular
1,136
midpoint
Rated Regular
919
players

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Minnesota State Rankings

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

MetricRegularQuickBlitzOnline RegOnline QuickOnline Blitz
Median rating
#111,136 median
#29869 median
#251,278 median
#131,232 median
#141,280 median
#71,553 median
Average rating
#131,103 average
#24953 average
#261,238 average
#71,295 average
#121,283 average
#121,489 average
Best player
#32,840 top
#32,707 top
#32,854 top
#12,902 top
#282,212 top
#222,278 top
Rated players
#22919 players
#23783 players
#20278 players
#18101 players
#19110 players
#1973 players

50-State Trend Stack

Minnesota 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 Minnesota changes month to month

Last month
-22
November 1, 2026 · 1,065 active members
Best month
+92
February 1, 2026 · 150 gained
Largest loss
-82
March 1, 2026 · 91 lost

Total active members

1,065

1.1k-1.2k
1.2k1.1kDec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26

Monthly net change

-22

+/- 92
0+92-92Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

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

Updated monthly
Joined
443
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Came back
173
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Left
650
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
4182124Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Joined Came back Left

Member Density

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

Active members
22nd
1,065
Valid November 1, 2026
Members per 100k
38th
18.3
per 100,000 of 5,830,405 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across Minnesota

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A regular rating of 1,136 beats 50.2% of players in Minnesota.
36 players rated 1100–1199
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Regular ratings · Minnesota

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#PlayerRating
1
So, Wesley
USCF13145890
2,840
2
Narayanan, Samrug
USCF14653287
2,540
3
Bartholomew, John
USCF12718516
2,534
4
Nagle, Sean
USCF12571512
2,484
5
Titus, Andrew Lewis
USCF14060637
2,339
6
Jin, Ashton
USCF15752021
2,329
7
Lee, Linden Marcus
USCF16059633
2,319
8
Renshaw, Don S
USCF10394660
2,287
9
Timm, Jordan
USCF15078846
2,270
10
Schabert, David
USCF17120647
2,244
11
Johnson, Leonard Jeffrey
USCF12436272
2,231
12
Iwu, Okechukwu Anele Nnej
USCF12675167
2,227
13
Miller, Todd Q
USCF10415144
2,200
14
Thompson, Dexter
USCF11306195
2,200
15
Weatherly, Connor
USCF14899713
2,193
16
Zhou, Ryan
USCF30770532
2,172
17
Elmquist, Ronald D
USCF10319846
2,169
18
Anderson, Mark N
USCF12409324
2,165
19
Thiagarajan, Arvind Kankesh
USCF16305672
2,160
20
Riester, Scott Murray
USCF12656031
2,159

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#PlayerGain
1
Saamaanya, Abhimanyu
USCF31991092
+268
2
Stratmann, Asher
USCF31567099
+243
3
Leopold, Jasper
USCF31762845
+240
4
Nair, Reyaansh
USCF31330959
+235
5
Shrinivaasan, Vihaan
USCF32551585
+207
6
Natraj, Nandith
USCF30571596
+197
7
Lahm, Michael
USCF30817932
+173
8
Vo, Minh
USCF31764630
+164
9
Bimberg, Darrel R
USCF31361722
+145
10
Garten, Andrew
USCF15419820
+137
11
Dohman, Nathan
USCF30698088
+136
12
Chen, Arthur
USCF32173703
+100
13
Doll, Charlie
USCF31088387
+98
14
Mcgregor, Jackson R
USCF30161857
+93
15
Velin, Will Knight
USCF32424118
+86
16
Tolkkinen, Jesse
USCF31661872
+84
17
Alzen, Lucas Anders
USCF31979772
+80
18
Schlaeger, Tony
USCF12893280
+78
19
Limpert, Mason Albert
USCF30908410
+76
20
Beygan, Tharun
USCF30640132
+69

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#PlayerRanks
1
Saamaanya, Abhimanyu
USCF31991092
+135
2
Thokala, Saveer
USCF32329538
+127
3
Stratmann, Asher
USCF31567099
+125
4
Shrinivaasan, Vihaan
USCF32551585
+105
5
Leopold, Jasper
USCF31762845
+96
6
Tooze, Joshua David
USCF32743334
+87
7
Chowdhury, Rohit
USCF33084878
+87
8
Srivastava, Kabir
USCF31777642
+85
9
Bimberg, Darrel R
USCF31361722
+83
10
Vo, Minh
USCF31764630
+77
11
Natraj, Nandith
USCF30571596
+68
12
Lahm, Michael
USCF30817932
+67
13
Garten, Andrew
USCF15419820
+58
14
Vanduzee, Nick
USCF33192246
+50
15
Hoedeman, Lucas Anthony
USCF33186293
+50
16
Dohman, Nathan
USCF30698088
+49
17
Lee, Mischa Broad
USCF32870674
+46
18
Tolkkinen, Jesse
USCF31661872
+45
19
Chen, Arthur
USCF32173703
+43
20
Biswas, Soujash
USCF32661520
+40

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