USCF statsMinnesotaValid as of September 1, 2026National stats

USCF statistics / Minnesota · Male

Top players by age, gender & format

Members

1,092

Minnesota

Top Regular

2,837

highest

Median Regular

1,110.5

midpoint

Rated Regular

934

players

Gender-filtered results exclude unknown or unavailable gender.

All charts show the male cohort. Historical trends use the latest known gender, not gender recorded at the time. Member density uses the total resident population. Filtered data refreshes in the background.

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Minnesota State Rankings

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

Metric	Regular	Quick	Blitz	Online Reg	Online Quick	Online Blitz
Median rating	#111,111 median	#27859 median	#281,243 median	#151,229 median	#151,265 median	#211,479 median
Average rating	#111,096 average	#23946 average	#281,226 average	#81,285 average	#191,261 average	#111,476 average
Best player	#32,837 top	#42,698 top	#22,872 top	#12,902 top	#272,212 top	#222,278 top
Rated players	#22934 players	#23792 players	#19280 players	#19100 players	#18115 players	#1871 players

50-State Trend Stack

Minnesota highlighted against every state · Active Members

September 1, 2026

members

1Texas

10,426

2California

9,961

3New York

8,895

4Florida

4,804

5Illinois

4,601

6New Jersey

3,407

Member Growth & Turnover

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

Last month

September 1, 2026 · 1,092 active members

Best month

+92

February 1, 2026 · 150 gained

Largest loss

-82

March 1, 2026 · 91 lost

Total active members

1,092

1.1k-1.2k

Monthly net change

+/- 92

Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

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

Updated monthly

Joined

396

New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–September 1, 2026

Came back

134

Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–September 1, 2026

Left

537

Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–September 1, 2026

Joined Came back Left

Member Density

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

Active members

22nd

1,092

Valid September 1, 2026

Members per 100k

38th

18.7

per 100,000 of 5,830,405 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across Minnesota

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A regular rating of 1,111 beats 50.1% of players in Minnesota.

35 players rated 1100–1199

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Regular ratings · Minnesota

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#	Player	Rating
1	So, Wesley USCF13145890	2,837
2	Bartholomew, John USCF12718516	2,534
3	Narayanan, Samrug USCF14653287	2,531
4	Nagle, Sean USCF12571512	2,484
5	Titus, Andrew Lewis USCF14060637	2,341
6	Jin, Ashton USCF15752021	2,329
7	Lee, Linden Marcus USCF16059633	2,318
8	Renshaw, Don S USCF10394660	2,287
9	Schabert, David USCF17120647	2,281
10	Johnson, Leonard Jeffrey USCF12436272	2,250
11	Benevides Demasi, Joao Otavio USCF15251667	2,227
12	Timm, Jordan USCF15078846	2,226
13	Miller, Todd Q USCF10415144	2,200
14	Thompson, Dexter USCF11306195	2,200
15	Iwu, Okechukwu Anele Nnej USCF12675167	2,200
16	Elmquist, Ronald D USCF10319846	2,169
17	Anderson, Mark N USCF12409324	2,165
18	Riester, Scott Murray USCF12656031	2,159
19	Weatherly, Connor USCF14899713	2,154
20	Zagar, Dane Bruno USCF12915762	2,150

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#	Player	Gain
1	Anbulingom, Pranesh USCF31303125	+252
2	Nyeggen, Victor USCF32250266	+148
3	Ramkumar, Ritvik USCF31488141	+144
4	Karthikeyan, Siddharth USCF31926500	+141
5	Nithyanandam, Pranesh N USCF31525483	+130
6	Abramson, Jayden USCF31017972	+125
7	Johnson, Drew USCF31626161	+119
8	Zentrich, Sean Robert USCF17074028	+114
9	Wasserman, Edward USCF14740995	+109
10	Martin, Julian Renkai USCF32392654	+108
11	Leholm, Matthew USCF15541533	+105
12	Kwainoe, Ian Myles USCF32820252	+99
13	Myburgh, Johan USCF30982186	+78
14	Smith, Sam R USCF12553154	+75
15	Perez, Juan Carlos USCF32522863	+66
16	Decker, Ron J USCF14879767	+59
17	Bimberg, Darrel R USCF31361722	+55
18	Austreng, Jonah Anders USCF15725208	+50
19	Ilyasov, Ahmed USCF30131511	+46
20	Moore, John Charles USCF14131032	+45

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#	Player	Ranks
1	Lee, Mischa Broad USCF32870674	+135
2	Anbulingom, Pranesh USCF31303125	+77
3	Ramkumar, Ritvik USCF31488141	+69
4	Bunker, Aaron L USCF30834568	+68
5	Nithyanandam, Pranesh N USCF31525483	+61
6	Nyeggen, Victor USCF32250266	+59
7	Kafer, Sullivan USCF32779954	+59
8	Karthikeyan, Siddharth USCF31926500	+55
9	Zentrich, Sean Robert USCF17074028	+52
10	Giritharan, Prathiyush Balasubramaniam USCF32496049	+45
11	Johnson, Drew USCF31626161	+39
12	Abramson, Jayden USCF31017972	+38
13	Leholm, Matthew USCF15541533	+33
14	Smith, Sam R USCF12553154	+31
15	Wasserman, Edward USCF14740995	+30
16	Myburgh, Johan USCF30982186	+30
17	Kwainoe, Ian Myles USCF32820252	+24
18	Martin, Julian Renkai USCF32392654	+23
19	Bimberg, Darrel R USCF31361722	+21
20	Persin, Jude Daniel USCF33146156	+20

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USCF statistics / Minnesota · Male

Minnesota State Rankings

50-State Trend Stack

Member Growth & Turnover

Total active members

Monthly net change

Joining and leaving US Chess

Member Density

Rating Distribution

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