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Members
3,255
Virginia
Top Regular
2,610
highest
Median Regular
885
midpoint
Rated Regular
2,592
players

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Virginia State Rankings

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

MetricRegularQuickBlitzOnline RegOnline QuickOnline Blitz
Median rating
#29885 median
#30792 median
#261,238 median
#45978 median
#311,133 median
#361,396 median
Average rating
#27971 average
#29870 average
#241,225 average
#451,025 average
#291,159 average
#371,362 average
Best player
#132,610 top
#142,583 top
#102,657 top
#142,565 top
#62,623 top
#82,571 top
Rated players
#82.6k players
#92.3k players
#7637 players
#5478 players
#7341 players
#6199 players

50-State Trend Stack

Virginia highlighted against every state · Active Members

7.0k14k0Alaska, latest 218Alabama, latest 744Arkansas, latest 562Arizona, latest 2,113California, latest 11,856Colorado, latest 1,382Connecticut, latest 1,108District of Columbia, latest 438Delaware, latest 290Florida, latest 5,770Georgia, latest 2,568Hawaii, latest 511Iowa, latest 476Idaho, latest 347Illinois, latest 5,324Indiana, latest 1,780Kansas, latest 720Kentucky, latest 1,276Louisiana, latest 920Massachusetts, latest 2,176Maryland, latest 2,386Maine, latest 538Michigan, latest 2,357Minnesota, latest 1,175Missouri, latest 1,721Mississippi, latest 470Montana, latest 167North Carolina, latest 3,700North Dakota, latest 125Nebraska, latest 391New Hampshire, latest 448New Jersey, latest 3,988New Mexico, latest 579Nevada, latest 1,055New York, latest 11,328Ohio, latest 2,799Oklahoma, latest 795Oregon, latest 1,759Pennsylvania, latest 3,288Rhode Island, latest 332South Carolina, latest 1,245South Dakota, latest 228Tennessee, latest 1,530Texas, latest 12,894Utah, latest 844Virginia, latest 3,255Vermont, latest 268Washington, latest 2,625Wisconsin, latest 1,105West Virginia, latest 310Wyoming, latest 151Dec 25Mar 26Jun 26Sep 26Nov 26
November 1, 2026
members
1Texas
12,894
2California
11,856
3New York
11,328
4Florida
5,770
5Illinois
5,324
6New Jersey
3,988

Member Growth & Turnover

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

Last month
-9
November 1, 2026 · 3,255 active members
Best month
+387
February 1, 2026 · 587 gained
Largest loss
-268
March 1, 2026 · 283 lost

Total active members

3,255

3.0k-3.4k
3.4k3.0kDec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26

Monthly net change

-9

+/- 387
0+387-387Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

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

Updated monthly
Joined
1,688
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Came back
472
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
Left
2,010
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–November 1, 2026
180359544Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26Nov 26
Joined Came back Left

Member Density

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

Active members
9th
3,255
Valid November 1, 2026
Members per 100k
10th
36.7
per 100,000 of 8,880,107 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across Virginia

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A regular rating of 885 beats 50.2% of players in Virginia.
155 players rated 800–899
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Regular ratings · Virginia

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#PlayerRating
1
Brown, Michael W
USCF13289023
2,610
2
Balakrishnan, Praveen
USCF14056673
2,583
3
Erenburg, Sergey
USCF13674544
2,539
4
Grabinsky, Aaron
USCF14456386
2,432
5
Paul, Justin
USCF14323420
2,427
6
Yu, Jennifer R
USCF14117950
2,413
7
Schuyler, James
USCF12168140
2,377
8
Zhuang, Kyle
USCF16368295
2,365
9
Chiu, Isaac
USCF14570627
2,356
10
Slate, Kent
USCF15180666
2,351
11
Meyer, Eugene B
USCF10122953
2,329
12
Conner, Troy
USCF10709750
2,327
13
Diao, Matthew Guo
USCF15914362
2,319
14
Ginsburg, Mark
USCF10172918
2,313
15
Brady, Tyson
USCF15967098
2,301
16
Sriniaiyer, Sudarshan
USCF14943697
2,296
17
Wilson, Ronen
USCF15349011
2,294
18
Moorhouse, Will
USCF30059498
2,273
19
Martin, Sam B
USCF15173832
2,272
20
Mccoy, Owen
USCF14447115
2,265

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#PlayerGain
1
Su, Bolin
USCF32371322
+329
2
Yakhyaeva, Lamisa
USCF32171085
+264
3
Bazarov, Davud
USCF32825986
+234
4
Karmacharya, Aarav
USCF32375506
+230
5
Plaskey, Leila
USCF30102753
+228
6
Sun, Robert
USCF32054761
+225
7
Sista, Aamogh
USCF32163132
+216
8
Plaskey, Alan
USCF16440795
+203
9
Wang, Ryan Zhou
USCF30211128
+190
10
Gomez Salas, Henry David
USCF33128839
+184
11
Khawaja, Hasan Ali
USCF31558514
+182
12
Kumar, Yeshmita Santhosh
USCF32223120
+177
13
Zhu, Raymond
USCF31403262
+173
14
Wilde, David Minh
USCF16374303
+162
15
Lan, Quentin
USCF31534961
+161
16
Favero, Luca
USCF32242404
+161
17
Pandya, Yug
USCF31439732
+159
18
Gaddamanugu, Gauri
USCF17318967
+158
19
Hyatt, J. Wesley
USCF32190840
+151
20
Pericherla, Shaarav
USCF32352176
+149

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#PlayerRanks
1
Su, Bolin
USCF32371322
+507
2
Rizwan, Fatima
USCF32822937
+496
3
Khandelwal, Riaan
USCF33195547
+486
4
Ogura, Josephine
USCF31014694
+462
5
Yakhyaeva, Lamisa
USCF32171085
+379
6
Abbasi, Arman Alexander
USCF32543731
+376
7
Cole-Rueff, Hazel Virginia
USCF32104645
+375
8
Balaji, Dhanvisri
USCF32879143
+365
9
Sun, Robert
USCF32054761
+339
10
Bazarov, Davud
USCF32825986
+330
11
Metzger, Eli G
USCF33063245
+308
12
Khawaja, Hasan Ali
USCF31558514
+303
13
Kasi, Srijan
USCF32467085
+286
14
Plaskey, Leila
USCF30102753
+280
15
Lakhani, Khanjan
USCF32779161
+280
16
Karmacharya, Aarav
USCF32375506
+278
17
Gomez Salas, Henry David
USCF33128839
+264
18
Watson, Benjamin
USCF33196163
+263
19
Pokkuluri, Samvedh Sai
USCF33139608
+260
20
Singh, Reyansh
USCF33208366
+260

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