Top chess players age 50 and over

Official US Chess rankings for September 2026. 100 players are ranked on this list.

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Top Chess Players Age 50 and Over in the US (Sep 2026)
#PlayerStateRatingMove
1Alex OnischukTX2,706
2Vladimir AkopianCA2,618
3Jaan EhlvestNY2,606
4Maxim DlugyPA2,568
5Alexander GoldinIL2,566
6Alexander StripunskyNJ2,554
7Joel BenjaminNJ2,537
8Alexander FishbeinTN2,536
9Gregory KaidanovKY2,534
10Igor NovikovKY2,524
11Douglas D RootTX2,514
12Georgi OrlovWA2,504
13Alexander ShabalovPA2,495
14Julio J BecerraFL2,494
15Alexander IvanovMA2,479
16Stuart RachelsAL2,473
17Jesse KraaiMD2,469
18Nick E de FirmianCA2,453
18Renier GonzalezFL2,453
20Melikset KhachiyanCA2,450
21Alex YermolinskySD2,426
22Jonathan SchroerNC2,423
23Eric TormanMI2,418
24Salvatore J MateraNY2,387
25Dennis MonokroussosIN2,383
26Yury LapshunNY2,378
27Dmitry GurevichIL2,377
28William MorrisonMD2,370
28Tegshsuren EnkhbatMD2,370
30Danny EdelmanCT2,365
31William John DonaldsonCA2,363
32Enrico SevillanoCA2,362
33Dean LeeTN2,361
34Sergey KudrinCT2,352
35Kenneth W ReganNY2,350
36Matthew Aaron BeelbyCA2,346
37Nick RaptisOR2,339
38John P FedorowiczNY2,338
39Wilson SpaqiOH2,336
40Michael A BrooksMO2,333
41David VigoritoMA2,330
42Dov GormanNJ2,318
43James Edward TarjanOR2,313
43Mark GinsburgVA2,313
45Ronald Wayne BurnettTN2,310
46Mladen VucicFL2,309
47Robby AdamsonAZ2,308
48Lawrence Charles KaufmanMD2,304
49Alex BetaneliWI2,302
50Michael A RohdeNY2,300
51James A RizzitanoDE2,298
51Michael J WierzbickiWI2,298
53Oliver T KooOH2,288
54Jose LahozNJ2,284
55John C TimmNJ2,268
56Jay Richard BoninNY2,263
57Stanislav BusyginPA2,256
58Daniel E ShapiroNY2,254
59Steven J Van EnkOR2,253
60Mark T HoshorNC2,251
61Leonard Jeffrey JohnsonMN2,250
62Nelson CastanedaCT2,248
63Edward KitcesVA2,246
64Anjelina BelakovskaiaAZ2,245
65Jon A FrankleCA2,240
66Igor TsyganovIL2,235
66Peter BereolosTN2,235
68Paul HeinrichNV2,229
69Daniel Isaac MillerVA2,226
70Lonnie S KwartlerNY2,225
71Michael P BlankenauNE2,223
72Dmitry VayntrubCA2,222
73Timothy W TaylorCA2,221
74Steven D CrossCA2,218
75Karl DehmeltPA2,217
75Tom M MartinakPA2,217
77Tod S ChasinNJ2,215
78Chris MabeNC2,213
79Vladimir BugayevNY2,212
80Richard N BauerCT2,211
81John BrooksMI2,210
82Geoff McKennaVA2,209
82William C ReuterTX2,209
84John LangreckCA2,208
85Mark B EidemillerPA2,207
85Scott MasseyNJ2,207
85Eric CookeFL2,207
88Mark D KernighanNJ2,206
88Konstantin DolgitserNY2,206
90James A BanksTX2,205
90Kenneth T WallachIL2,205
92Bruce W LeverettPA2,204
92Mikhail KoganovCT2,204
92Rodney A MalpertNE2,204
95Tim R McEnteeIA2,203
95Lawyer TimesMA2,203
95Elliott WinslowCA2,203
95Nabil FeliachiPA2,203
95Javier Antonio TorresFL2,203
95Rashid ZiatdinovFL2,203
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