USCF player statistics
Pala, Karthik
- Biggest rank climb · #73 in Texas (Quick)
- Biggest rank climb · #84 in Texas (Regular)
- Fastest rising · #78 in United States (Quick)
- Fastest rising · #85 in United States (Regular)
- Fastest rising · #22 in Texas (Quick)
- Fastest rising · #19 in Texas (Regular)
- Gender
- Male
- FIDE
- FIDE 0
- US Chess reported rank
- #35,835 national · #3,858 in state
- Floor
- Regular 150 · Quick 150 · Online Regular 100
- Rated games
- Online Regular 25
US Chess record as of Sep 15, 2026
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +250
- Sep 2026 to Oct 2026
- Biggest drop
- -85
- Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Longest rise
- 3 updates
- +94 from Jan 2026 to Apr 2026
- Updates that moved
- 8 of 10
- Latest +250, Sep 2026 to Oct 2026
- Typical move
- ±69
- Mean absolute change; spread ±98.1
Regular rating in context
United States
#33,229of 82,596 rated members · higher than 59.7%
49,323 lower · 45 same rating · 33,228 higher · ties share a rank
Texas
#2,949of 10,510 rated members · higher than 71.9%
7,559 lower · 3 same rating · 2,948 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
82,596 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 7,744 within 100 points of 1,043 (this player included)
1,000–1,049: 1,938 members (2.3%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
60% below 1,050 (49,606 of 82,596; 59.7% below 1,043)
Percentile over time · United States
59.7% higher than · Oct 2026 · rank #33,229 of 82,596
Since Dec 2025
+22.6 pts
How these comparisons are calculated
Chess67 calculations from the Oct 2026 monthly rating update, using the same population as the USCF statistics pages: US members classified as active in the published monthly records, excluding lifetime-coded records, provisional ratings included. Ties share a rank; “lower” is strictly lower; national and state groups overlap. The target explorer keeps the population fixed, with this player at their recorded rating: it is a rating comparison, not a prediction of future rank.
Published ratings by month
P marks a provisional rating; the small figure is the change since the previous published observation.
| Month | Regular | Quick | Online Regular |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 1,043+250 | 983+255 | 861no change |
| Sep 2026 | 793-85 | 728-81 | 861no change |
| Aug 2026 | 878-47 | 809-29 | 861+31 |
| Jul 2026 | 925+69 | 838+112 | 830 P21 games |
| Jun 2026 | 856+146 | 726+69 | — |
| May 2026 | 710no change | 657no change | — |
| Apr 2026 | 710+9 | 657+57 | — |
| Mar 2026 | 701+3 | 600+6 | — |
| Feb 2026 | 698+82 | 594-6 | — |
| Jan 2026 | 616no change | 600no change | — |
| Dec 2025 | 616 | 600 | — |