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Members
1,003
Connecticut
Top Regular
2,783
highest
Median Regular
1,051
midpoint
Rated Regular
767
players

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Connecticut State Rankings

Where Connecticut ranks among states by rating category · updated October 1, 2026

MetricRegularQuickBlitzOnline RegOnline QuickOnline Blitz
Median rating
#201,051 median
#21928 median
#71,401 median
#181,209 median
#351,154 median
#91,536 median
Average rating
#131,088 average
#16983 average
#81,339 average
#61,291 average
#291,196 average
#71,510 average
Best player
#52,783 top
#242,398 top
#122,644 top
#112,600 top
#122,534 top
#152,402 top
Rated players
#25767 players
#25714 players
#24241 players
#2189 players
#2477 players
#2164 players

50-State Trend Stack

Connecticut highlighted against every state · Active Members

5.7k11k0Alaska, latest 202Alabama, latest 668Arkansas, latest 521Arizona, latest 1,780California, latest 10,001Colorado, latest 1,245Connecticut, latest 1,003District of Columbia, latest 369Delaware, latest 259Florida, latest 4,778Georgia, latest 2,176Hawaii, latest 422Iowa, latest 410Idaho, latest 314Illinois, latest 4,571Indiana, latest 1,533Kansas, latest 634Kentucky, latest 1,053Louisiana, latest 810Massachusetts, latest 1,987Maryland, latest 2,115Maine, latest 451Michigan, latest 2,028Minnesota, latest 1,087Missouri, latest 1,484Mississippi, latest 414Montana, latest 144North Carolina, latest 3,007North Dakota, latest 117Nebraska, latest 348New Hampshire, latest 401New Jersey, latest 3,456New Mexico, latest 486Nevada, latest 812New York, latest 8,670Ohio, latest 2,380Oklahoma, latest 673Oregon, latest 1,381Pennsylvania, latest 2,914Rhode Island, latest 296South Carolina, latest 1,084South Dakota, latest 174Tennessee, latest 1,355Texas, latest 10,296Utah, latest 681Virginia, latest 2,906Vermont, latest 244Washington, latest 2,274Wisconsin, latest 1,019West Virginia, latest 268Wyoming, latest 118Dec 25Mar 26Jun 26Sep 26Oct 26
October 1, 2026
members
1Texas
10,296
2California
10,001
3New York
8,670
4Florida
4,778
5Illinois
4,571
6New Jersey
3,456

Member Growth & Turnover

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

Last month
-20
October 1, 2026 · 1,003 active members
Best month
+76
February 1, 2026 · 132 gained
Largest loss
-52
March 1, 2026 · 57 lost

Total active members

1,003

1.0k-1.1k
1.1k1.0kDec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26

Monthly net change

-20

+/- 76
0+76-76Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26
Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

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

Updated monthly
Joined
419
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Came back
124
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Left
628
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
4487132Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26
Joined Came back Left

Member Density

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

Active members
26th
1,003
Valid October 1, 2026
Members per 100k
16th
27.2
per 100,000 of 3,688,496 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across Connecticut

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A regular rating of 1,051 beats 49.6% of players in Connecticut.
32 players rated 1000–1099
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Regular ratings · Connecticut

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#PlayerRating
1
Niemann, Hans
USCF15041466
2,783
2
Hungaski, Robert
USCF12790312
2,560
3
Lu, Maximillian
USCF14732597
2,526
4
Chandran, Kapil
USCF13023280
2,435
5
Tanenbaum, Zachary Chen
USCF13616253
2,420
6
Edelman, Danny
USCF12132080
2,365
7
Moor, Nathaniel Philip
USCF15012516
2,364
8
Kudrin, Sergey
USCF11257585
2,352
9
Groff, Jordan
USCF14534054
2,272
10
Castaneda, Nelson
USCF12564228
2,243
11
Weisz, Bryan A
USCF14390720
2,242
12
Szabo, Marcell Paul
USCF14081456
2,226
13
Metrick, Andrew
USCF12080490
2,225
14
Newbold, Robert C
USCF10481121
2,222
15
Harris, Ian R
USCF12721790
2,208
16
Koganov, Mikhail
USCF12656022
2,204
17
Bauer, Richard N
USCF10583896
2,203
18
Shure, Gary M
USCF10110793
2,200
19
Chernin, Oliver
USCF10502772
2,200
20
Natarajan, Neil
USCF30048585
2,185

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#PlayerGain
1
Poursaitidis, Panagiotis
USCF32879530
+191
2
Vignesh Nagarajan Vidya, Dikshan
USCF30979769
+167
3
Emden, Harrison
USCF32209883
+157
4
Dai, Brian
USCF31223384
+144
5
Ing, Ethan
USCF31283884
+135
6
Agarwal, Atharv
USCF32406016
+130
7
Ing, Nathan
USCF32588172
+123
8
Krechet, Mark
USCF30907091
+106
9
Chede, Mahanth
USCF31719575
+106
10
Bhatsoori, Yashas
USCF32888651
+106
11
Wang, Zijun
USCF32908074
+103
12
Regan, Maceo
USCF16475958
+97
13
Allen, Felix
USCF31493762
+93
14
Hardin, Richard
USCF31804851
+88
15
Shah, Arya Tushar
USCF32435707
+87
16
Gottam, Bhanutej
USCF31713692
+84
17
Cheng, Liam
USCF31228892
+83
18
Adelstein, Ben Nechemya
USCF31539917
+81
19
Fields, Benjamin Joseph
USCF31813604
+76
20
Ren, Eric
USCF16753438
+67

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#PlayerRanks
1
Medisetti, Rithwik
USCF32435123
+97
2
Li, Louis
USCF32630682
+68
3
Emden, Harrison
USCF32209883
+64
4
Poursaitidis, Panagiotis
USCF32879530
+62
5
Agarwal, Atharv
USCF32406016
+57
6
Vignesh Nagarajan Vidya, Dikshan
USCF30979769
+52
7
Magnaldi, Vincent
USCF32650776
+50
8
Dai, Brian
USCF31223384
+47
9
Ing, Nathan
USCF32588172
+47
10
Ing, Ethan
USCF31283884
+46
11
Wang, Zijun
USCF32908074
+44
12
Hardin, Richard
USCF31804851
+42
13
Chede, Mahanth
USCF31719575
+39
14
Krechet, Mark
USCF30907091
+38
15
Allen, Felix
USCF31493762
+38
16
Cheng, Liam
USCF31228892
+37
17
Vinothkumar, Sanjay
USCF32435324
+37
18
Regan, Maceo
USCF16475958
+34
19
Shah, Arya Tushar
USCF32435707
+33
20
Bhatsoori, Yashas
USCF32888651
+32

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