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Members
2,115
Maryland
Top Regular
2,645
highest
Median Regular
866
midpoint
Rated Regular
1,679
players

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Maryland State Rankings

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

MetricRegularQuickBlitzOnline RegOnline QuickOnline Blitz
Median rating
#40866 median
#38770 median
#371,186 median
#46956 median
#441,055 median
#291,429 median
Average rating
#39959 average
#40854 average
#391,176 average
#441,054 average
#411,112 average
#351,373 average
Best player
#122,645 top
#262,377 top
#162,591 top
#92,616 top
#182,448 top
#112,518 top
Rated players
#131.7k players
#131.6k players
#16394 players
#14194 players
#14165 players
#16100 players

50-State Trend Stack

Maryland 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 Maryland changes month to month

Last month
-11
October 1, 2026 · 2,115 active members
Best month
+199
February 1, 2026 · 345 gained
Largest loss
-103
March 1, 2026 · 113 lost

Total active members

2,115

1.9k-2.1k
2.1k1.9kDec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26

Monthly net change

-11

+/- 199
0+199-199Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26
Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

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

Updated monthly
Joined
1,036
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Came back
275
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Left
1,146
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
106213322Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26
Joined Came back Left

Member Density

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

Active members
13th
2,115
Valid October 1, 2026
Members per 100k
6th
33.8
per 100,000 of 6,265,347 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across Maryland

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A regular rating of 866 beats 49.9% of players in Maryland.
86 players rated 800–899
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Regular ratings · Maryland

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#PlayerRating
1
Tang, Andrew
USCF13215196
2,645
2
Kraai, Jesse
USCF12442362
2,469
3
Wang, Kevin
USCF12927795
2,451
4
Getz, Shelby D
USCF11288499
2,383
5
Morrison, William
USCF10099277
2,370
6
Enkhbat, Tegshsuren
USCF12723905
2,370
7
Tahmassebi, Bijan
USCF14989940
2,369
8
Cherukuri, Nitesh
USCF16164934
2,353
9
Kagan, Andrew
USCF12570352
2,350
10
Street, Frank
USCF10434696
2,332
11
Kaufman, Lawrence Charles
USCF10179416
2,304
12
Hu, Zhi-Ya
USCF12810483
2,293
13
Kayende, Oliver
USCF12685077
2,285
14
Adkins, Charles M
USCF10168473
2,264
15
Roberts, Troy Alan
USCF10181798
2,236
16
Liu, Steven
USCF30603409
2,233
17
Kempler, Jack
USCF10183049
2,232
18
Theiss, Nikolas
USCF12939772
2,228
19
Heesters, Pieter Stanley
USCF14258612
2,210
20
Singhal, Sachin
USCF12515966
2,209

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#PlayerGain
1
Nimmagadda, Tanuj
USCF31200099
+256
2
Naresh, Akshath
USCF30181157
+185
3
Panjamurthy, Vishwajith
USCF32365849
+152
4
Srivastava, Shlok
USCF31639961
+145
5
Rajkumar, Krishiv
USCF31854947
+131
6
Evans, Hayden
USCF33087185
+129
7
Schmidt, Garrett Colby
USCF32197803
+127
8
Shaik, Arfan
USCF30357030
+123
9
Chen, Lucas Xh
USCF31499987
+123
10
Zou, Ryan
USCF31769988
+122
11
Hubbard, Willie
USCF12600622
+117
12
Li, Adrian
USCF30804590
+117
13
Lugovtsev, Nikolai
USCF31619164
+115
14
Mandal, Arko
USCF31943687
+111
15
Tsybovsky, Yaroslav
USCF31770714
+106
16
Jascourt, David
USCF30650800
+102
17
Kline, Evan Daniel
USCF16629954
+100
18
Chezhian, Siddharth
USCF32472657
+99
19
Cheema, Aahil
USCF33091272
+94
20
Takkallapalli, Riaan
USCF32452964
+92

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#PlayerRanks
1
Magadala, Anish
USCF33091553
+236
2
Nimmagadda, Tanuj
USCF31200099
+189
3
Panjamurthy, Vishwajith
USCF32365849
+181
4
Lee, Jacob
USCF33091568
+179
5
Rajkumar, Krishiv
USCF31854947
+124
6
Naresh, Akshath
USCF30181157
+115
7
Fongyen, Ibeni
USCF33119461
+115
8
Shaik, Arfan
USCF30357030
+115
9
Evans, Hayden
USCF33087185
+113
10
Moore, Antonio
USCF32010304
+110
11
Hubbard, Willie
USCF12600622
+108
12
Koochi, Sirihas Naidu
USCF31621071
+106
13
Lugovtsev, Nikolai
USCF31619164
+106
14
Takkallapalli, Riaan
USCF32452964
+106
15
Schensnovich, Mikhail
USCF33091224
+106
16
Cheema, Aahil
USCF33091272
+105
17
Schensnovich, Aleksandr
USCF33093455
+105
18
Chen, Lucas Xh
USCF31499987
+98
19
Srivastava, Shlok
USCF31639961
+98
20
Onodugo, Eze
USCF31385681
+98

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