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Members
2,028
Michigan
Top Regular
2,606
highest
Median Regular
897
midpoint
Rated Regular
1,671
players

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Michigan State Rankings

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

MetricRegularQuickBlitzOnline RegOnline QuickOnline Blitz
Median rating
#39897 median
#41761 median
#411,166 median
#381,068 median
#301,168 median
#211,483 median
Average rating
#38966 average
#43837 average
#451,136 average
#401,095 average
#261,210 average
#271,401 average
Best player
#152,606 top
#212,448 top
#212,420 top
#252,318 top
#172,450 top
#182,353 top
Rated players
#141.7k players
#141.6k players
#12451 players
#15129 players
#15150 players
#14114 players

50-State Trend Stack

Michigan 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 Michigan changes month to month

Last month
-12
October 1, 2026 · 2,028 active members
Best month
+285
February 1, 2026 · 409 gained
Largest loss
-186
March 1, 2026 · 205 lost

Total active members

2,028

1.8k-2.1k
2.1k1.8kDec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26

Monthly net change

-12

+/- 285
0+285-285Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26
Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

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

Updated monthly
Joined
924
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Came back
225
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Left
989
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
126253383Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26
Joined Came back Left

Member Density

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

Active members
14th
2,028
Valid October 1, 2026
Members per 100k
32nd
20.0
per 100,000 of 10,127,884 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across Michigan

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A regular rating of 897 beats 49.9% of players in Michigan.
87 players rated 800–899
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Regular ratings · Michigan

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#PlayerRating
1
Bora, Safal
USCF12936317
2,606
2
Li, Ben
USCF14679851
2,484
3
Posthuma, Joshua
USCF13856778
2,465
4
Torman, Eric
USCF12537112
2,418
5
Lindsay, Fred
USCF10291054
2,409
6
Ren, Jesse
USCF16647087
2,373
7
Homa, Seth
USCF12838750
2,370
8
Boyk, Daniel
USCF10258243
2,335
9
Calton, Bill J
USCF12477070
2,330
10
Canty, James
USCF12897992
2,308
11
Bowersock, Michael
USCF13416153
2,293
12
Whitehouse, David W
USCF10291305
2,271
13
Sprenkle, David C
USCF10357551
2,268
14
Kurbanov, Oktay
USCF12566663
2,266
15
Liang, Justin Sun
USCF14602165
2,249
16
Bengtson, Matthew
USCF12444139
2,244
17
Hubbard, Andrew D
USCF12611648
2,212
18
Brooks, John
USCF10294380
2,210
19
Wang, Rocky
USCF17133074
2,204
20
Mcgrew, Timothy J
USCF12541033
2,201

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#PlayerGain
1
Sotelo, Salvador
USCF32576291
+388
2
Bhargava, Ayaan
USCF32212459
+263
3
Garcia, Aiden
USCF32576340
+240
4
Hoerlein, Benjamin
USCF32316237
+237
5
Kurudumale, Yashwin Srinivasa
USCF31916152
+220
6
Riley, Adam M
USCF33146771
+196
7
Khader, Akshan
USCF30970167
+190
8
Medidha, Jayansh Rao
USCF31778790
+177
9
Shan, Shiva
USCF30452442
+169
10
Zhang, Dylan
USCF32609986
+167
11
Bhatia, Rhythm
USCF31209420
+161
12
Sathish, Dhanvanth
USCF32885062
+161
13
Cobb, Samuel
USCF15852887
+158
14
Yadav, Ved
USCF32282637
+142
15
Seong, Woojin
USCF32455235
+138
16
Crumsey, Shane Dwayne
USCF15823420
+134
17
Alday-Rodriguez, Roberto
USCF32576327
+133
18
Singh, Arjun
USCF32320964
+130
19
Yadav, Shivansh
USCF32255557
+123
20
Pieniadz, Noah Samuel
USCF32549885
+114

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#PlayerRanks
1
Zhang, Joseph
USCF33124943
+366
2
Sotelo, Salvador
USCF32576291
+360
3
Bhargava, Ayaan
USCF32212459
+271
4
Garcia, Aiden
USCF32576340
+223
5
Hoerlein, Benjamin
USCF32316237
+185
6
Khader, Akshan
USCF30970167
+172
7
Kornoely, Taylor Matthew
USCF33152099
+167
8
Kurudumale, Yashwin Srinivasa
USCF31916152
+161
9
Zhang, Dylan
USCF32609986
+155
10
Sathish, Dhanvanth
USCF32885062
+152
11
Chopade, Shantanu Sagar
USCF33193408
+146
12
Lentine, Charlie
USCF33213403
+145
13
Benzer, Steven S
USCF12612238
+132
14
Riley, Adam M
USCF33146771
+128
15
Alday-Rodriguez, Roberto
USCF32576327
+126
16
Bhatia, Rhythm
USCF31209420
+116
17
Medidha, Jayansh Rao
USCF31778790
+113
18
Singh, Agastya
USCF32843031
+113
19
Cobb, Samuel
USCF15852887
+109
20
Hopkins, Jeremiah
USCF32576191
+101

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