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Members
1,087
Minnesota
Top Regular
2,843
highest
Median Regular
1,121
midpoint
Rated Regular
927
players

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Minnesota State Rankings

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

MetricRegularQuickBlitzOnline RegOnline QuickOnline Blitz
Median rating
#111,121 median
#30853 median
#301,232 median
#151,222 median
#131,282 median
#51,553 median
Average rating
#111,098 average
#25947 average
#271,224 average
#71,285 average
#111,285 average
#111,484 average
Best player
#32,843 top
#42,701 top
#32,856 top
#12,902 top
#272,212 top
#212,278 top
Rated players
#22927 players
#23787 players
#19287 players
#18102 players
#18110 players
#1873 players

50-State Trend Stack

Minnesota 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 Minnesota changes month to month

Last month
-5
October 1, 2026 · 1,087 active members
Best month
+92
February 1, 2026 · 150 gained
Largest loss
-82
March 1, 2026 · 91 lost

Total active members

1,087

1.1k-1.2k
1.2k1.1kDec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26

Monthly net change

-5

+/- 92
0+92-92Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26
Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

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

Updated monthly
Joined
431
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Came back
156
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Left
599
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
4182124Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26
Joined Came back Left

Member Density

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

Active members
22nd
1,087
Valid October 1, 2026
Members per 100k
37th
18.6
per 100,000 of 5,830,405 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across Minnesota

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A regular rating of 1,121 beats 50.0% of players in Minnesota.
36 players rated 1100–1199
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Regular ratings · Minnesota

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#PlayerRating
1
So, Wesley
USCF13145890
2,843
2
Narayanan, Samrug
USCF14653287
2,540
3
Bartholomew, John
USCF12718516
2,534
4
Nagle, Sean
USCF12571512
2,484
5
Titus, Andrew Lewis
USCF14060637
2,341
6
Jin, Ashton
USCF15752021
2,329
7
Lee, Linden Marcus
USCF16059633
2,319
8
Renshaw, Don S
USCF10394660
2,287
9
Schabert, David
USCF17120647
2,259
10
Timm, Jordan
USCF15078846
2,241
11
Johnson, Leonard Jeffrey
USCF12436272
2,231
12
Benevides Demasi, Joao Otavio
USCF15251667
2,227
13
Iwu, Okechukwu Anele Nnej
USCF12675167
2,205
14
Miller, Todd Q
USCF10415144
2,200
15
Thompson, Dexter
USCF11306195
2,200
16
Weatherly, Connor
USCF14899713
2,198
17
Elmquist, Ronald D
USCF10319846
2,169
18
Anderson, Mark N
USCF12409324
2,165
19
Riester, Scott Murray
USCF12656031
2,159
20
Thiagarajan, Arvind Kankesh
USCF16305672
2,150

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#PlayerGain
1
Vijayaraj, Shatvath
USCF31247594
+186
2
Sunderrajan, Arjun M
USCF14617744
+157
3
Mohanasundaram, Vasanth
USCF30954527
+148
4
Vijaykarthik, Krish
USCF31271132
+140
5
Varshney, Tanush
USCF31079935
+138
6
Mathews, Gracin
USCF31575791
+136
7
Hordeiev, Oleh
USCF32246786
+123
8
Briceno, Franklin
USCF31575767
+102
9
Mylavarapu, Hari
USCF32407784
+99
10
Madhan, Vinay
USCF30508109
+98
11
Elamparithi, Nithil
USCF32356384
+93
12
Sandaraj, Avyukth
USCF30567113
+90
13
Hagen, Connell Charles
USCF30263560
+89
14
Knutson, Theodore Emanuel
USCF32249015
+89
15
Rajkumar, Sujay
USCF32356142
+89
16
Crosby, Zachary Mark
USCF12711607
+86
17
Deleeuw, Jake D
USCF30363474
+86
18
Anbulingom, Pranesh
USCF31303125
+80
19
Salil, Aarav
USCF16735714
+79
20
Saamaanya, Abhimanyu
USCF31991092
+78

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#PlayerRanks
1
Kloskin, David
USCF32681896
+86
2
Varshney, Tanush
USCF31079935
+76
3
Vijayaraj, Shatvath
USCF31247594
+70
4
Gladkov, Anthony Alexander
USCF33190871
+69
5
Chow, Aiden Michael
USCF33201418
+68
6
Mohanasundaram, Vasanth
USCF30954527
+64
7
Hordeiev, Oleh
USCF32246786
+62
8
Mathews, Gracin
USCF31575791
+58
9
Gadde, Siddharth Sai
USCF33200366
+57
10
Vijaykarthik, Krish
USCF31271132
+56
11
Sundararajan, Yugan
USCF32352843
+54
12
Elamparithi, Nithil
USCF32356384
+53
13
Sandaraj, Avyukth
USCF30567113
+51
14
Mylavarapu, Hari
USCF32407784
+51
15
Briceno, Franklin
USCF31575767
+50
16
Deleeuw, Jake D
USCF30363474
+49
17
Iverson, Isimo
USCF33187839
+49
18
Lenz, Cecil
USCF31869641
+47
19
Kafer, Sullivan
USCF32779954
+46
20
Vasanth, Rishab
USCF30954533
+45

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