USCF statistics / New Jersey
Members
3,979
New Jersey
Top Regular
2,720
highest
Median Regular
945
midpoint
Rated Regular
3,069
players
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New Jersey State Rankings
Where New Jersey ranks among states by rating category · updated October 1, 2026
| Metric | Regular | Quick | Blitz | Online Reg | Online Quick | Online Blitz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rating | #23945 median | #25842 median | #81,332 median | #291,090 median | #321,125 median | #321,404 median |
| Average rating | #211,000 average | #23899 average | #81,321 average | #281,109 average | #351,094 average | #301,372 average |
| Best player | #92,720 top | #72,654 top | #72,746 top | #72,679 top | #142,532 top | #32,720 top |
| Rated players | #63.1k players | #62.9k players | #7644 players | #4500 players | #4445 players | #7196 players |
50-State Trend Stack
New Jersey highlighted against every state · Active Members
October 1, 2026
members
1Texas
12,5172California
11,5693New York
11,0024Florida
5,5775Illinois
5,4616New Jersey
3,979Member Growth & Turnover
How the number of active players in New Jersey changes month to month
Last month
+60
October 1, 2026 · 3,979 active members
Best month
+413
February 1, 2026 · 670 gained
Largest loss
-316
March 1, 2026 · 354 lost
Total active members
3,979
Monthly net change
+60
Net gain Net loss
Joining and leaving US Chess
How many members in New Jersey joined, came back, or left each month
Joined
1,657
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Came back
560
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Left
2,238
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Joined Came back Left
Member Density
Active USCF members per 100,000 New Jersey residents using 2025 estimated resident population
Active members
6th
3,979
Valid October 1, 2026
Members per 100k
5th
41.7
per 100,000 of 9,548,215 residents
Rating Distribution
Regular ratings across New Jersey
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Regular ratings · New Jersey
Top Rated
Highest current ratings
| # | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
1 | Jacobson, Brandon USCF14160065 | 2,720 |
2 | Mishra, Abhimanyu USCF15456104 | 2,709 |
3 | Burke, John Michael USCF14069596 | 2,648 |
4 | Gulko, Boris USCF12473035 | 2,603 |
5 | Stripunsky, Alexander USCF12715435 | 2,554 |
6 | Benjamin, Joel USCF10102511 | 2,539 |
7 | Sokolin, Leonid M USCF12541565 | 2,498 |
8 | Norowitz, Yaacov USCF12566496 | 2,497 |
9 | Molner, Mackenzie S USCF12662506 | 2,474 |
10 | Tian, Eddy USCF15249281 | 2,455 |
11 | Levitina, Irina USCF12553362 | 2,430 |
12 | Gulko, Anna USCF12475421 | 2,397 |
13 | Rama, Tejas USCF15276337 | 2,382 |
14 | Pillone, Daniel J USCF12165620 | 2,346 |
15 | Costigan, Thomas J USCF10161380 | 2,342 |
16 | Muthukumar, Haari USCF17128308 | 2,331 |
17 | Guha, Eshan USCF15473182 | 2,329 |
18 | Venkatesh, Narayan USCF17154243 | 2,322 |
19 | Gorman, Dov USCF12462633 | 2,318 |
20 | Lee, Justin USCF14951717 | 2,303 |
Fastest Rising
Largest month-over-month rating gains
| # | Player | Gain |
|---|---|---|
1 | Bachrach, Eric E USCF12788743 | +407 |
2 | Park, Grace USCF31943751 | +300 |
3 | Pichipati, Neha Reddy USCF30471946 | +294 |
4 | Balasubramanian, Keshav USCF32676794 | +263 |
5 | Waterhouse, Carter Justin USCF30626224 | +254 |
6 | Gupta, Nikhil USCF32370905 | +232 |
7 | Gangadaran, Aryan USCF32870045 | +231 |
8 | Jain, Aryan USCF31359987 | +212 |
9 | Cho, Haajune K USCF32191223 | +210 |
10 | Rajesh, Yohan USCF32945629 | +208 |
11 | Krivenko, Valerie USCF32404442 | +205 |
12 | Ramesha, Abhinav USCF16410890 | +204 |
13 | Tica, Arturo USCF31349704 | +198 |
14 | Ghatak, Julian USCF31804931 | +196 |
15 | Hou, Sebastian USCF32294086 | +195 |
16 | Meduri, Ruvansh Atharv USCF32265077 | +189 |
17 | Park, Matthew USCF30240989 | +182 |
18 | Chandak, Arin USCF32280234 | +182 |
19 | Naveen, Medhansh USCF31007034 | +179 |
20 | Boddu, Hruthvik USCF32812847 | +179 |
Biggest Rank Climbers
Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank
| # | Player | Ranks |
|---|---|---|
1 | Brock, Sierra USCF33181734 | +1,002 |
2 | Bachrach, Eric E USCF12788743 | +644 |
3 | Sgalambro, Christopher Michael USCF32887100 | +460 |
4 | Kumaravel, Chandrasekar USCF30680757 | +443 |
5 | Shankar, Siddhanth USCF33075607 | +425 |
6 | Pichipati, Neha Reddy USCF30471946 | +417 |
7 | Balasubramanian, Keshav USCF32676794 | +387 |
8 | Gangadaran, Aryan USCF32870045 | +359 |
9 | Gunasekar, Krish USCF32852460 | +352 |
10 | Shah, Akshat USCF30178963 | +345 |
11 | Waterhouse, Carter Justin USCF30626224 | +340 |
12 | Srejith, Jiyan USCF32350651 | +340 |
13 | Duan, Ellen USCF33078105 | +335 |
14 | Balaji, Aditya USCF33214109 | +329 |
15 | Gupta, Nikhil USCF32370905 | +327 |
16 | Krivenko, Valerie USCF32404442 | +309 |
17 | Rajesh, Yohan USCF32945629 | +308 |
18 | Chen, Ethan USCF32153411 | +304 |
19 | Cho, Haajune K USCF32191223 | +297 |
20 | Ashwin, Amrita USCF30883404 | +297 |
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