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Members
2,914
Pennsylvania
Top Regular
2,568
highest
Median Regular
1,067
midpoint
Rated Regular
2,306
players

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Pennsylvania State Rankings

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

MetricRegularQuickBlitzOnline RegOnline QuickOnline Blitz
Median rating
#191,067 median
#25890 median
#191,304 median
#211,173 median
#251,213 median
#151,504 median
Average rating
#191,066 average
#24948 average
#251,240 average
#201,189 average
#201,233 average
#161,454 average
Best player
#212,568 top
#122,588 top
#192,518 top
#172,520 top
#102,548 top
#62,608 top
Rated players
#92.3k players
#92.1k players
#9574 players
#11219 players
#11243 players
#11142 players

50-State Trend Stack

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania changes month to month

Last month
-59
October 1, 2026 · 2,914 active members
Best month
+207
February 1, 2026 · 402 gained
Largest loss
-144
March 1, 2026 · 183 lost

Total active members

2,914

2.8k-3.0k
3.0k2.8kDec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26

Monthly net change

-59

+/- 207
0+207-207Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26
Net gain Net loss

Joining and leaving US Chess

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

Updated monthly
Joined
1,199
New US Chess members · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Came back
348
Renewed after their membership lapsed · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
Left
1,545
Let their membership expire · December 1, 2025–October 1, 2026
120240364Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26
Joined Came back Left

Member Density

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

Active members
8th
2,914
Valid October 1, 2026
Members per 100k
26th
22.3
per 100,000 of 13,059,432 residents

Rating Distribution

Regular ratings across Pennsylvania

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A regular rating of 1,067 beats 50.1% of players in Pennsylvania.
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Regular ratings · Pennsylvania

Top Rated

Highest current ratings

#PlayerRating
1
Dlugy, Maxim
USCF11435629
2,568
2
Park, Evan
USCF15748464
2,556
3
Zhao, Erick
USCF15346712
2,540
4
Zaitchik, Gennady
USCF12542086
2,494
5
Smith, Bryan G
USCF12602587
2,478
6
Khmelnitsky, Igor
USCF12556361
2,475
7
Shabalov, Alexander
USCF12544264
2,473
8
Girsh, Daniel
USCF14833734
2,472
9
Bartell, Thomas
USCF12559979
2,466
10
Petesch, Gabriel
USCF12737698
2,385
11
Potts, Kenneth C
USCF10060761
2,377
12
Meyers, Jerald
USCF10133254
2,350
13
Balleisen, Aaron S
USCF13093767
2,337
14
Riccardi, Thomas
USCF12696562
2,310
15
Bingaman, Albert H
USCF10167264
2,307
16
O'Brien, Matthew J
USCF13377996
2,290
17
Wang, Alex
USCF14839996
2,269
18
Garcia, Erick
USCF13983494
2,257
19
Busygin, Stanislav
USCF13462174
2,256
20
Yue, Tariq
USCF30014129
2,251

Fastest Rising

Largest month-over-month rating gains

#PlayerGain
1
Shorrer, Daniel
USCF30154327
+303
2
Migueis, Justin
USCF33085231
+229
3
Crawford, Finnegan
USCF17268194
+202
4
Gong, William
USCF31934304
+189
5
Su-Guarino, James
USCF31686775
+186
6
Vollbrecht, John R
USCF31735088
+184
7
Rankenburg, Ektoras
USCF31598493
+176
8
Sharan, Aarav
USCF31667787
+174
9
Kantheti, Pranav Sai
USCF30015913
+172
10
Lu, Jingyi
USCF30222801
+166
11
Evans, Bruce R
USCF31353983
+155
12
Sridhar, Viraat
USCF31986548
+153
13
Balaji, Prayan
USCF32058000
+147
14
Perumalla, Jai Advik
USCF31670896
+143
15
Suresh Chandra Kumar, Mithran
USCF32599523
+142
16
Posch, Eric
USCF31505824
+137
17
Shaheen, Alaaeldin
USCF32658353
+137
18
Zheng, Matthew
USCF31688305
+130
19
Woolhandler, Justin H
USCF12669967
+126
20
Acharya, Kritarth
USCF31079746
+118

Biggest Rank Climbers

Largest month-over-month jumps in rating rank

#PlayerRanks
1
Shorrer, Daniel
USCF30154327
+401
2
Migueis, Justin
USCF33085231
+329
3
Gupta, Diaan
USCF32901699
+329
4
Nguyen, Jonathan
USCF33223980
+293
5
Crawford, Finnegan
USCF17268194
+259
6
Doniyorov, Anisjon
USCF33163698
+252
7
Suresh Chandra Kumar, Mithran
USCF32599523
+248
8
Sridhar, Viraat
USCF31986548
+245
9
Vollbrecht, John R
USCF31735088
+240
10
Cline, Ezra
USCF32339150
+240
11
Gong, William
USCF31934304
+238
12
Sharan, Aarav
USCF31667787
+232
13
Rankenburg, Ektoras
USCF31598493
+232
14
Shaheen, Alaaeldin
USCF32658353
+223
15
Lu, Jingyi
USCF30222801
+222
16
Su-Guarino, James
USCF31686775
+214
17
Barbeito, Nicolas Antonio
USCF12926819
+207
18
Prabu, Rithik
USCF32598106
+199
19
Zhang, Eason
USCF32323144
+196
20
Perumalla, Jai Advik
USCF31670896
+193

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