Top chess players age 50 and over

Official US Chess rankings for October 2026. 100 players are ranked on this list. Movement is measured against September 2026.

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Top Chess Players Age 50 and Over in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Alex Onischuk	TX	2706	No change
2	Vladimir Akopian	CA	2618	No change
3	Jaan Ehlvest	NY	2606	No change
4	Maxim Dlugy	PA	2568	No change
5	Alexander Goldin	IL	2566	No change
6	Alexander Stripunsky	NJ	2554	No change
7	Joel Benjamin	NJ	2539+2	No change
8	Alexander Fishbein	TN	2537+1	No change
9	Gregory Kaidanov	KY	2534	No change
10	Igor Novikov	KY	2524	No change
11	Douglas D Root	TX	2514	No change
12	Georgi Orlov	WA	2504	No change
13	Julio J Becerra	FL	2494	1 place up nationally since last month
14	Alexander Shabalov	PA	2473-22	1 place down nationally since last month
14	Stuart Rachels	AL	2473	2 places up nationally since last month
16	Jesse Kraai	MD	2469	1 place up nationally since last month
17	Alexander Ivanov	MA	2466-13	2 places down nationally since last month
18	Nick E de Firmian	CA	2453	No change
18	Renier Gonzalez	FL	2453	No change
20	Melikset Khachiyan	CA	2450	No change
21	Alex Yermolinsky	SD	2426	No change
22	Jonathan Schroer	NC	2423	No change
23	Eric Torman	MI	2418	No change
24	Salvatore J Matera	NY	2387	No change
25	Dennis Monokroussos	IN	2383	No change
26	Dmitry Gurevich	IL	2377	1 place up nationally since last month
27	Yury Lapshun	NY	2375-3	1 place down nationally since last month
28	William Morrison	MD	2370	No change
28	Tegshsuren Enkhbat	MD	2370	No change
30	Dean Lee	TN	2367+6	3 places up nationally since last month
31	Enrico Sevillano	CA	2366+4	1 place up nationally since last month
32	Danny Edelman	CT	2365	2 places down nationally since last month
33	William John Donaldson	CA	2363	2 places down nationally since last month
34	William A Wharton	AZ	2362	New
35	Sergey Kudrin	CT	2352	1 place down nationally since last month
36	Kenneth W Regan	NY	2350	1 place down nationally since last month
37	Matthew Aaron Beelby	CA	2337-9	1 place down nationally since last month
38	John P Fedorowicz	NY	2336-2	No change
39	Michael A Brooks	MO	2333	1 place up nationally since last month
39	Nick Raptis	OR	2333-6	2 places down nationally since last month
41	Wilson Spaqi	OH	2330-6	2 places down nationally since last month
41	David Vigorito	MA	2330	No change
43	James Edward Tarjan	OR	2318+5	No change
43	Dov Gorman	NJ	2318	1 place down nationally since last month
45	Ronald Wayne Burnett	TN	2313+3	No change
45	Mark Ginsburg	VA	2313	2 places down nationally since last month
47	Mladen Vucic	FL	2309	1 place down nationally since last month
48	Robby Adamson	AZ	2308	1 place down nationally since last month
49	Lawrence Charles Kaufman	MD	2304	1 place down nationally since last month
50	Alex Betaneli	WI	2302	1 place down nationally since last month
51	James A Rizzitano	DE	2298	No change
52	Michael A Rohde	NY	2297-3	2 places down nationally since last month
53	Oliver T Koo	OH	2288	No change
54	Jose Lahoz	NJ	2284	No change
55	Jay Richard Bonin	NY	2271+8	1 place up nationally since last month
56	John C Timm	NJ	2268	1 place down nationally since last month
57	Stanislav Busygin	PA	2256	No change
58	Steven J Van Enk	OR	2253	1 place up nationally since last month
59	Mark T Hoshor	NC	2251	1 place up nationally since last month
60	Anjelina Belakovskaia	AZ	2245	4 places up nationally since last month
61	Nelson Castaneda	CT	2243-5	1 place up nationally since last month
62	Jon A Frankle	CA	2240	3 places up nationally since last month
63	Igor Tsyganov	IL	2235	3 places up nationally since last month
63	Peter Bereolos	TN	2235	3 places up nationally since last month
65	Daniel E Shapiro	NY	2234-20	7 places down nationally since last month
66	Leonard Jeffrey Johnson	MN	2231-19	5 places down nationally since last month
67	Paul Heinrich	NV	2229	1 place up nationally since last month
68	Daniel Isaac Miller	VA	2226	1 place up nationally since last month
69	Edward Kitces	VA	2224-22	6 places down nationally since last month
70	Michael P Blankenau	NE	2223	1 place up nationally since last month
71	Dmitry Vayntrub	CA	2222	1 place up nationally since last month
72	Timothy W Taylor	CA	2221	1 place up nationally since last month
73	Steven D Cross	CA	2218	1 place up nationally since last month
74	Tom M Martinak	PA	2217	1 place up nationally since last month
75	Tod S Chasin	NJ	2215	2 places up nationally since last month
76	Chris Mabe	NC	2213	2 places up nationally since last month
77	Lonnie S Kwartler	NY	2212-13	7 places down nationally since last month
77	Vladimir Bugayev	NY	2212	2 places up nationally since last month
79	John Brooks	MI	2210	2 places up nationally since last month
80	Geoff McKenna	VA	2209	2 places up nationally since last month
81	William C Reuter	TX	2208-1	1 place up nationally since last month
81	John Langreck	CA	2208	3 places up nationally since last month
83	Eric Cooke	FL	2207	2 places up nationally since last month
83	Michael S. Calogridis	TX	2207	New
83	Scott Massey	NJ	2207	2 places up nationally since last month
83	Mark B Eidemiller	PA	2207	2 places up nationally since last month
83	Mark D Kernighan	NJ	2207+1	5 places up nationally since last month
88	Konstantin Dolgitser	NY	2206	No change
89	Okechukwu Anele Nnej Iwu	MN	2205	New
89	James A Banks	TX	2205	1 place up nationally since last month
91	Mikhail Koganov	CT	2204	1 place up nationally since last month
91	Rodney A Malpert	NE	2204	1 place up nationally since last month
91	Bruce W Leverett	PA	2204	1 place up nationally since last month
94	Karl Dehmelt	PA	2203-14	19 places down nationally since last month
94	Macon A Shibut	VA	2203	New
94	Tim R McEntee	IA	2203	1 place up nationally since last month
94	Rashid Ziatdinov	FL	2203	1 place up nationally since last month
94	Nabil Feliachi	PA	2203	1 place up nationally since last month
94	Richard N Bauer	CT	2203-8	14 places down nationally since last month
94	Michael Aigner	CA	2203	New

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