Top blitz 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 Blitz Chess Players Age 50 and Over in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Alex Onischuk	TX	2586	No change
2	Dov Gorman	NJ	2543	1 place up nationally since last month
3	Maxim Dlugy	PA	2490+12	1 place up nationally since last month
4	James A Rizzitano	DE	2397	1 place up nationally since last month
5	Alex Yermolinsky	SD	2386	1 place up nationally since last month
6	Dmitry Gurevich	IL	2385	1 place up nationally since last month
7	Ronald W Henley	FL	2383	1 place up nationally since last month
8	Stuart Rachels	AL	2379	1 place up nationally since last month
9	Mladen Vucic	FL	2367	1 place up nationally since last month
10	William John Donaldson	CA	2347	1 place up nationally since last month
11	Dennis Monokroussos	IN	2341	1 place up nationally since last month
12	Alexander Ivanov	MA	2326	1 place up nationally since last month
13	Nick Raptis	OR	2317-4	1 place up nationally since last month
14	Robby Adamson	AZ	2293	1 place up nationally since last month
15	Lonnie S Kwartler	NY	2258	1 place up nationally since last month
16	Anjelina Belakovskaia	AZ	2237	1 place up nationally since last month
17	Joe Hanley	CA	2215	1 place up nationally since last month
18	Lloyd Kawamura	HI	2204	1 place up nationally since last month
19	Ronald Wayne Burnett	TN	2203	1 place up nationally since last month
20	Wilson Spaqi	OH	2168	1 place up nationally since last month
21	Nicanor Navarro	CA	2154	New
22	Chris Mabe	NC	2150	1 place up nationally since last month
23	Jay Richard Bonin	NY	2142	1 place up nationally since last month
24	Timothy J Mcgrew	MI	2138	1 place up nationally since last month
25	Michael A Rohde	NY	2122	1 place up nationally since last month
26	Ron Gutman	CA	2121+12	4 places up nationally since last month
27	John Langreck	CA	2117	1 place up nationally since last month
28	Mark D Kernighan	NJ	2112	1 place up nationally since last month
29	Nelson Castaneda	CT	2108	2 places up nationally since last month
30	Daniel Isaac Miller	VA	2107+7	2 places up nationally since last month
31	Lawyer Times	MA	2100	1 place up nationally since last month
31	Brian D Wall	CO	2100	1 place up nationally since last month
31	Daniel E Shapiro	NY	2100	1 place up nationally since last month
34	John Lewis Montgomery	TX	2095-58	12 places down nationally since last month
35	Rodney A Malpert	NE	2090	1 place up nationally since last month
36	Alan Casden	OH	2077	1 place up nationally since last month
37	Eric Chapa	CA	2075-46	10 places down nationally since last month
38	Christopher F Chabris	PA	2070	No change
39	Elliott Winslow	CA	2056	No change
40	Ruben Ondangan	CA	2049	New
40	Russell Garcia Velasquez	CA	2049	1 place up nationally since last month
42	Michael Joelson	OH	2039	No change
42	Arthur Ismakov	CA	2039	No change
42	Leroy Hill Jr.	NJ	2039	New
45	Lev Zilbermintz	NJ	2038	1 place down nationally since last month
46	Mark T Hoshor	NC	2032	1 place down nationally since last month
47	Igor Starobinets	MA	2031	No change
47	Yury Anatolievich Barnakov	MA	2031	No change
49	Oliver Chernin	CT	2030	No change
50	Allen J Becker	WI	2026	No change
50	David Forthoffer	UT	2026	No change
52	Richard N Bauer	CT	2021-11	7 places down nationally since last month
53	Shawn Pealer	NC	2000-2	No change
53	William Marcelino	VA	2000	1 place up nationally since last month
53	Lawrence Charles Kaufman	MD	2000	1 place up nationally since last month
53	J Timothy Sage	MA	2000	1 place up nationally since last month
53	Karl Dehmelt	PA	2000	1 place up nationally since last month
53	Alex Eydelman	CT	2000	1 place up nationally since last month
53	Ernest P Colding	FL	2000	1 place up nationally since last month
60	Matthew Derek Meredith	CT	1993	No change
61	Oscar Garcia	NY	1986	1 place up nationally since last month
62	Jeff S Gamble	ID	1975	1 place up nationally since last month
63	Gregg N Stanley	TX	1969-24	3 places down nationally since last month
64	Douglas M Grant	NH	1962	2 places up nationally since last month
65	Michael J Maguire	DC	1960	2 places up nationally since last month
65	Clay R Bradley	NH	1960+20	7 places up nationally since last month
67	Lonnie El	OH	1959	New
68	John S Bath	OH	1957-14	4 places down nationally since last month
69	Jerry Baker	KY	1954	1 place down nationally since last month
70	Michael J Morris	OR	1945	1 place up nationally since last month
71	Daniel Sevall	CA	1937+37	18 places up nationally since last month
72	Michael Aigner	CA	1933	1 place up nationally since last month
73	Robert Chenault	OH	1931-23	5 places down nationally since last month
73	Jon S Leisner	NY	1931-39	8 places down nationally since last month
75	Michael P Carey	RI	1929	1 place down nationally since last month
76	David Sherman	DC	1922	1 place down nationally since last month
76	Nima Heshmati	FL	1922	1 place down nationally since last month
78	Joseph Bihlmeyer	CT	1920	1 place down nationally since last month
78	Kevin Wade Czuhai	MI	1920-95	26 places down nationally since last month
80	Andy S Porter	IN	1918	2 places down nationally since last month
81	Patrick Mccartney	NC	1914-32	11 places down nationally since last month
81	Andrew B Rea	FL	1914	2 places down nationally since last month
83	Stewart Gregory Zolton	FL	1913	3 places down nationally since last month
84	Vlad Farfel	MA	1912	3 places down nationally since last month
85	Mike E Janniro	OR	1910	3 places down nationally since last month
86	Rene W Phillips	LA	1908	1 place down nationally since last month
87	Michael Atkins	MD	1903	1 place down nationally since last month
87	Aleksandr Bozhenov	CO	1903	1 place down nationally since last month
89	Marc Rotenberg	DC	1901	1 place down nationally since last month
90	Alejandrino Baluran	CA	1900	1 place down nationally since last month
90	Ariel S Levi	MI	1900	1 place down nationally since last month
90	James A Mills	IN	1900	1 place down nationally since last month
90	David S Herscovici	CT	1900-10	8 places down nationally since last month
90	Mike Sailer	SC	1900	1 place down nationally since last month
90	Charles D Unruh	OK	1900	1 place down nationally since last month
90	Nabil Feliachi	PA	1900	1 place down nationally since last month
97	Spiro Bereveskos	IN	1899	New
98	Thomas J Denton	AL	1896	2 places down nationally since last month
99	Jerry Spinrad	TN	1893	1 place down nationally since last month
100	Todd Plagemann	IL	1891-18	16 places down nationally since last month

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