Top blitz chess players age 65 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 65 and Over in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	James A Rizzitano	DE	2397	No change
2	Alex Yermolinsky	SD	2386	No change
3	Dmitry Gurevich	IL	2385	No change
4	Ronald W Henley	FL	2383	No change
5	Mladen Vucic	FL	2367	No change
6	William John Donaldson	CA	2347	No change
7	Alexander Ivanov	MA	2326	No change
8	Lonnie S Kwartler	NY	2258	No change
9	Lloyd Kawamura	HI	2204	No change
10	Nicanor Navarro	CA	2154	New
11	Jay Richard Bonin	NY	2142	1 place down nationally since last month
12	Michael A Rohde	NY	2122	1 place down nationally since last month
13	Nelson Castaneda	CT	2108	1 place down nationally since last month
14	Brian D Wall	CO	2100	1 place down nationally since last month
14	Daniel E Shapiro	NY	2100	1 place down nationally since last month
16	Rodney A Malpert	NE	2090	1 place down nationally since last month
17	Alan Casden	OH	2077	1 place down nationally since last month
18	Elliott Winslow	CA	2056	1 place down nationally since last month
19	Michael Joelson	OH	2039	1 place down nationally since last month
20	Mark T Hoshor	NC	2032	1 place down nationally since last month
21	Igor Starobinets	MA	2031	No change
22	Oliver Chernin	CT	2030	No change
23	David Forthoffer	UT	2026	No change
23	Allen J Becker	WI	2026	No change
25	Richard N Bauer	CT	2021-11	6 places down nationally since last month
26	Lawrence Charles Kaufman	MD	2000	No change
26	William Marcelino	VA	2000	No change
26	Ernest P Colding	FL	2000	No change
26	J Timothy Sage	MA	2000	No change
26	Karl Dehmelt	PA	2000	No change
31	Matthew Derek Meredith	CT	1993	No change
32	Jeff S Gamble	ID	1975	1 place up nationally since last month
33	Gregg N Stanley	TX	1969-24	2 places down nationally since last month
34	Douglas M Grant	NH	1962	1 place up nationally since last month
35	John S Bath	OH	1957-14	1 place down nationally since last month
36	Michael J Morris	OR	1945	No change
37	Michael P Carey	RI	1929	No change
38	David Sherman	DC	1922	No change
39	Kevin Wade Czuhai	MI	1920-95	14 places down nationally since last month
40	Andrew B Rea	FL	1914	1 place down nationally since last month
41	Mike E Janniro	OR	1910	1 place down nationally since last month
42	Rene W Phillips	LA	1908	1 place down nationally since last month
43	Aleksandr Bozhenov	CO	1903	1 place down nationally since last month
43	Michael Atkins	MD	1903	1 place down nationally since last month
45	Marc Rotenberg	DC	1901	1 place down nationally since last month
46	Alejandrino Baluran	CA	1900	1 place down nationally since last month
46	Charles D Unruh	OK	1900	1 place down nationally since last month
46	Ariel S Levi	MI	1900	1 place down nationally since last month
46	James A Mills	IN	1900	1 place down nationally since last month
50	Spiro Bereveskos	IN	1899+24	3 places up nationally since last month
51	Jerry Spinrad	TN	1893	1 place down nationally since last month
52	Greg Kennedy	IN	1887	1 place down nationally since last month
53	Thomas David Braunlich	OK	1878	1 place down nationally since last month
54	Mark N Schneider	MD	1875	1 place down nationally since last month
55	Troy Alan Roberts	MD	1871	No change
56	Michael Semel	NY	1870	No change
57	Keith McDaniel	CA	1866	No change
58	Tom M Martinak	PA	1863	No change
59	Philip G Degen	IN	1860	No change
60	Mark G Courtney	NY	1859	No change
61	Donny Gray	GA	1858	1 place up nationally since last month
62	Juan J Leon	FL	1839	1 place up nationally since last month
63	Alan Kantor	TN	1836	1 place up nationally since last month
63	Brad Lundstrom	CO	1836	1 place up nationally since last month
65	Edsel Aldea Pena	SC	1832	2 places up nationally since last month
66	Richard Kelson	CA	1823	2 places up nationally since last month
67	Mark R Bourque	CT	1821	3 places up nationally since last month
68	Joaquin Bustillo	NY	1818-5	No change
69	Richard M Perry	TX	1815+15	3 places up nationally since last month
70	Edward Kitces	VA	1809-50	10 places down nationally since last month
70	Robert J Willcox	FL	1809-87	21 places down nationally since last month
72	Van Vandivier	GA	1802	1 place down nationally since last month
73	Calvin Marshall	OH	1800	1 place down nationally since last month
73	Sam Ford	IL	1800	1 place down nationally since last month
73	David W Slatin	NJ	1800	1 place down nationally since last month
73	Andrew Gar Catlin	FL	1800	1 place down nationally since last month
73	Stephen Wayne Gordon	AZ	1800-35	7 places down nationally since last month
78	Francisco Anchondo	CA	1799	1 place down nationally since last month
79	Paul Jason Smith	NV	1797	1 place down nationally since last month
80	Paul Michael Devlin	VA	1783	1 place up nationally since last month
81	Martin K Stengelin	FL	1773	1 place up nationally since last month
82	Jose De Villa	NY	1732	1 place up nationally since last month
83	Mike Maloney	CO	1730+8	2 places up nationally since last month
84	Mike La Budde	WI	1718	3 places up nationally since last month
85	Vincent Peter Broman	CA	1715	3 places up nationally since last month
86	James J Skovron	MT	1713	3 places up nationally since last month
86	Michael A Mulford	MO	1713	3 places up nationally since last month
88	Kevin Dresher	NJ	1704	3 places up nationally since last month
89	Daniel W Voje	MN	1700	3 places up nationally since last month
89	Michael D Cincotta	NV	1700	3 places up nationally since last month
89	Michael K. Cox	PA	1700	3 places up nationally since last month
89	Roger Dean Johnson	SC	1700	3 places up nationally since last month
89	Gregg Stark	OH	1700	3 places up nationally since last month
89	William Coe	NC	1700	3 places up nationally since last month
89	David M Kochman	NH	1700	3 places up nationally since last month
89	Michael E Somers	NJ	1700	3 places up nationally since last month
89	Eric Strickland	VT	1700-28	5 places down nationally since last month
89	Gregory Juneja	OH	1700	3 places up nationally since last month
89	Dennis Paul Himes	CT	1700	3 places up nationally since last month
89	Aj Yousif	NY	1700	3 places up nationally since last month

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