This list was automatically generated at 2006-01-25 15:32:20 from the
NSA Ratings Database
and the
NSA Player Database.
It was inspired in April 2004 by CGP postings from
Ed Liebfried, Jeff Clark, Rich Baker and many others.
Corrections to these databases should be sent respectively
to Joe Edley (ratings) and John Chew (players).
For each state or province that has at least one active rated player,
up to 10 top players are listed by current rating.
Active players are those who have played in at least one fully-rated
tournament in the past twelve ratings months.
States and provinces are listed according to the average rating of their
top ten players.
Areas with fewer than ten active players listed are assumed to have additional
players rated 500 for the purposes of computing their average.
Students may be listed representing either their home state/province or the
state/province in which they are studying, whichever they prefer.
Others must be legal residents of the area that they would like to represent.
Top Ten States/Provinces
Rank | State/Province | Top 10 Ratings | Mean |
1 | California | 1970 1923 1909 1876 1870 1861 1857 1854 1854 1848 | 1882.2 |
2 | New York | 2007 1911 1902 1859 1858 1857 1848 1836 1833 1830 | 1874.1 |
3 | Oregon | 2009 1888 1869 1846 1826 1811 1785 1782 1777 1742 | 1833.5 |
4 | Ontario | 1920 1869 1844 1841 1829 1817 1815 1799 1795 1780 | 1830.9 |
5 | Minnesota | 1978 1936 1849 1823 1821 1804 1783 1780 1765 1738 | 1827.7 |
6 | Texas | 1904 1852 1848 1838 1831 1801 1801 1787 1782 1760 | 1820.4 |
7 | Florida | 1906 1865 1839 1839 1824 1823 1776 1752 1750 1741 | 1811.5 |
8 | Quebec | 1938 1918 1884 1815 1813 1810 1798 1745 1613 1606 | 1794 |
9 | Massachusetts | 1935 1912 1854 1823 1772 1755 1738 1724 1707 1701 | 1792.1 |
10 | Maryland | 1921 1913 1863 1843 1797 1767 1706 1667 1650 1613 | 1774 |
Other States/Provinces
California (#1: 1882.2; 282 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jerry Lerman
Rating: 1970
Overall Rank: 8
55, Risk Management Consultant, Foster City
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New York (#2: 1874.1; 196 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Joe Edley
Rating: 2007
Overall Rank: 4
58, Account Executive, Coram
|
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Oregon (#3: 1833.5; 51 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dave Wiegand
Rating: 2009
Overall Rank: 3
31, Mortgage Underwriter, Portland
|
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Ontario (#4: 1830.9; 190 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Lloyd Mills
Rating: 1920
Overall Rank: 18
A/C contractor, Georgetown
|
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Minnesota (#5: 1827.7; 63 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Tim Adamson
Rating: 1978
Overall Rank: 7
51, Masonry contractor, Saint Paul
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Texas (#6: 1820.4; 113 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Chris Cree
Rating: 1904
Overall Rank: 29
51, used equipment, sales and leasing, Dallas
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Florida (#7: 1811.5; 117 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ian Weinstein
Rating: 1906
Overall Rank: 28
Physician, Coral Springs
|
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Quebec (#8: 1794; 27 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Adam Logan
Rating: 1938
Overall Rank: 12
30, Mathematician, Montréal
|
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Massachusetts (#9: 1792.1; 97 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jason Katz-Brown
Rating: 1935
Overall Rank: 14
19, Second-year undergrad at MIT, Cambridge
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Maryland (#10: 1774; 49 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Sammy Okosagah
Rating: 1921
Overall Rank: 17
37, Restaurant manager, Baltimore
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Illinois (#11: 1767.2; 53 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian Cappelletto
Rating: 1950
Overall Rank: 10
36, Options Trader, Chicago
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New Jersey (#12: 1737.1; 56 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Scott Appel
Rating: 1918
Overall Rank: 19
34, Statistician, Trenton
|
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Michigan (#13: 1717.7; 83 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Steve Grob
Rating: 1801
Overall Rank: 103
47, stay at home dad, Fenton
|
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Arizona (#14: 1717.6; 70 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Nathan Benedict
Rating: 1925
Overall Rank: 15
25, Law Clerk for Pima County Superior Court, Tucson
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Connecticut (#15: 1709.4; 41 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Stefan Rau
Rating: 1915
Overall Rank: 21
30, Physician
|
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British Columbia (#16: 1703.5; 49 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dean Saldanha
Rating: 1819
Overall Rank: 87
23, Engineering Assistant / Student, Richmond
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Alberta (#17: 1682.1; 63 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Albert Hahn
Rating: 1794
Overall Rank: 115
57, Delivery driver, cube truck, Calgary
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Wisconsin (#18: 1657.6; 48 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
John O'Laughlin
Rating: 1860
Overall Rank: 44
25, Computer Programmer, Hartland
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Washington (#19: 1644.2; 46 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ken Clark
Rating: 1847
Overall Rank: 61
|
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Louisiana (#21: 1593.1; 25 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jeff Reeves
Rating: 1743
Overall Rank: 172
|
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New Mexico (#22: 1591.7; 30 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Baron
Rating: 1764
Overall Rank: 150
56, Psychologist, Corrales
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Ohio (#23: 1580.1; 49 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jean Carol
Rating: 1820
Overall Rank: 86
Retired, Cincinnati
|
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Nevada (#26: 1562.9; 30 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
David Nabutovsky
Rating: 1662
Overall Rank: 296
|
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Colorado (#27: 1534.4; 29 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dominick Mancine
Rating: 1753
Overall Rank: 162
31, Software Engineer, Louisville
|
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Georgia (#28: 1527.7; 30 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ray Smith
Rating: 1844
Overall Rank: 63
46, Computer Specialist, Tucker
|
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New Hampshire (#29: 1497.8; 21 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Amit Chakrabarti
Rating: 1804
Overall Rank: 100
29, Computer Scientist, Hanover
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Kentucky (#30: 1464.9; 18 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ted Blevins
Rating: 1875
Overall Rank: 36
56, Teacher, 8th Grade Science, Cecilia
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Indiana (#31: 1455.8; 35 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Robert Crowe
Rating: 1725
Overall Rank: 202
43, Consultant, Application Development, Fort Wayne
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Alabama (#32: 1455.3; 14 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Martin Weisskopf
Rating: 1748
Overall Rank: 169
63, Astrophysicist / Chief Scientist for X-Ray Astronomy, Huntsville
|
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Missouri (#33: 1436.4; 22 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ray Helle
Rating: 1579
Overall Rank: 399
|
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Delaware (#34: 1414.3; 14 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Rod MacNeil
Rating: 1853
Overall Rank: 54
31, Freelance Sportswriter; Citizen of Red Sox Nation, Wilmington
|
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Tennessee (#35: 1410.2; 35 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Paul Erland
Rating: 1743
Overall Rank: 172
Pegram
|
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Oklahoma (#36: 1370; 15 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
David Bibb
Rating: 1675
Overall Rank: 279
|
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Manitoba (#37: 1320.9; 33 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian D. Williams
Rating: 1762
Overall Rank: 151
Insurance (Group Underwriting), Winnipeg
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Saskatchewan (#38: 1295.3; 23 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
George MacAulay
Rating: 1735
Overall Rank: 188
56, Miner, Saskatoon
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Utah (#39: 1253.3; 10 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Kent Nelson
Rating: 1818
Overall Rank: 88
|
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South Carolina (#40: 1177.1; 11 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
David Gibson
Rating: 2065
Overall Rank: 1
54, College Math Instructor, Spartanburg
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Maine (#41: 1105; 9 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Joey Mallick
Rating: 1952
Overall Rank: 9
25, Chart-man, Cape Elizabeth
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Mississippi (#42: 1074.5; 11 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Marlene Milkent
Rating: 1694
Overall Rank: 251
64, Retired Professor, Hattiesburg
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Arkansas (#43: 1061.6; 13 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Travis Chaney
Rating: 1708
Overall Rank: 224
31, Retail Store Department Manager, Van Buren
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Iowa (#45: 952; 8 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Weepie
Rating: 1743
Overall Rank: 172
40, web developer, Cedar Rapids
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Hawaii (#46: 926.6; 4 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Kenji Matsumoto
Rating: 1915
Overall Rank: 21
21, Student, Aiea
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Vermont (#47: 902.4; 11 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Kevin Colosa
Rating: 1541
Overall Rank: 455
36, Teacher (fourth grade), St. Johnsbury
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Nebraska (#48: 756.9; 4 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Patrick R. Caulfield
Rating: 1731
Overall Rank: 194
32, Computer Programmer, Omaha
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Montana (#49: 755.3; 4 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Tony Rasch
Rating: 1434
Overall Rank: 651
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Kansas (#50: 740.1; 4 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Vijay Ragothaman
Rating: 1340
Overall Rank: 847
Wichita
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Newfoundland and Labrador (#54: 610.3; 1 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jeffrey Parsons
Rating: 1603
Overall Rank: 367
42, University Professor, Logy Bay
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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North Dakota (#55: 607; 1 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Cheryl L Cadieux
Rating: 1570
Overall Rank: 417
58, Wicked Landlady, Grand Forks
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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Idaho (#56: 605.3; 3 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian Engelberg
Rating: 1015
Overall Rank: 1616
30, Stay at home dad, Meridian
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New Brunswick (#57: 599.7; 1 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Chuck Abbate
Rating: 1497
Overall Rank: 530
36, Veterinarian, Quispamsis
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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Alaska (#58: 591.8; 1 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Wes Morrison
Rating: 1418
Overall Rank: 694
59, Contract Administator, Juneau
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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Wyoming (#59: 535.8; 1 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Martha Stearn
Rating: 858
Overall Rank: 2068
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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Stateless Players
If you have information concerning the current state or province of residence of the following high-rated, active players, please contact John Chew.
1135 MCWILLIAMS MARY
1133 BREWSTER MARGARET
1119 NEWBERRY RONALD
1094 DEITMER STEVEN
1060 GREANEY JEANETTE
1056 BREDEN MATT
1008 MONACO MICHAEL
1005 EDWARDS KEVIN
1002 CARROLL GREGORY
973 SHAW FRAN
970 SAPERSTEIN EVAN
963 MARTIN KELLY
955 HELLMANN DANIEL
944 KIRKBY JOAN
943 GARDNER WILLIAM
940 DIKS TREVOR
934 JONES JEFFREY
934 JOHNS GRACE
933 ASHER JARON
933 FLOURNOY JOSEPH
906 STONE BOB
903 DUKE JAMES
903 SPADARO MICHAEL
898 TERRY LAURA J
886 JACKSON LANE
884 NAKANO KATHY
876 MCGOWAN KRISTY
871 KENNARD BARBARA
863 SOWELL LORRAINE
859 HYMAN BLANCHE
859 KLIONSKY DAVID
858 PHILLIPS JOAN
857 MALAVE SANDY
856 SHAW LIZ
855 SHAH HARSHA
855 BROWN JOHN
847 MERRIFIELD KEN
845 DAVIS BRENDA
844 POWELL KAREN
842 O'YEK JEFFREY
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