This list was automatically generated at 2008-10-05 12:56:55 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).
Photographs can be submitted through the Player Database.
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 28 fully-rated
tournament games in the past 24 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 | Massachusetts | 1941 1927 1859 1856 1828 1817 1812 1803 1789 1788 | 1842 |
2 | California | 1851 1834 1832 1826 1825 1821 1820 1807 1800 1796 | 1821.2 |
3 | New York | 1977 1902 1861 1805 1783 1766 1762 1760 1750 1749 | 1811.5 |
4 | Ontario | 1888 1827 1822 1811 1808 1805 1790 1766 1766 1717 | 1800 |
5 | Florida | 1933 1849 1819 1816 1803 1773 1755 1745 1741 1719 | 1795.3 |
6 | Texas | 1860 1851 1828 1810 1798 1794 1780 1772 1705 1704 | 1790.2 |
7 | Illinois | 2009 1819 1809 1775 1744 1715 1697 1690 1681 1660 | 1759.9 |
8 | New Jersey | 1944 1872 1805 1804 1776 1756 1719 1621 1613 1578 | 1748.8 |
9 | Maryland | 1887 1860 1852 1846 1804 1710 1675 1622 1606 1570 | 1743.2 |
10 | Oregon | 1902 1865 1795 1776 1747 1697 1657 1641 1628 1610 | 1731.8 |
Other States/Provinces
New York (#3: 1811.5; 172 active)
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State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Matt Graham
Rating: 1977
Overall Rank: 4
42, Writer, New York
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Ontario (#4: 1800; 162 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Robin Pollock Daniel
Rating: 1888
Overall Rank: 19
46, Mom/Psychotherapist, Toronto
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Florida (#5: 1795.3; 127 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ian Weinstein
Rating: 1933
Overall Rank: 7
42, Physician, Coral Springs
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Texas (#6: 1790.2; 121 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Chris Cree
Rating: 1860
Overall Rank: 26
54, Equipment sales, Dallas
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Illinois (#7: 1759.9; 56 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian Cappelletto
Rating: 2009
Overall Rank: 2
Options Trader, Chicago
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New Jersey (#8: 1748.8; 53 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Adam Logan
Rating: 1944
Overall Rank: 5
33, Mathematician, Weehawken
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Maryland (#9: 1743.2; 45 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Sammy Okosagah
Rating: 1887
Overall Rank: 20
Businessman, Baltimore
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Oregon (#10: 1731.8; 49 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dave Wiegand
Rating: 1902
Overall Rank: 13
34, Mortgage Underwriter, Portland
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Minnesota (#11: 1718.2; 55 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Tim Adamson
Rating: 1890
Overall Rank: 16
54, Masonry contractor, Saint Paul
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Washington (#12: 1714.8; 48 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Nigel Peltier
Rating: 1889
Overall Rank: 18
18, Student, Seattle
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Michigan (#13: 1709.5; 79 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Chuck Armstrong
Rating: 1786
Overall Rank: 90
59, Retired, Saline
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British Columbia (#14: 1703.5; 53 active)
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Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
James Leong
Rating: 1810
Overall Rank: 63
23, Bum, Vancouver
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Arizona (#15: 1683.9; 50 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Patrick Hodges
Rating: 1885
Overall Rank: 21
39, Billing Clerk, Glendale
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Connecticut (#16: 1665.8; 34 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Robert Quigley
Rating: 1827
Overall Rank: 45
21, Student, New Haven
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Alberta (#17: 1663.4; 64 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Albert Hahn
Rating: 1771
Overall Rank: 105
60, Driver, Calgary
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Pennsylvania (#18: 1639.1; 74 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mitchell Brook
Rating: 1721
Overall Rank: 159
Music school owner, Philadelphia
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Virginia (#19: 1632; 25 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
John Van Pelt
Rating: 1849
Overall Rank: 33
52, Artist, Centreville
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Quebec (#20: 1605.1; 20 active)
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Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
David Boys
Rating: 1904
Overall Rank: 12
44, Programmer Analyst, Dorval
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Louisiana (#21: 1600.7; 26 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jeff Reeves
Rating: 1766
Overall Rank: 109
55, Casino Worker, Woodworth
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Wisconsin (#22: 1598.9; 34 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Peter Armstrong
Rating: 1870
Overall Rank: 23
35, GIS Analyst/Urbanist, Milwaukee
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North Carolina (#23: 1584.2; 46 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Rahn McKeown
Rating: 1804
Overall Rank: 73
28, Scientist, Pittsboro
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Ohio (#24: 1564.9; 46 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jean Carol
Rating: 1682
Overall Rank: 216
Retired Teacher, Cincinnati
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New Mexico (#25: 1533.9; 24 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Baron
Rating: 1824
Overall Rank: 49
59, Psychologist, Corrales
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Nevada (#26: 1533.7; 15 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Joe Dackman
Rating: 1902
Overall Rank: 13
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Colorado (#27: 1506.7; 12 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dominick Mancine
Rating: 1768
Overall Rank: 107
34, Software engineer, Louisville
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Kentucky (#28: 1449.3; 20 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian Bowman
Rating: 1821
Overall Rank: 51
Villa Hills
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Georgia (#29: 1422.2; 30 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dave Leifer
Rating: 1663
Overall Rank: 245
62, Corporate Tax Director, Alpharetta
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Indiana (#30: 1421.8; 32 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Robert Crowe
Rating: 1731
Overall Rank: 151
45, Consultant, Application Development, Fort Wayne
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South Carolina (#31: 1412.1; 16 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
David Gibson
Rating: 2000
Overall Rank: 3
57, College Math Instructor, Spartanburg
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Missouri (#32: 1376.7; 13 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Sheri Justice
Rating: 1563
Overall Rank: 388
42, Nanny, Kansas City
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New Hampshire (#33: 1375.9; 18 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Amit Chakrabarti
Rating: 1682
Overall Rank: 216
32, Computer Scientist, Hanover
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Alabama (#34: 1368.7; 14 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Eric Harshbarger
Rating: 1685
Overall Rank: 208
37, LEGO sculptor, mosaicist, Auburn
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Tennessee (#35: 1354.9; 30 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian Wagner
Rating: 1538
Overall Rank: 422
48, Trainer & Web Developer, Ashland City
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Oklahoma (#36: 1338; 13 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Matthew Hodge
Rating: 1781
Overall Rank: 92
Moore
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Manitoba (#37: 1328; 28 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian D. Williams
Rating: 1653
Overall Rank: 256
Insurance (Group Underwriting), Winnipeg
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Saskatchewan (#38: 1326.9; 20 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
George MacAulay
Rating: 1680
Overall Rank: 224
59, Miner, Saskatoon
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Vermont (#39: 1258.8; 17 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Kevin Colosa
Rating: 1681
Overall Rank: 219
39, Teacher (fourth grade), St. Johnsbury
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Maine (#40: 1182; 13 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Joey Mallick
Rating: 1925
Overall Rank: 11
28, Scan-man, Cape Elizabeth
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Utah (#41: 1149.1; 8 active)
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State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Howlett
Rating: 1754
Overall Rank: 125
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Delaware (#42: 1127.4; 10 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jan Dixon
Rating: 1680
Overall Rank: 224
Accountant/organizational Expert, Newark
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Mississippi (#43: 1071.3; 9 active)
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State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Marlene Milkent
Rating: 1755
Overall Rank: 123
67, Retired Professor, Hattiesburg
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Iowa (#44: 877.2; 6 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Weepie
Rating: 1657
Overall Rank: 251
43, web developer, Cedar Rapids
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Hawaii (#45: 849.6; 4 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mark Pistolese
Rating: 1781
Overall Rank: 92
retired, Pahoa
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Arkansas (#46: 837.1; 9 active)
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State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jimmy Upton
Rating: 1285
Overall Rank: 908
Jonesboro
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West Virginia (#47: 822; 6 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jeff Cook
Rating: 1520
Overall Rank: 458
Keyser
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Montana (#49: 767.4; 4 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
David Weiss
Rating: 1563
Overall Rank: 388
46, Professor, Billings
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Kansas (#50: 747.8; 5 active)
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State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ricky Sirois
Rating: 1466
Overall Rank: 557
29, Teacher, Overland Park
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Alaska (#52: 687.6; 4 active)
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State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Wes Morrison
Rating: 1318
Overall Rank: 858
62, Retired, Klawock
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Idaho (#53: 620.7; 3 active)
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State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ronald Barker
Rating: 1070
Overall Rank: 1372
61, Jogger, Boise
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South Dakota (#54: 617.8; 3 active)
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State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Aaron Daly
Rating: 1132
Overall Rank: 1226
30, Art Director / Interactive Developer, Sioux Falls
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Newfoundland and Labrador (#55: 606.7; 1 active)
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Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jeffrey Parsons
Rating: 1567
Overall Rank: 383
45, University Professor, Logy Bay
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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Nebraska (#56: 595; 1 active)
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State Leader |
Other Top Players |
George Asaka
Rating: 1450
Overall Rank: 591
44, Accounting/Administration, Omaha
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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.
1235 SCRANTON JEFFREY
1209 FORD JUDITH
1082 DUNN SHAYLA
1004 ROTH EDWIN
961 MCCRAW CHRIS
934 FOX KATE
926 SZATROWSKI MIRIAM
920 NEWBERRY ANNE
910 EYOLFSON JASON
906 DIMMICK LINDSEY
897 BEYER LAURA
897 TORRENCE RICKEY
888 SILVERMAN HARRIET
887 MILLSPAUGH MARK
884 BROWN STEVE
872 CLINE MEREDITH A
870 BATCHELOR MARILYN
870 BRACKENBURY JIM
861 JACOBSON SARAH
859 KIM CHARLOTTE
854 HYNES GERALDINE
854 THOMAS JENNIFER
851 GINZBERG ADAM
847 SAMPATH BHARAT
840 BERAHOVICH ROB
839 SHEDD MARY
837 READING TAMMY
836 BOOKBINDER IRENE
835 CONLEY CYNTHIA
830 MARGRIF LANCE
829 ROMPREY GLENN
824 MURPHY JOAN
822 LOUGHMAN CARMEL
820 SERVIS CONNIE
816 BLEY CHRIS
813 BLEAKLEY JIM
811 WINGERT SARA
809 WHITE STEVEN
803 LAZESKI JOHN
800 SCOTT LEE
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