This list was automatically generated at 2005-10-04 16:16:42 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 | 1974 1927 1909 1880 1876 1870 1861 1856 1854 1854 | 1886.1 |
2 | New York | 2007 1911 1902 1859 1858 1857 1848 1838 1833 1830 | 1874.3 |
3 | Minnesota | 1936 1928 1885 1837 1831 1828 1780 1772 1768 1751 | 1831.6 |
4 | Ontario | 1887 1876 1850 1849 1836 1817 1790 1786 1782 1780 | 1825.3 |
5 | Texas | 1938 1859 1855 1853 1844 1801 1785 1782 1760 1757 | 1823.4 |
6 | Florida | 1904 1895 1873 1828 1823 1808 1793 1790 1759 1736 | 1820.9 |
7 | Oregon | 2009 1925 1857 1821 1792 1788 1776 1754 1722 1638 | 1808.2 |
8 | Massachusetts | 1955 1914 1854 1823 1807 1804 1790 1724 1722 1686 | 1807.9 |
9 | Quebec | 1992 1945 1844 1815 1813 1798 1750 1731 1613 1603 | 1790.4 |
10 | Maryland | 1921 1913 1863 1843 1797 1727 1704 1686 1686 1650 | 1779 |
California (#1: 1886.1)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jerry Lerman
Rating: 1974
Overall Rank: 8
55, Risk Management Consultant, Foster City
|
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New York (#2: 1874.3)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Joe Edley
Rating: 2007
Overall Rank: 4
57, Account Executive, Coram
|
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Minnesota (#3: 1831.6)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jim Kramer
Rating: 1936
Overall Rank: 15
47, Proofreader, Roseville
|
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Ontario (#4: 1825.3)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jim Nanavati
Rating: 1887
Overall Rank: 32
48, Teacher, Burlington
|
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Texas (#5: 1823.4)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Chris Cree
Rating: 1938
Overall Rank: 14
51, used equipment, sales and leasing, Dallas
|
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Florida (#6: 1820.9)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ian Weinstein
Rating: 1904
Overall Rank: 28
Physician, Coral Springs
|
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Oregon (#7: 1808.2)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dave Wiegand
Rating: 2009
Overall Rank: 3
31, Mortgage Underwriter, Portland
|
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Quebec (#9: 1790.4)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Adam Logan
Rating: 1992
Overall Rank: 6
30, Mathematician, Montréal
|
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Maryland (#10: 1779)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Sammy Okosagah
Rating: 1921
Overall Rank: 19
36, Restaurant manager, Baltimore
|
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Illinois (#11: 1766.5)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian Cappelletto
Rating: 1950
Overall Rank: 11
36, Options Trader, Chicago
|
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Michigan (#12: 1750.5)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Chuck Armstrong
Rating: 1838
Overall Rank: 67
56, Retired, Saline
|
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New Jersey (#13: 1749.1)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Scott Appel
Rating: 1918
Overall Rank: 21
34, Statistician, Trenton
|
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Arizona (#15: 1694.8)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jim Geary
Rating: 1855
Overall Rank: 51
38, Professional Poker Player, Phoenix
|
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Alberta (#16: 1693.9)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Paul Sidorsky
Rating: 1801
Overall Rank: 104
28, Systems Analyst, Calgary
|
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British Columbia (#17: 1680.8)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dean Saldanha
Rating: 1837
Overall Rank: 70
22, Engineering Assistant / Student, Richmond
|
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Wisconsin (#18: 1668.7)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
John O'Laughlin
Rating: 1860
Overall Rank: 43
25, Computer Programmer, Hartland
|
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Washington (#19: 1660.2)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ken Clark
Rating: 1830
Overall Rank: 77
|
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New Hampshire (#22: 1592.9)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Rod MacNeil
Rating: 1912
Overall Rank: 25
31, Freelance Sportswriter; Citizen of Red Sox Nation, Londonderry
|
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Ohio (#24: 1577.2)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jean Carol
Rating: 1767
Overall Rank: 157
Retired, Cincinnati
|
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Nevada (#25: 1570)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Luise Shafritz
Rating: 1671
Overall Rank: 285
65, retired puppeteer, writer, actress, Las Vegas
|
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New Mexico (#26: 1554.6)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Baron
Rating: 1726
Overall Rank: 202
55, Psychologist, Corrales
|
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Georgia (#28: 1504.3)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ray Smith
Rating: 1851
Overall Rank: 57
46, Computer Specialist, Tucker
|
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Colorado (#29: 1502.3)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dominick Mancine
Rating: 1808
Overall Rank: 97
31, Software Engineer, Louisville
|
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Indiana (#30: 1470.6)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Bill Wade
Rating: 1769
Overall Rank: 154
|
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Manitoba (#32: 1332.3)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian D. Williams
Rating: 1798
Overall Rank: 107
Insurance (Group Underwriting), Winnipeg
|
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Oklahoma (#34: 1329.6)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
David Bibb
Rating: 1726
Overall Rank: 202
|
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Missouri (#35: 1322.7)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ray Helle
Rating: 1554
Overall Rank: 444
|
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Delaware (#36: 1303.9)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jan Dixon
Rating: 1838
Overall Rank: 67
Accountant, Newark
|
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Alabama (#37: 1290.1)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Tracy Cobbs
Rating: 1700
Overall Rank: 245
39, Decatur
|
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Kentucky (#38: 1273.8)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mark Edward Owens
Rating: 1726
Overall Rank: 202
|
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Maine (#39: 1096.5)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Joey Mallick
Rating: 1949
Overall Rank: 12
25, Chart-man, Cape Elizabeth
|
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Arkansas (#40: 1079.4)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Travis Chaney
Rating: 1652
Overall Rank: 310
31, Retail Store Department Manager, Van Buren
|
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Mississippi (#41: 1073.7)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Marlene Milkent
Rating: 1711
Overall Rank: 228
64, Retired Professor, Hattiesburg
|
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South Carolina (#42: 1039.4)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
David Gibson
Rating: 2065
Overall Rank: 1
54, College Math Instructor, Spartanburg
|
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District of Columbia (#43: 993.2)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Stefan Fatsis
Rating: 1570
Overall Rank: 421
42, Journalist, Washington
|
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Iowa (#44: 974.6)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Weepie
Rating: 1743
Overall Rank: 175
40, web developer, Cedar Rapids
|
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Utah (#45: 928.2)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Kent Nelson
Rating: 1834
Overall Rank: 73
|
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Hawaii (#46: 918.9)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Kenji Matsumoto
Rating: 1920
Overall Rank: 20
20, Student, Aiea
|
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Vermont (#47: 861.8)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Kevin Colosa
Rating: 1442
Overall Rank: 654
36, Teacher (fourth grade), Plainfield
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West Virginia (#48: 664.6)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jeff Cook
Rating: 1718
Overall Rank: 223
|
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Nebraska (#49: 663.1)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Patrick R. Caulfield
Rating: 1731
Overall Rank: 193
32, Computer Programmer, Omaha
|
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Rhode Island (#50: 660)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Bennett Schlesinger
Rating: 1224
Overall Rank: 1112
17, Student, Providence
|
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Montana (#51: 626)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Sylvia Sparkman
Rating: 1181
Overall Rank: 1209
58, Advertising Manager, Bozeman
|
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Kansas (#52: 624.6)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Vijay Ragothaman
Rating: 1340
Overall Rank: 847
Wichita
|
Rank | Rating | Player |
Local | Overall |
2 | 1948 | 906 | LEE DAN |
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South Dakota (#53: 615.9)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mark Oppenheimer
Rating: 1659
Overall Rank: 299
|
There are no other players from this region in the database.
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Newfoundland and Labrador (#54: 610.3)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jeffrey Parsons
Rating: 1603
Overall Rank: 376
42, University Professor, Logy Bay
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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New Brunswick (#55: 600.3)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Chuck Abbate
Rating: 1503
Overall Rank: 521
36, Veterinarian, Quispamsis
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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Idaho (#56: 592.9)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian Engelberg
Rating: 1015
Overall Rank: 1635
29, Stay at home dad, Meridian
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Alaska (#57: 585.8)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Wes Morrison
Rating: 1358
Overall Rank: 814
59, Contract Administator, Juneau
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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Wyoming (#58: 535.8)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Martha Stearn
Rating: 858
Overall Rank: 2100
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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.
1743 LIPSCHUTZ DAVID
1586 STEIN RICHARD
1544 GUIGNON WILLIAM
1512 GOLDSTEIN ERIC
1484 LEVINE GIL
1479 GALLAGHER WILLIAM
1449 PAINE TIM
1396 STILLSON ALAN
1369 WILSON ERROL
1363 GIORDANO LOIS
1345 JANKOWSKI ED
1341 MALZER RON
1339 SHANAMAN MARK
1334 HEIMAN SAMUEL
1331 JENG T J
1331 WALDEN JEFF
1331 SOCHA DIANNE
1322 LUCAS KAREN
1319 SIMEONE CHARLOTTE
1315 PESCOSOLIDO TERRY
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