This list was automatically generated at 2008-04-30 15:03:39 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 | 1902 1865 1859 1853 1851 1839 1830 1812 1794 1786 | 1839.1 |
2 | California | 1884 1838 1826 1820 1817 1811 1806 1799 1799 1794 | 1819.4 |
3 | New York | 1944 1887 1873 1806 1783 1782 1775 1771 1770 1767 | 1815.8 |
4 | Ontario | 1978 1879 1852 1832 1806 1789 1783 1767 1746 1722 | 1815.4 |
5 | Texas | 1890 1825 1814 1806 1803 1792 1781 1767 1764 1757 | 1799.9 |
6 | Arizona | 1885 1879 1865 1825 1816 1766 1752 1718 1647 1545 | 1769.8 |
7 | Florida | 1864 1829 1821 1815 1774 1753 1726 1712 1686 1672 | 1765.2 |
8 | Oregon | 1894 1885 1854 1710 1706 1700 1684 1662 1660 1657 | 1741.2 |
9 | Minnesota | 1881 1804 1798 1764 1754 1740 1719 1644 1596 1568 | 1726.8 |
10 | Maryland | 1890 1852 1836 1831 1768 1675 1638 1617 1574 1549 | 1723 |
Other States/Provinces
California (#2: 1819.4; 181 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Doug Brockmeier
Rating: 1884
Overall Rank: 17
24, Grad Student, Yorba Linda
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New York (#3: 1815.8; 165 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Matt Graham
Rating: 1944
Overall Rank: 5
not provided, New York
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Ontario (#4: 1815.4; 165 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Adam Logan
Rating: 1978
Overall Rank: 1
32, Mathematician, Waterloo
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Texas (#5: 1799.9; 106 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Geoff Thevenot
Rating: 1890
Overall Rank: 12
38, Copy Editor, Austin
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Arizona (#6: 1769.8; 59 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Patrick Hodges
Rating: 1885
Overall Rank: 15
38, Billing Clerk, Glendale
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Florida (#7: 1765.2; 97 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ian Weinstein
Rating: 1864
Overall Rank: 24
42, physician, Coral Springs
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Oregon (#8: 1741.2; 45 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dave Wiegand
Rating: 1894
Overall Rank: 11
33, Mortgage Underwriter, Portland
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Minnesota (#9: 1726.8; 56 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Tim Adamson
Rating: 1881
Overall Rank: 18
53, Masonry contractor, Saint Paul
|
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Maryland (#10: 1723; 48 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Sammy Okosagah
Rating: 1890
Overall Rank: 12
Restaurant Manager, Baltimore
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British Columbia (#11: 1708.6; 52 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dean Saldanha
Rating: 1835
Overall Rank: 37
25, Castings administrator, Richmond
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Illinois (#12: 1708.3; 56 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian Cappelletto
Rating: 1954
Overall Rank: 4
Options Trader, Chicago
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Michigan (#13: 1707.8; 81 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
J. Paul Epstein
Rating: 1808
Overall Rank: 62
56, Social Worker, Keego Harbor
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New Jersey (#14: 1697.8; 52 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Scott Appel
Rating: 1819
Overall Rank: 53
36, Statistician, Trenton
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Alberta (#15: 1687.4; 66 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Albert Hahn
Rating: 1771
Overall Rank: 108
59, delivering stuff, Calgary
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Washington (#16: 1669.3; 51 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ken Clark
Rating: 1785
Overall Rank: 85
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Connecticut (#17: 1668.7; 34 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Stefan Rau
Rating: 1824
Overall Rank: 48
32, Physician (in residency), Newington
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Pennsylvania (#18: 1644.3; 73 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Noel Livermore
Rating: 1782
Overall Rank: 91
55, Realtor(R), Easton
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Louisiana (#19: 1629; 25 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jeff Reeves
Rating: 1775
Overall Rank: 102
55, Casino Worker, Woodworth
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Wisconsin (#20: 1596.6; 34 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Peter Armstrong
Rating: 1904
Overall Rank: 9
35, GIS Analyst, Milwaukee
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Quebec (#21: 1595.5; 21 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
David Boys
Rating: 1913
Overall Rank: 8
44, Programmer Analyst, Dorval
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Virginia (#22: 1568.8; 23 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
John Van Pelt
Rating: 1849
Overall Rank: 32
52, Artist, Centreville
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North Carolina (#23: 1542.9; 46 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Rahn McKeown
Rating: 1788
Overall Rank: 82
27, Graduate Student, Pittsboro
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New Mexico (#24: 1540.6; 23 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Baron
Rating: 1813
Overall Rank: 58
58, Psychologist, Corrales
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Ohio (#25: 1532.4; 41 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jean Carol
Rating: 1740
Overall Rank: 148
Retired Teacher, Cincinnati
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Nevada (#26: 1508.5; 15 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Joe Dackman
Rating: 1833
Overall Rank: 38
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Kentucky (#27: 1458; 19 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Kelly McKenzie
Rating: 1717
Overall Rank: 177
Newport
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Georgia (#28: 1454.2; 26 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ray Smith
Rating: 1721
Overall Rank: 168
49, Computer specialist, Tucker
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Indiana (#29: 1453.8; 29 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Paxson
Rating: 1732
Overall Rank: 157
60, Administrative Law Judge, Bloomington
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Colorado (#30: 1452.2; 12 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Dominick Mancine
Rating: 1781
Overall Rank: 93
33, Software engineer, Louisville
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Alabama (#31: 1411.7; 13 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Eric Harshbarger
Rating: 1675
Overall Rank: 235
37, LEGO sculptor, mosaicist, Auburn
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Missouri (#32: 1410.9; 13 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Basler
Rating: 1543
Overall Rank: 418
Clayton
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Oklahoma (#33: 1384.7; 15 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Matthew Hodge
Rating: 1742
Overall Rank: 147
Moore
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New Hampshire (#34: 1380.9; 19 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Amit Chakrabarti
Rating: 1794
Overall Rank: 76
32, Computer Scientist, Hanover
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Tennessee (#35: 1357.4; 31 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Tim Michaels
Rating: 1628
Overall Rank: 294
Knoxville
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Delaware (#36: 1345.9; 12 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
John Luebkemann
Rating: 1821
Overall Rank: 49
Actuary, Bear
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South Carolina (#37: 1344.3; 15 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
David Gibson
Rating: 1955
Overall Rank: 3
57, College Math Instructor, Spartanburg
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Manitoba (#38: 1335.9; 28 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Brian D. Williams
Rating: 1692
Overall Rank: 216
Insurance (Group Underwriting), Winnipeg
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Saskatchewan (#39: 1247.2; 17 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
George MacAulay
Rating: 1680
Overall Rank: 231
59, Miner, Saskatoon
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Vermont (#40: 1224.7; 16 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Kevin Colosa
Rating: 1670
Overall Rank: 240
38, Teacher (fourth grade), St. Johnsbury
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Utah (#41: 1198.1; 8 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Howlett
Rating: 1749
Overall Rank: 137
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Maine (#42: 1189.8; 14 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Joey Mallick
Rating: 1917
Overall Rank: 7
28, Chart-man, Cape Elizabeth
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Mississippi (#43: 1085.6; 9 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Marlene Milkent
Rating: 1755
Overall Rank: 130
66, Retired Professor, Hattiesburg
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Iowa (#45: 874.7; 6 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mike Weepie
Rating: 1737
Overall Rank: 153
42, web developer, Cedar Rapids
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Hawaii (#46: 855.7; 4 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Mark Pistolese
Rating: 1781
Overall Rank: 93
retired, Pahoa
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Arkansas (#47: 852; 9 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jimmy Upton
Rating: 1267
Overall Rank: 951
Jonesboro
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West Virginia (#48: 807.2; 6 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jeff Cook
Rating: 1580
Overall Rank: 358
Keyser
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Kansas (#49: 741.9; 5 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ricky Sirois
Rating: 1471
Overall Rank: 530
28, Teacher, Overland Park
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Montana (#51: 697.6; 3 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
David Weiss
Rating: 1572
Overall Rank: 370
46, Professor, Billings
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Alaska (#52: 689.4; 4 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Wes Morrison
Rating: 1336
Overall Rank: 807
61, Retired, Klawock
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Idaho (#53: 615.7; 3 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Ronald Barker
Rating: 981
Overall Rank: 1552
61, soc security, Boise
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Newfoundland and Labrador (#54: 611.4; 1 active)
|
Provincial Leader |
Other Top Players |
Jeffrey Parsons
Rating: 1614
Overall Rank: 317
44, University Professor, Logy Bay
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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Nebraska (#55: 595.5; 1 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
George Asaka
Rating: 1455
Overall Rank: 558
44, Accounting/Administration, Omaha
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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North Dakota (#56: 587.6; 1 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Cheryl L Cadieux
Rating: 1376
Overall Rank: 729
60, Wicked Landlady, Grand Forks
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There are no other players from this region in the database.
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South Dakota (#57: 552.8; 1 active)
|
State Leader |
Other Top Players |
Aaron Daly
Rating: 1028
Overall Rank: 1459
Sioux Falls
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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.
1366 JURLANDO CHRISTIAN
1199 KATZ DARREN
1109 BELL JASON
985 SHERIDAN JUSTIN
981 WHITTEN EMMA
980 SMAGLEY PEARL
968 REED MARK
966 JACKSON LANE
965 CLARE STEPHANE
960 SMITH MARIAH
958 CONLEY SHANNON
953 VOGT ALINE
950 THROCKMORTON BRIAN
943 WILSON JACQUELINE
934 FOX KATE
927 DLUGOSZ DAVID
926 SZATROWSKI MIRIAM
921 KAYE VIC
921 VAYSBERG JASON
917 JONES PERCY
915 PANEK CHARLIE
910 KONIPOL NANCY
910 ROSENTHAL BERYL
909 WIECKOWSKI ZBIGNIEW
903 SCHWARTZ ANITA
902 BHARGAVA GAURAV
901 TOWNSEND ADAM
898 ARISTA YOLANDA
895 WEIJOLA STEFAN
893 REICH FRAN
891 DURANT OLIVIA
891 MURNANE LILIA
889 MAYFIELD DANIEL
888 FISCHER JANE
887 MILLSPAUGH MARK
887 TORRENCE RICKEY
879 FEIGIN PAT
878 SCHIFF DAN
872 BOOKBINDER IRENE
870 BRACKENBURY JIM
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