Top Blitz Chess Players in United States 🇺🇸Follow United StatesTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers.
5,475 active players in United States by Blitz rating.
#1 Hikaru Nakamura leads with 2,838 — 40 pts ahead of Wesley So (2,798).
This month's standout moves (top 100): Alice Lee led all gainers at +53 pts, while Tianqi Wang saw the steepest fall at -28 pts.
Age Group Leaders
U20Yoo, Christopher WoojinGMFollow Christopher Woojin YooTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.▲22,578U18Hardaway, BrewingtonGMFollow Brewington HardawayTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.▼12,565U16Woodward, AndyGMFollow Andy WoodwardTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.▲52,49665+Kaidanov, GregoryGMFollow Gregory KaidanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,547
Biggest Movers · 1 month
Among top 100 players
Top Movers
Lee, AliceIMFollow Alice LeeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,389
+53Hakobyan, EduardFMFollow Eduard HakobyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,354
+40Woodward, AndyGMFollow Andy WoodwardTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,496
+35Flop Movers
Wang, TianqiIMFollow Tianqi WangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,369
-28Yip, CarissaIMFollow Carissa YipTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,351
-27Caruana, FabianoGMFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,749
-20HISTORIC UNITED STATES #1 · 2001 → 2026
7 distinct leaders across 25 yearsHover a segment for details
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Nakamura8y · 7 reignsCaruana7y · 6 reignsKamsky5y · 3 reignsOnischuk3ySeirawan1ySo11mo · 4 reignsAronian2mo
Avg. top 10
Blitz · Active · vs 1 month
2,717-3
Avg. top 100
Blitz · Active · vs 1 month
2,476+1
Active players
Active · vs 1 month
5,475-603
Rankings
Blitz · Active · vs 1 month
# | Player | Standard | Rapid | Blitz↓ | Δ 1M | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nakamura, HikaruGM · 39 yrsFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2810 | 2742 | 2838 | 0 | 0 |
2 | So, WesleyGM · 33 yrsFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2754 | 2705 | 2798 | +9 | 15 |
3 | Caruana, FabianoGM · 34 yrsFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2793 | 2727 | 2749 | −20 | 15 |
4 | Aronian, LevonGM · 44 yrsFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2724 | 2730 | 2740 | −9 | 15 |
5 | Xiong, JefferyGM · 26 yrsFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2656 | 2694 | 2703 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Niemann, Hans MokeGM · 23 yrsFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2728 | 2646 | 2699 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Sevian, SamuelGM · 26 yrsFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2696 | 2664 | 2677 | −2 | 2 |
8 | Oparin, GrigoriyGM · 29 yrsFollow Grigoriy OparinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2643 | 2606 | 2670 | −6 | 9 |
9 | Akopian, VladimirGM · 55 yrsFollow Vladimir AkopianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2551 | 2594 | 2652 | +1 | 6 |
10 | Bruzon Batista, LazaroGM · 44 yrsFollow Lazaro Bruzon BatistaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2555 | 2615 | 2647 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Robson, RayGM · 32 yrsFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2653 | 2637 | 2620 | −1 | 2 |
12 | Shankland, SamGM · 35 yrsFollow Sam ShanklandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2651 | 2624 | 2613 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Lenderman, AleksandrGM · 37 yrsFollow Aleksandr LendermanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2462 | 2604 | 2610 | 0 | 0 |
14▲1 | Antipov, Mikhail Al.GM · 29 yrsFollow Mikhail Al. AntipovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2618 | 2605 | 2605 | 0 | 0 |
15▼1 | Dominguez Perez, LeinierGM · 43 yrsFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2732 | 2709 | 2594 | −14 | 11 |
16▲5 | Liang, AwonderGM · 23 yrsFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2718 | 2522 | 2580 | +17 | 9 |
17▲2 | Yoo, Christopher WoojinGM · 20 yrsFollow Christopher Woojin YooTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2607 | 2497 | 2578 | +6 | 7 |
18▼2 | Swiercz, DariuszGM · 32 yrsFollow Dariusz SwierczTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2579 | 2654 | 2577 | 0 | 0 |
19▼1 | Burke, John MGM · 25 yrsFollow John M BurkeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2569 | — | 2574 | 0 | 0 |
20▼3 | Holt, ConradGM · 33 yrsFollow Conrad HoltTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2532 | 2563 | 2574 | 0 | 0 |
21▼1 | Hardaway, BrewingtonGM · 17 yrsFollow Brewington HardawayTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2542 | 2413 | 2565 | −4 | 9 |
22 | Troff, KaydenGM · 28 yrsFollow Kayden TroffTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2482 | 2480 | 2564 | +7 | 15 |
23 | Tang, AndrewGM · 27 yrsFollow Andrew TangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2551 | 2440 | 2553 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Corrales Jimenez, FidelGM · 39 yrsFollow Fidel Corrales JimenezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2489 | 2473 | 2549 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Kaidanov, GregoryGM · 67 yrsFollow Gregory KaidanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2491 | — | 2547 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Stripunsky, AlexanderGM · 56 yrsFollow Alexander StripunskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2476 | 2581 | 2544 | 0 | 0 |
27▲8 | Mishra, AbhimanyuGM · 17 yrsFollow Abhimanyu MishraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2623 | 2598 | 2541 | +33 | 9 |
28▼1 | Becerra Rivero, JulioGM · 53 yrsFollow Julio Becerra RiveroTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2408 | — | 2536 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Akobian, VaruzhanGM · 43 yrsFollow Varuzhan AkobianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2553 | 2542 | 2524 | +4 | 9 |
30 | Benjamin, JoelGM · 62 yrsFollow Joel BenjaminTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2471 | 2428 | 2520 | 0 | 0 |
31▼3 | Erenburg, SergeyGM · 43 yrsFollow Sergey ErenburgTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2478 | 2471 | 2520 | 0 | 0 |
32▼1 | Jacobson, BrandonGM · 23 yrsFollow Brandon JacobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2590 | 2493 | 2517 | 0 | 0 |
33▲4 | Hong, AndrewGM · 22 yrsFollow Andrew HongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2598 | 2557 | 2516 | +9 | 9 |
34▼2 | Sevillano, EnricoGM · 58 yrsFollow Enrico SevillanoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2280 | — | 2515 | 0 | 0 |
35▼2 | Friedel, JoshuaGM · 40 yrsFollow Joshua FriedelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2544 | — | 2514 | 0 | 0 |
36▼2 | Moradiabadi, ElshanGM · 41 yrsFollow Elshan MoradiabadiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2494 | 2530 | 2512 | 0 | 0 |
37▼1 | Yermolinsky, AlexGM · 68 yrsFollow Alex YermolinskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2363 | 2520 | 2508 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Gurevich, DmitryGM · 70 yrsFollow Dmitry GurevichTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2325 | 2427 | 2506 | 0 | 0 |
39▲4 | Dlugy, MaximGM · 60 yrsFollow Maxim DlugyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2496 | 2491 | 2502 | +13 | 17 |
40▼1 | Finegold, BenjaminGM · 57 yrsFollow Benjamin FinegoldTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2365 | — | 2501 | 0 | 0 |
41▼1 | Wang, JustinIM · 21 yrsFollow Justin WangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2524 | 2371 | 2497 | 0 | 0 |
42▲5 | Chasin, NicoIM · 20 yrsFollow Nico ChasinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2500 | 2443 | 2497 | +23 | 20 |
43▼2 | Ivanov, AlexanderGM · 70 yrsFollow Alexander IvanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2377 | — | 2497 | 0 | 0 |
44▲5 | Woodward, AndyGM · 16 yrsFollow Andy WoodwardTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2635 | 2521 | 2496 | +35 | 9 |
45▼3 | Zhou, JianchaoGM · 38 yrsFollow Jianchao ZhouTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2577 | 2574 | 2491 | 0 | 0 |
46▼2 | Zierk, StevenGM · 33 yrsFollow Steven ZierkTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2489 | 2500 | 2488 | 0 | 0 |
47▼2 | Khachiyan, MeliksetGM · 56 yrsFollow Melikset KhachiyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2389 | 2471 | 2484 | 0 | 0 |
48▼2 | Adewumi, TanitoluwaIM · 16 yrsFollow Tanitoluwa AdewumiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2473 | 2392 | 2477 | 0 | 0 |
49▼1 | Bick, Gabriel James KoopIM · 27 yrsFollow Gabriel James Koop BickTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2346 | — | 2466 | 0 | 0 |
50▲1 | Grabinsky, AaronIM · 28 yrsFollow Aaron GrabinskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2363 | 2335 | 2446 | 0 | 0 |
51▼1 | Brodsky, DavidGM · 24 yrsFollow David BrodskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2508 | 2460 | 2443 | −12 | 11 |
52 | Putnam, LiamIM · 18 yrsFollow Liam PutnamTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2492 | 2300 | 2442 | −2 | 9 |
53 | Li, RuifengGM · 25 yrsFollow Ruifeng LiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2535 | 2441 | 2439 | 0 | 0 |
54 | Molner, MackenzieGM · 38 yrsFollow Mackenzie MolnerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2458 | 2474 | 2434 | 0 | 0 |
55 | Balakrishnan, PraveenGM · 24 yrsFollow Praveen BalakrishnanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2496 | 2385 | 2430 | 0 | 0 |
56 | Liu, EricIM · 17 yrsFollow Eric LiuTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2442 | — | 2428 | 0 | 0 |
57 | Shabalov, AlexanderGM · 59 yrsFollow Alexander ShabalovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2433 | 2465 | 2428 | 0 | 0 |
58 | Heimann, MarkGM · 33 yrsFollow Mark HeimannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2479 | 2436 | 2417 | −8 | 9 |
59 | Sheehan, Ethan · 18 yrsFollow Ethan SheehanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2321 | — | 2416 | 0 | 0 |
60 | Zhao, ErickIM · 18 yrsFollow Erick ZhaoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2418 | 2387 | 2414 | 0 | 0 |
61▲1 | De Firmian, NickGM · 69 yrsFollow Nick De FirmianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2379 | 2468 | 2410 | 0 | 0 |
62▲1 | Orlov, GeorgiIM · 62 yrsFollow Georgi OrlovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2438 | — | 2409 | 0 | 0 |
63▼2 | Hungaski, RobertGM · 39 yrsFollow Robert HungaskiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2493 | 2421 | 2403 | −9 | 11 |
64 | Norowitz, YaacovIM · 44 yrsFollow Yaacov NorowitzTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2395 | 2462 | 2401 | 0 | 0 |
65 | Katz, AlexanderIM · 30 yrsFollow Alexander KatzTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2371 | 2348 | 2398 | 0 | 0 |
66▲1 | Stearman, JosiahIM · 23 yrsFollow Josiah StearmanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2477 | 2313 | 2396 | 0 | 0 |
67▲1 | Gulamali, KazimFM · 38 yrsFollow Kazim GulamaliTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2206 | 2327 | 2395 | 0 | 0 |
68▲1 | Bora, SafalGM · 28 yrsFollow Safal BoraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2500 | 2389 | 2394 | 0 | 0 |
69▲28 | Lee, AliceIM · 17 yrsFollow Alice LeeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2415 | 2415 | 2389 | +53 | 15 |
70 | Hilby, CraigIM · 26 yrsFollow Craig HilbyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2408 | 2420 | 2387 | 0 | 0 |
71 | Vivekananthan, AnishIM · 22 yrsFollow Anish VivekananthanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2407 | 2423 | 2385 | 0 | 0 |
72 | Ostrovskiy, AleksandrIM · 30 yrsFollow Aleksandr OstrovskiyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2376 | 2376 | 2382 | 0 | 0 |
73 | Paragua, Megan AltheaFM · 14 yrsFollow Megan Althea ParaguaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2239 | 2251 | 2380 | 0 | 0 |
74 | Sheng, JoshuaGM · 26 yrsFollow Joshua ShengTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2498 | 2511 | 2380 | 0 | 0 |
75 | Liang, JasonIM · 19 yrsFollow Jason LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2440 | 2370 | 2378 | 0 | 0 |
76▲1 | Ghazarian, KirkGM · 20 yrsFollow Kirk GhazarianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2544 | — | 2377 | 0 | 0 |
77▲2 | Petesch, GabrielFM · 35 yrsFollow Gabriel PeteschTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2354 | 2292 | 2374 | 0 | 0 |
78 | Kiewra, KeatonIM · 39 yrsFollow Keaton KiewraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2278 | — | 2374 | 0 | 0 |
79▲1 | Fishbein, AlexanderGM · 58 yrsFollow Alexander FishbeinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2406 | 2378 | 2373 | 0 | 0 |
80▲1 | Fernandez, DanielGM · 41 yrsFollow Daniel FernandezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2419 | 2455 | 2373 | 0 | 0 |
81▲1 | Park, EvanIM · 19 yrsFollow Evan ParkTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2434 | — | 2370 | 0 | 0 |
82▼16 | Wang, TianqiIM · 29 yrsFollow Tianqi WangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2349 | 2405 | 2369 | −28 | 9 |
83 | Herman, MatthewIM · 40 yrsFollow Matthew HermanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2362 | 2342 | 2368 | 0 | 0 |
84 | Lin, Bryan EnmingFM · 15 yrsFollow Bryan Enming LinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2370 | 2206 | 2367 | 0 | 0 |
85 | Rozman, LevyIM · 31 yrsFollow Levy RozmanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2318 | 2327 | 2366 | 0 | 0 |
86 | Chen, RyoIM · 16 yrsFollow Ryo ChenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2394 | — | 2364 | 0 | 0 |
87 | Smith, BryanGM · 46 yrsFollow Bryan SmithTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2366 | 2369 | 2360 | 0 | 0 |
88 | Bartell, ThomasIM · 43 yrsFollow Thomas BartellTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2335 | — | 2358 | 0 | 0 |
89▲1 | Wheeler, CameronIM · 26 yrsFollow Cameron WheelerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2389 | 2341 | 2356 | 0 | 0 |
90▼1 | Schmakel, SamIM · 30 yrsFollow Sam SchmakelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2437 | 2327 | 2356 | 0 | 0 |
91▲23 | Hakobyan, EduardFM · 22 yrsFollow Eduard HakobyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2371 | 2374 | 2354 | +40 | 18 |
92▲4 | Chirilov, James AFM · 18 yrsFollow James A ChirilovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2197 | 2127 | 2352 | +12 | 6 |
93▼2 | Levine, JosephIM · 19 yrsFollow Joseph LevineTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2410 | — | 2351 | 0 | 0 |
94▼18 | Yip, CarissaIM · 23 yrsFollow Carissa YipTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2482 | 2356 | 2351 | −27 | 6 |
95▼3 | Kona, VidipCM · 13 yrsFollow Vidip KonaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2131 | 2114 | 2344 | 0 | 0 |
96▼3 | Lin, DacheyFM · 27 yrsFollow Dachey LinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2354 | — | 2343 | 0 | 0 |
97▼3 | Raptis, NickFM · 52 yrsFollow Nick RaptisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2210 | 2296 | 2341 | 0 | 0 |
98▼3 | Acor, CoreyFM · 37 yrsFollow Corey AcorTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2186 | 2312 | 2341 | 0 | 0 |
99▼1 | Rodriguez, EricFM · 37 yrsFollow Eric RodriguezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2247 | — | 2336 | 0 | 0 |
100 | Shlyakhtenko, RobertIM · 21 yrsFollow Robert ShlyakhtenkoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2461 | — | 2332 | 0 | 0 |
Rating distribution
Blitz · Active
12-month evolution
Blitz · Active
Titled players — 433
Active · vs 1 month
Open
GM74
20%
IM89+1
24%
FM137+1
37%
CM67-1
18%
Women
WGM4+1
6%
WIM11
17%
WFM17
26%
WCM34
52%
AGE PYRAMID · UNITED STATES ACTIVE PLAYERS
Active players by age band · Open vs Women
Open
Women
2,349U20323
1,11720-3455
52135-4917
46550-6420
45565+6
4,907 open players421 women players