# Can I search for anyone who got a chess ranking ever?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-search-for-anyone-who-got-a-chess-ranking-ever/945702
**Category:** The Game Room
**Tags:** board-card-word-game, chess
**Created:** [July 5, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-search-for-anyone-who-got-a-chess-ranking-ever/945702 "2021-07-05T03:47:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-search-for-anyone-who-got-a-chess-ranking-ever/945702/1 "2021-07-05T03:47:07Z")

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Like on old schoolmate. Would it be in Chess Life and would it be a special issue?

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### Author: ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-search-for-anyone-who-got-a-chess-ranking-ever/945702/2 "2021-07-05T04:58:16Z")

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This appears to be more suited for the Game Room. I’ll move it for you.

RickJay  
Moderator

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### Author: ![Petek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/petek/32/1590_2.png) [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-search-for-anyone-who-got-a-chess-ranking-ever/945702/3 "2021-07-05T05:10:17Z")

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You can search for players with a US Chess rating here:

[Player Search | US Chess.org](https://new.uschess.org/player-search)

I haven’t played a rated game since sometime in the 1980s, but my name still appears in that database. You also can search for players with an international (FIDE) rating here:

[FIDE Ratings and Statistics](https://ratings.fide.com/)

but I don’t know how far back that database goes.

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### Author: ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-search-for-anyone-who-got-a-chess-ranking-ever/945702/4 "2021-07-05T11:33:56Z")

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The USCF ratings available online go back to the mid to late 90’s. For older ones, you would have to check the archived issues of [Chess Life](https://new.uschess.org/chess-life-digital-archives) which produced an annual rating list - usually in the January issue.

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### Author: ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-search-for-anyone-who-got-a-chess-ranking-ever/945702/5 "2021-07-05T14:55:45Z")

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Wow. My name is in there even though I never played a rated game. I subscribed to Chess Life and had some kind of chess ID card back in 1989 so that was good enough to cement me in US chess history.

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### Author: ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-search-for-anyone-who-got-a-chess-ranking-ever/945702/6 "2021-07-05T17:10:53Z")

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Thanks!

It looks like they have everyone but like with pulykamell there is not a lot of info. Just enough to point to the person.