Top 11-year-old chess players in California
The 16 highest-rated players from California on the national US Chess list for October 2026. Anyone from California who isn’t listed is rated below them. The US column shows each player’s national rank. Movement is measured against September 2026.
Gender
| # | Player | US | Rating | Movevs last month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reyansh Paragiri | #2 | 2212+11 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 2 | Vivaan Pavuluri | #13 | 2134-20 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 3 | Howard Wang | #25 | 2051+16 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 4 | Arnav Thoppai | #28 | 2014+12 | 5 places up nationally since last month |
| 5 | Olivia Xu | #30 | 1971+76 | 23 places up nationally since last month |
| 6 | Benjamin Yu | #39 | 1941+29 | 5 places up nationally since last month |
| 7 | Andrew Zou | #44 | 1919+11 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 8 | Andrew Yu | #49 | 1899+8 | 7 places up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Arjunsai Navaneetha Prabhu | #54 | 1888+15 | 11 places up nationally since last month |
| 10 | Eli Seidel | #66 | 1846-21 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 11 | Ryan Lu | #77 | 1822-20 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 12 | Terence Kuang | #78 | 1821-39 | 9 places down nationally since last month |
| 13 | Aashvi Sri Rangamreddy | #80 | 1816 | New |
| 14 | Anirudh Gutta | #81 | 1815+27 | 13 places up nationally since last month |
| 15 | Miller Zhang | #86 | 1808-20 | 5 places down nationally since last month |
| 16 | Pranav Db | #91 | 1796 | New |