Top 12-year-old chess players in California
The 14 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.
| # | Player | US | Rating | Movevs last month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam Liu | #22 | 2164-46 | 8 places down nationally since last month |
| 2 | Francis Gio Bigol Ordanza | #24 | 2149+37 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 3 | Joshua Xia | #25 | 2148 | New |
| 4 | Young Cui | #28 | 2124 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 5 | Jacob S Wang | #35 | 2047 | No change |
| 6 | Leo Ni | #51 | 1982+16 | 7 places up nationally since last month |
| 7 | Rayansh Maheshwari | #52 | 1980-13 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 7 | Mikhail Grigorev | #52 | 1980+22 | 7 places up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Isaac Lien | #64 | 1942+46 | 22 places up nationally since last month |
| 10 | Krivi R Madireddy | #71 | 1923+52 | 27 places up nationally since last month |
| 11 | Suhas Varma Indukuri | #75 | 1914-13 | 7 places down nationally since last month |
| 12 | Jaden Bao Chen | #80 | 1903+16 | 10 places up nationally since last month |
| 13 | Blake Zhang | #81 | 1902+14 | 7 places up nationally since last month |
| 14 | Avik Saha | #99 | 1867 | New |