Top 13-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 | Ethan Guo | #1 | 2420-7 | No change |
| 2 | Glenn Zhang | #13 | 2228+29 | 10 places up nationally since last month |
| 3 | Laurie Qiu | #15 | 2219-18 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 4 | Ararat Bagdasarian | #28 | 2172+24 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 5 | Sivavishnu Srinivasan | #31 | 2160-17 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 6 | Vedant Verma | #38 | 2114+102 | 31 places up nationally since last month |
| 7 | Zee Chin | #43 | 2104+47 | 12 places up nationally since last month |
| 8 | Zhuoyuan Wu | #65 | 2038+76 | 29 places up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Zelin Fang | #70 | 2023 | 7 places down nationally since last month |
| 9 | Tapas Aarav Natraj | #70 | 2023+13 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 11 | Pear Xu | #72 | 2021-53 | 21 places down nationally since last month |
| 12 | Muradhan Emir Sabyrov | #74 | 2016 | 7 places down nationally since last month |
| 13 | Sean Jura | #78 | 2001+37 | 15 places up nationally since last month |
| 14 | Andy Zhong | #86 | 1992 | New |
| 15 | Yuvraj Singh Sawhney | #92 | 1978 | 6 places down nationally since last month |
| 16 | Naga Abhiram Ponnaluri | #95 | 1976-5 | 11 places down nationally since last month |