Top 15-year-old chess players

Official US Chess rankings for October 2026. 100 players are ranked on this list. Movement is measured against September 2026.

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Top 15-Year-Old Chess Players in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Siddharth Singh	TX	2487+27	1 place up nationally since last month
2	Aditeya Das	NY	2431	1 place up nationally since last month
3	Ryan Sun	MA	2405-12	1 place up nationally since last month
4	Lucas Jiang	CA	2397-18	1 place up nationally since last month
5	kyle zhuang	VA	2380+12	3 places up nationally since last month
6	Elbert Fang	TX	2364	3 places up nationally since last month
7	Nitesh Cherukuri	MD	2353+20	5 places up nationally since last month
8	Jasmine Su	CT	2350-6	2 places up nationally since last month
9	Carter Ho	NY	2342+50	4 places up nationally since last month
10	Rohan Rajaram	CA	2336	1 place up nationally since last month
11	Benjamin Benchen Tang	CA	2292	2 places up nationally since last month
12	Priyansh Garg	NY	2281+10	3 places up nationally since last month
13	Daniel Yang	TX	2267	3 places up nationally since last month
14	Felix Guo	CA	2261+20	5 places up nationally since last month
15	Vihaan Jain	MA	2253	2 places up nationally since last month
16	Joshua Meng	TX	2249	2 places up nationally since last month
17	Vihaan Saxena	NJ	2235+24	8 places up nationally since last month
18	Alexander Sukhiashvili	NJ	2230+10	3 places up nationally since last month
19	Ruhan Yogesh Vichare	CA	2221+12	8 places up nationally since last month
19	Dattasai Kilari	MA	2221	1 place up nationally since last month
21	Bobby Qian	NJ	2215	1 place up nationally since last month
21	Ruoyu Zhou	CA	2215	1 place up nationally since last month
23	Krishna Maddali	NY	2212	1 place up nationally since last month
24	Neil S Bhaduri	CA	2210	2 places up nationally since last month
25	Yiding Lu	WA	2207	New
26	Sri Bondalapati	NC	2205+1	3 places up nationally since last month
27	Alvin He	MO	2203+5	3 places up nationally since last month
28	Shreyus Sane	CA	2194	4 places up nationally since last month
29	Kevin Stern	NY	2183	4 places up nationally since last month
29	Arjun Gorakh Soni	OH	2183+9	10 places up nationally since last month
31	Hanchi Yao	CA	2179+2	6 places up nationally since last month
31	Benjamin Amrany	VA	2179	New
33	Rishabh Chinni	WA	2176	5 places up nationally since last month
34	Benjamin Gu Lin	PA	2168+20	9 places up nationally since last month
35	Marcus Zheng	MI	2159	6 places up nationally since last month
36	Wesley Luo	PA	2152	6 places up nationally since last month
36	Muthu Avaneesh Prem	KY	2152-27	No change
38	Allen Li	NC	2146+11	6 places up nationally since last month
39	Arhan Javeri	NY	2133+1	6 places up nationally since last month
40	Kritin Rohan Gopalakrishnan	CA	2130	7 places up nationally since last month
41	Dhairya Mitul Mehta	MA	2127+10	12 places up nationally since last month
42	Hrishikesh Sai Vedula	NH	2126	6 places up nationally since last month
43	Akhil Velampalli	NJ	2123	6 places up nationally since last month
44	Adam Gordon	NY	2122-9	2 places up nationally since last month
45	Alexander Golosovker	NY	2117-2	6 places up nationally since last month
45	Luca Giorgio Tessiore	WA	2117	8 places up nationally since last month
47	Samuel Pozen	NY	2114-6	3 places up nationally since last month
48	Nathan Peyton	NY	2107+7	8 places up nationally since last month
49	Alan Xu	MI	2105+29	14 places up nationally since last month
49	Ryan Zhu	NJ	2105-3	6 places up nationally since last month
51	Jin Ma	NY	2102+32	16 places up nationally since last month
51	Vishruth Yelisetti	GA	2102+55	22 places up nationally since last month
53	Samuel Gu	TX	2099	4 places up nationally since last month
54	Armaan Singhvi	TN	2097+19	8 places up nationally since last month
55	Theodore Bernstein	NJ	2094+19	9 places up nationally since last month
56	Leon Shevelenko	NJ	2085-7	3 places up nationally since last month
57	Tanay Parripati	PA	2080	4 places up nationally since last month
58	Aaryan Mummidi	NJ	2076-42	6 places down nationally since last month
59	Likhit Vijay Bhangale	TX	2070	8 places up nationally since last month
60	Nicholas Tim Bize	OH	2066	9 places up nationally since last month
61	Musa Naushad	NC	2061+36	19 places up nationally since last month
62	Jude Kazan	NY	2059-36	4 places down nationally since last month
63	Shuyi Han	WA	2058-14	3 places up nationally since last month
64	Karstein Bee	TX	2053-20	1 place up nationally since last month
64	Arjun Jagan	CA	2053-13	5 places up nationally since last month
66	Gaofei Wang	IL	2049-12	5 places up nationally since last month
66	Reyansh Gupta	CA	2049	6 places up nationally since last month
66	Arjun Bupeshnath	TX	2049+24	14 places up nationally since last month
69	Shouryesh Chanda	IN	2045	New
70	Avaan Shiv Chamadia	NY	2041	4 places up nationally since last month
70	Arush Dylan Balakumar	GA	2041	4 places up nationally since last month
70	Tony Chen	CA	2041	New
73	Ashton Bellur	NY	2036	New
74	Christopher J Williams	NY	2033	2 places up nationally since last month
74	Hanford Chong	VA	2033+1	3 places up nationally since last month
76	Ryan Sceusi	GA	2032+7	4 places up nationally since last month
77	Krrish Kaul	TX	2024-7	1 place up nationally since last month
78	Wyatt Wong	NY	2023	5 places up nationally since last month
79	Namish Thakkar	TX	2015-12	No change
79	Riley Joseph Duda-Thomson	NY	2015	6 places up nationally since last month
81	Mahendra Lavanur	IL	2014	5 places up nationally since last month
82	Lincoln Samples	TX	2010	New
83	Sandeep Thimmasamudram	MD	2009	4 places up nationally since last month
84	Louis Zhang	OH	2007	4 places up nationally since last month
84	Joy Zhang	RI	2007+13	7 places up nationally since last month
86	Trishona Vinodh Kumar	NC	2004+2	3 places up nationally since last month
87	Henry Wallace Kovacs	CO	2003+19	10 places up nationally since last month
88	Ameya Rajeev	VA	1996	New
89	Vivian Yang	MN	1995+12	10 places up nationally since last month
90	Gautham Ramkumar	IL	1994	1 place up nationally since last month
91	Walker W Gilbert	VA	1993	New
92	Derek Junwen Yin	CO	1992	New
93	John Thienhy Nguyen	TN	1988	New
94	Ryan Zhang	IL	1987+3	3 places up nationally since last month
94	Ayush Roy	FL	1987+2	2 places up nationally since last month
96	Samuel Mehlhaff	KS	1984	New
96	Darsh Verma	WA	1984	New
98	Kevin Shen	PA	1982	New
99	Lucas Moina	NY	1981-17	9 places down nationally since last month
100	Oskar Karpenko	FL	1978	No change

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