Top 15-year-old chess players in California
The 13 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 | Lucas Jiang | #4 | 2397-18 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 2 | Rohan Rajaram | #10 | 2336 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 3 | Benjamin Benchen Tang | #11 | 2292 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 4 | Felix Guo | #14 | 2261+20 | 5 places up nationally since last month |
| 5 | Ruhan Yogesh Vichare | #19 | 2221+12 | 8 places up nationally since last month |
| 6 | Ruoyu Zhou | #21 | 2215 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 7 | Neil S Bhaduri | #24 | 2210 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 8 | Shreyus Sane | #28 | 2194 | 4 places up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Hanchi Yao | #31 | 2179+2 | 6 places up nationally since last month |
| 10 | Kritin Rohan Gopalakrishnan | #40 | 2130 | 7 places up nationally since last month |
| 11 | Arjun Jagan | #64 | 2053-13 | 5 places up nationally since last month |
| 12 | Reyansh Gupta | #66 | 2049 | 6 places up nationally since last month |
| 13 | Tony Chen | #70 | 2041 | New |