Top 17-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.
Gender
| # | Player | US | Rating | Movevs last month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose Atwell | #5 | 2410-8 | No change |
| 2 | Luke Widjaja | #10 | 2345 | No change |
| 3 | Ephraim M Rosenstock | #16 | 2286-18 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 4 | Vishva Nanugonda | #17 | 2263 | No change |
| 5 | Nitish SG Nathan | #28 | 2210 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 6 | Jacob Chiang | #29 | 2209 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 7 | Emmanuel Dentchouk | #32 | 2203 | New |
| 8 | Kaustubh KodihalliExpired | #40 | 2187 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 9 | Yanfeng Guo | #45 | 2152 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 10 | Arjun Damaraju | #50 | 2134 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 11 | Tanush Srihanuman Komatineni | #64 | 2087+23 | 13 places up nationally since last month |
| 12 | Avery Yu | #75 | 2069-19 | 14 places down nationally since last month |
| 13 | Travis Blaise Kinney | #85 | 2026+7 | 6 places up nationally since last month |
| 14 | Linus Nguyen Eisenberg | #98 | 1998 | New |