Top 18-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 18-Year-Old Chess Players in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Liam Henry Putnam	NY	2567-21	No change
2	Dimitar Mardov	IL	2564	No change
3	Erick Zhao	PA	2540	New
4	Ethan T Sheehan	GA	2485+2	No change
5	Bach Ngo	FL	2483	1 place down nationally since last month
6	James Chirilov	NC	2422+4	2 places up nationally since last month
7	Zoey Tang	OR	2417-2	No change
8	Tejas Rama	NJ	2382	1 place up nationally since last month
9	Shaaketh Sivakumar	CA	2379	New
10	Kagan Uz	GA	2359-17	No change
11	Marvin Gao	FL	2357	No change
12	Kent Slate	VA	2344	No change
13	Jacorey Bynum	FL	2332+9	2 places up nationally since last month
14	Jayden H Lee	AZ	2329	No change
15	Vaseegaran Nandhakumar	TX	2308	2 places up nationally since last month
16	Ronen Wilson	VA	2296	3 places up nationally since last month
17	Sriram Krishnakumar	CA	2283	3 places up nationally since last month
18	Evan Yin	AZ	2272	3 places up nationally since last month
19	Caleb Jude Klenoff	NY	2252	3 places up nationally since last month
20	Roger Zhang	NJ	2243	4 places up nationally since last month
21	Yu-Cheng Liang	WA	2237+1	4 places up nationally since last month
22	Caden Qiao	GA	2234	4 places up nationally since last month
22	Henry He	MA	2234	4 places up nationally since last month
24	Luke Sicong Ye	MO	2231	4 places up nationally since last month
25	Ryan Cheung	NY	2229	5 places up nationally since last month
26	Alec Daniel Aimdilokwong	IA	2228+4	7 places up nationally since last month
27	Jed Sloan	NY	2224	6 places up nationally since last month
28	Yunze Owen Ji	MA	2223	7 places up nationally since last month
29	Aniket Shukla	FL	2220	7 places up nationally since last month
29	Vishnusankar Jonnalagadda	GA	2220	7 places up nationally since last month
31	Shamith Shiva Murthy	OH	2215	7 places up nationally since last month
32	Chase Josue Bellamy	NC	2211	7 places up nationally since last month
33	Ellen Luojia Wang	NY	2209-19	1 place down nationally since last month
34	Yuqi Wang	CA	2200	7 places up nationally since last month
35	Brian Tay	VA	2198	New
36	Raymond S. Xu	MA	2196	6 places up nationally since last month
37	Aston Roberts	NJ	2189	7 places up nationally since last month
38	Amogh Tripathi	OH	2188-41	8 places down nationally since last month
39	Naveen Balakrishnan	VA	2187	6 places up nationally since last month
40	Arsal Gardezi	TX	2186	6 places up nationally since last month
41	Timothy Lim	IN	2183	8 places up nationally since last month
42	Andy Wang	TX	2179	8 places up nationally since last month
42	Austin Liu	WA	2179	New
44	Eshan Gupta	CA	2172	8 places up nationally since last month
45	Alex Nguyen	CA	2169+9	9 places up nationally since last month
45	Jerry Chen	MA	2169-16	2 places up nationally since last month
47	Javier Silva	CA	2168-26	4 places down nationally since last month
48	Kevin Li	PA	2163	5 places up nationally since last month
49	Timothy F Mccall	VA	2162-11	2 places up nationally since last month
50	Max Hao	CA	2142	7 places up nationally since last month
50	Max Ingargiola	CT	2142-14	5 places up nationally since last month
52	Lang Leo Xiong	VA	2137	6 places up nationally since last month
53	Amudan Mangudi	AZ	2133-1	6 places up nationally since last month
54	Kelsey Liu	MA	2120	7 places up nationally since last month
55	Kylan Z Huang	NJ	2115-5	6 places up nationally since last month
56	Charlie Creswell	ME	2114	8 places up nationally since last month
57	Charles William Snyder	SC	2111	New
57	Vincent Tang	PA	2111	8 places up nationally since last month
59	Grayson Cooke	GA	2109	8 places up nationally since last month
60	Xavier Bruni	AL	2106	New
60	Matthew James	AZ	2106-18	No change
62	Alexander Meng	MA	2104	New
63	Victor Feng	MA	2103	5 places up nationally since last month
64	Franklin Phillip Lewis	MA	2101+8	6 places up nationally since last month
65	Aditya Ramkumar	NC	2093-8	4 places up nationally since last month
66	Advay Singi	TX	2091+6	5 places up nationally since last month
67	John Luger	NY	2089	New
68	Brandon Joseph Chen	MD	2087+6	5 places up nationally since last month
69	Maxwell Campbell	TN	2086+41	12 places up nationally since last month
70	Dario Pjevic	IL	2085	1 place up nationally since last month
71	Warren Xiao Zhang	CA	2084	New
72	Andrey Dmitriev	IL	2080	New
73	Ian Broihier	OH	2078	2 places up nationally since last month
74	Hayk Sardaryan	CA	2076	2 places up nationally since last month
75	Anika Rajaram	CA	2073	New
76	Justin Weicheng Zhang	IL	2064	New
76	Matthew Simpson	IA	2064-4	1 place up nationally since last month
78	Kalman Vanderhoek	MI	2059	No change
79	Dhruvesh Ravishankar	TX	2058+1	No change
80	Henry Swing	NY	2055	New
81	William Nobles	OR	2053-28	8 places down nationally since last month
82	Ian Nicholson	NY	2048	2 places down nationally since last month
83	Easwar Gnana Hari Sekar	CA	2045+17	5 places up nationally since last month
84	Aayush Thakkar	IL	2044	2 places down nationally since last month
84	Ryan R Wang	MI	2044	2 places down nationally since last month
86	Adam Elgat	IL	2042	2 places down nationally since last month
87	Hema Vikas	NY	2036	New
88	Eliot S Wu	MD	2035	3 places down nationally since last month
89	Neel Sahai	FL	2033	3 places down nationally since last month
90	Rishi Murali	IL	2029	3 places down nationally since last month
91	Yajur J Chandar	NV	2022	2 places down nationally since last month
92	Daniel Ismagilov	CA	2021+1	2 places down nationally since last month
93	Ujwal Garine	WA	2019+14	4 places up nationally since last month
94	Esat Omer Demirel	VA	2018	3 places down nationally since last month
95	Alexander Lin	NJ	2014	New
95	William K Hardison	FL	2014+16	5 places up nationally since last month
95	Sanjay Kumar	GA	2014	2 places down nationally since last month
95	Kirby Lin	PA	2014+2	1 place down nationally since last month
95	Aiden Teitelman	NY	2014	New
100	Pranay Puppalla	AZ	2012	6 places down nationally since last month

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