Top chess players age 7 and under in California
The 10 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 | Ojas Daftuar | #4 | 1621-66 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 2 | Bhagavat Nair | #8 | 1561+81 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 3 | Amy Wu | #27 | 1359 | New |
| 4 | Rihaan Joshi Choudhury | #54 | 1243+131 | 27 places up nationally since last month |
| 5 | Cayden Chen | #64 | 1189+21 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 6 | Matthew Chen | #70 | 1171 | New |
| 7 | Maya Karthik | #82 | 1137 | New |
| 8 | Atticus Huang | #92 | 1092 | New |
| 9 | Max Li | #93 | 1090+26 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 10 | Venpa Ram Kumar | #99 | 1065 | New |