Top 8-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 8-Year-Old Chess Players in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Ruben Yanmi Quintans	GA	2175+52	No change
2	Matthew Wang	CA	1861-8	No change
3	Varun Karthik Turaga	CA	1836+6	2 places up nationally since last month
3	Sebastian Goodrich	NY	1836-9	1 place up nationally since last month
5	Akhil Gopu	TX	1826+9	2 places up nationally since last month
6	Jayaditya Reddy Pittu	SC	1814-46	3 places down nationally since last month
7	Srihan Komarina	IL	1810-4	1 place up nationally since last month
8	Lakshan Ganesh	TX	1805-16	2 places down nationally since last month
9	Easton Ren	WA	1804+16	No change
10	Jason Li	OH	1801+133	6 places up nationally since last month
11	Anay Vaddadi	CA	1786+80	1 place up nationally since last month
12	Elvin Gao	NY	1721-45	2 places down nationally since last month
13	Brian Liu	NY	1704+4	No change
14	Dario Neshvadian	FL	1701-50	3 places down nationally since last month
15	Aiden Huang	CA	1675+29	3 places up nationally since last month
16	Druv Balamurugan	SC	1673+108	15 places up nationally since last month
17	Maximus A Phillips	NY	1664+81	9 places up nationally since last month
18	Ethan Li	IL	1661-25	3 places down nationally since last month
19	Ethan Lu	AZ	1655+123	19 places up nationally since last month
20	Shashwath Sabarish	WI	1650+154	26 places up nationally since last month
21	Hudson Hollins	NY	1630+23	No change
22	Anbu Chezhiyan Muthoo	TX	1622-5	3 places down nationally since last month
23	Nathan Mao Chen	TX	1619+57	10 places up nationally since last month
24	Hanwen Lu	NC	1617+30	1 place up nationally since last month
25	Aadvik Iyer	NJ	1611+23	1 place down nationally since last month
26	Arjun Rao Korukanti	CA	1608-84	12 places down nationally since last month
27	Gordon Sun	NY	1600	4 places down nationally since last month
28	Aakash Gajendragadkar	NY	1597+49	8 places up nationally since last month
29	Dylan Lam	NY	1590+81	14 places up nationally since last month
30	Samik Kulkarni	WA	1589+97	17 places up nationally since last month
31	Vedu Koyyalamudi	NJ	1586+60	8 places up nationally since last month
32	Neil Zion Joseph	CA	1583+24	2 places up nationally since last month
33	Vivaan Krishna Sankrithi	WA	1582	6 places down nationally since last month
34	Jonathan Dai	CA	1573-4	5 places down nationally since last month
35	Maeser Daniel Chang	PA	1568+105	24 places up nationally since last month
36	Dalton Gorczyca	NY	1565	5 places down nationally since last month
37	Ethan Ing	CT	1563+135	33 places up nationally since last month
38	Irene Lin	NY	1558+88	14 places up nationally since last month
39	Amaira Bajaj	NJ	1557	New
40	Ethan Wang	OH	1549-21	10 places down nationally since last month
41	Grace Lingxin Yan	NC	1548+109	25 places up nationally since last month
42	Samuel Allen Saliva	CA	1546-6	7 places down nationally since last month
43	Ethan Rubinstein	NY	1530+48	6 places up nationally since last month
44	Felix Han	WA	1522+12	2 places down nationally since last month
45	Matias Falk	NY	1517+86	24 places up nationally since last month
46	Julian Cho	NY	1509	3 places down nationally since last month
47	Stella Cao	MD	1503+60	16 places up nationally since last month
48	Zihe Zachary Zhao	CA	1494-25	7 places down nationally since last month
49	Christian Meadors	DE	1485-97	22 places down nationally since last month
50	Annika Manchanda	TX	1479+83	26 places up nationally since last month
51	Yicheng Zhang	NY	1476+138	41 places up nationally since last month
52	Parth Shetty	VA	1475-50	12 places down nationally since last month
53	Noah Shaikh	NJ	1468+28	12 places up nationally since last month
53	Adam Dromy	NY	1468+3	4 places up nationally since last month
55	Jackson Metrovich	TX	1466+108	31 places up nationally since last month
56	Adhvik Sai Avadhanam	CA	1461+6	5 places up nationally since last month
57	Ish Deshmane	TX	1460+46	16 places up nationally since last month
58	Dhruvah Natesh Muthalan	TX	1459	New
58	Kavi Tandon Ligtenberg	NY	1459	2 places up nationally since last month
60	Justin Pang	CA	1457-90	23 places down nationally since last month
61	Ayaan Namdeo	NJ	1453	New
62	Arjun Sai Repalle	KS	1450-152	40 places down nationally since last month
63	Allison Zhou	NY	1437-5	1 place up nationally since last month
63	Raghav Manivelan	IL	1437+104	31 places up nationally since last month
65	Vihaandev Vignesh	NC	1436	2 places up nationally since last month
65	Yi Li	CA	1436+80	22 places up nationally since last month
67	Mason Wang	NY	1430-17	5 places down nationally since last month
68	Nihan Choudhari	AZ	1429	New
68	Hugh Shui	AZ	1429+70	17 places up nationally since last month
70	Dhriti Singh	FL	1427-48	19 places down nationally since last month
71	Vidhaath Sasisekar	GA	1426-41	16 places down nationally since last month
72	Siddhishree Sundaram	CO	1424+2	1 place down nationally since last month
73	Siqi Chen	TX	1423+43	5 places up nationally since last month
74	Tian Yu	NC	1421+93	24 places up nationally since last month
75	Sarayu Thalapaneni	TX	1412-57	21 places down nationally since last month
76	Samuel Brandwood Ricca	NY	1407	New
77	Benjamin Abramowitz	NY	1406-64	25 places down nationally since last month
78	Atharv Sisodia	KY	1403	New
79	Yitian Zhou-Ma	NY	1400-36	12 places down nationally since last month
80	Hyindhav Murugesh	PA	1395+24	1 place up nationally since last month
81	Jessica Yongxin Liu	NY	1390	New
82	Arjun Patil	CA	1387+33	6 places up nationally since last month
83	Cameron Li	NY	1385	6 places down nationally since last month
84	Cato Han-Peng	NY	1381	New
85	Richard Huo	NJ	1379	New
86	Prateek Gopisetty	VA	1372-45	14 places down nationally since last month
87	Aiden Yang	PA	1368	5 places down nationally since last month
87	Aarav Sodhani Rathi	NJ	1368+1	4 places down nationally since last month
89	Skyler Qin	WA	1367+38	8 places up nationally since last month
90	Atul Srinivasan	WA	1351+3	No change
91	Rihaan Anbalagan	TX	1337+1	2 places up nationally since last month
92	Noah Skylar Li	NY	1336	New
93	Suraj Jani	FL	1334	New
93	Shai Levin-Srinivasan	TX	1334	New
95	Jeremiah Tang	IN	1328-11	4 places down nationally since last month
96	Krish Reddy	NY	1327	New
97	Pranav Balachandar	AZ	1324-73	22 places down nationally since last month
98	Avyaan Prasad	NC	1322-32	10 places down nationally since last month
99	Patrick Zhiping Chen	NY	1320	1 place up nationally since last month
100	Julien Kulla	NY	1319-13	5 places down nationally since last month

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