Top 8-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 | Matthew Wang | #2 | 1861-8 | No change |
| 2 | Varun Karthik Turaga | #3 | 1836+6 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 3 | Anay Vaddadi | #11 | 1786+80 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 4 | Aiden Huang | #15 | 1675+29 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 5 | Arjun Rao Korukanti | #26 | 1608-84 | 12 places down nationally since last month |
| 6 | Neil Zion Joseph | #32 | 1583+24 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 7 | Jonathan Dai | #34 | 1573-4 | 5 places down nationally since last month |
| 8 | Samuel Allen Saliva | #42 | 1546-6 | 7 places down nationally since last month |
| 9 | Zihe Zachary Zhao | #48 | 1494-25 | 7 places down nationally since last month |
| 10 | Adhvik Sai Avadhanam | #56 | 1461+6 | 5 places up nationally since last month |
| 11 | Justin Pang | #60 | 1457-90 | 23 places down nationally since last month |
| 12 | Yi Li | #65 | 1436+80 | 22 places up nationally since last month |
| 13 | Arjun Patil | #82 | 1387+33 | 6 places up nationally since last month |