Top 8-year-old chess players in New York
The 28 highest-rated players from New York on the national US Chess list for October 2026. Anyone from New York 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 | Sebastian Goodrich | #3 | 1836-9 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 2 | Elvin Gao | #12 | 1721-45 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 3 | Brian Liu | #13 | 1704+4 | No change |
| 4 | Maximus A Phillips | #17 | 1664+81 | 9 places up nationally since last month |
| 5 | Hudson Hollins | #21 | 1630+23 | No change |
| 6 | Gordon Sun | #27 | 1600 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 7 | Aakash Gajendragadkar | #28 | 1597+49 | 8 places up nationally since last month |
| 8 | Dylan Lam | #29 | 1590+81 | 14 places up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Dalton Gorczyca | #36 | 1565 | 5 places down nationally since last month |
| 10 | Irene Lin | #38 | 1558+88 | 14 places up nationally since last month |
| 11 | Ethan Rubinstein | #43 | 1530+48 | 6 places up nationally since last month |
| 12 | Matias Falk | #45 | 1517+86 | 24 places up nationally since last month |
| 13 | Julian Cho | #46 | 1509 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 14 | Yicheng Zhang | #51 | 1476+138 | 41 places up nationally since last month |
| 15 | Adam Dromy | #53 | 1468+3 | 4 places up nationally since last month |
| 16 | Kavi Tandon Ligtenberg | #58 | 1459 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 17 | Allison Zhou | #63 | 1437-5 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 18 | Mason Wang | #67 | 1430-17 | 5 places down nationally since last month |
| 19 | Samuel Brandwood Ricca | #76 | 1407 | New |
| 20 | Benjamin Abramowitz | #77 | 1406-64 | 25 places down nationally since last month |
| 21 | Yitian Zhou-Ma | #79 | 1400-36 | 12 places down nationally since last month |
| 22 | Jessica Yongxin Liu | #81 | 1390 | New |
| 23 | Cameron Li | #83 | 1385 | 6 places down nationally since last month |
| 24 | Cato Han-Peng | #84 | 1381 | New |
| 25 | Noah Skylar Li | #92 | 1336 | New |
| 26 | Krish Reddy | #96 | 1327 | New |
| 27 | Patrick Zhiping Chen | #99 | 1320 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 28 | Julien Kulla | #100 | 1319-13 | 5 places down nationally since last month |