Top 9-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.
Gender
| # | Player | US | Rating | Movevs last month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renae Chen | #2 | 2076+29 | No change |
| 2 | Brian Ye | #3 | 2054+44 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 3 | Matthew Zhang | #14 | 1920-25 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 4 | Kaihan Liu | #17 | 1877+45 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 5 | Davin M Nguyen | #19 | 1846+4 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 6 | Aaron Benjamin Noshadi | #32 | 1733+48 | 7 places up nationally since last month |
| 7 | Tamiliniyan Padmanaban | #36 | 1717+116 | 24 places up nationally since last month |
| 8 | Khesav Prabhu | #37 | 1695+44 | 10 places up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Neeraj Rao | #66 | 1581-20 | 6 places down nationally since last month |
| 10 | Ethan Chen | #69 | 1571+9 | 9 places up nationally since last month |
| 11 | Azariah Chen | #75 | 1560+94 | 23 places up nationally since last month |
| 12 | Ashwath Pradeep | #83 | 1514-59 | 14 places down nationally since last month |
| 12 | Andrew Thomas Deutsch | #83 | 1514+11 | 4 places up nationally since last month |