Top blitz chess players under 16

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 Blitz Chess Players Under 16 in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Bryan Enming Lin	NY	2443-2	1 place up nationally since last month
2	Vidip Kumar Kona	WA	2333+27	2 places up nationally since last month
3	Linxi Zhu	NY	2323+1	No change
4	Ashwin Damaraju	CA	2272+56	4 places up nationally since last month
5	Artemii Khanbutaev	IL	2229	No change
6	Ted Wang	WA	2224	No change
6	Andrew Jing	DE	2224	No change
8	Ethan Guo	CA	2215	1 place up nationally since last month
9	Chenxuan Ling	NY	2205	1 place up nationally since last month
10	Alexander Jasinski	FL	2176-26	1 place up nationally since last month
11	Santhosh Ayyappan	TX	2173+8	5 places up nationally since last month
12	Kevin Zhao	MA	2172	3 places up nationally since last month
13	Harshin Reddy Jagirapu	NM	2167+16	6 places up nationally since last month
14	Megan Althea Paragua	NY	2165+8	4 places up nationally since last month
15	Rafael Palathingal	WA	2153-22	2 places down nationally since last month
16	kyle zhuang	VA	2152+20	10 places up nationally since last month
17	Andrew Wu	NC	2149+10	7 places up nationally since last month
18	Ivan Zhou	CA	2147	2 places up nationally since last month
19	Siddharth Singh	TX	2143	2 places up nationally since last month
20	Lev Shangin	NY	2141+3	5 places up nationally since last month
21	Jashith Karthi	CA	2140	2 places up nationally since last month
22	Sharath Radhakrishnan	OH	2137-6	1 place down nationally since last month
23	Aidan Baker	IL	2135+100	26 places up nationally since last month
23	Priyansh Garg	NY	2135+11	6 places up nationally since last month
25	Sri Bondalapati	NC	2127	2 places up nationally since last month
25	Elliott Goodrich	NY	2127	2 places up nationally since last month
27	Roshan Sethuraman	AZ	2122-43	11 places down nationally since last month
27	Dattasai Kilari	MA	2122	3 places up nationally since last month
29	Nehanraj Ramesh	IA	2118	2 places up nationally since last month
30	Elbert Fang	TX	2114	2 places up nationally since last month
31	Julian Joseph	TX	2110	2 places up nationally since last month
32	Vihaan Jammalamadaka	WA	2108	3 places up nationally since last month
33	Jasmine Su	CT	2105	3 places up nationally since last month
33	Landon Meadors	DE	2105+26	8 places up nationally since last month
35	Viyaan Krishna Doddapaneni	NJ	2095	4 places up nationally since last month
36	Aditeya Das	NY	2091-12	1 place up nationally since last month
37	William Wu	MA	2089	3 places up nationally since last month
38	Sam Luger	NY	2069	5 places up nationally since last month
39	Armaan Chandragupta Jain	NY	2060+40	21 places up nationally since last month
40	Zachary Pan	MA	2054	5 places up nationally since last month
41	Saharsh Santosh	GA	2053-21	1 place up nationally since last month
42	Alex Haoning Chu	NC	2051-18	1 place up nationally since last month
43	Sarthak Gattani	CA	2048+13	6 places up nationally since last month
44	Tarun Sankar	AZ	2044+17	9 places up nationally since last month
45	Patrick Peijun Liu	CA	2043	1 place up nationally since last month
46	Kritin Rohan Gopalakrishnan	CA	2041	1 place up nationally since last month
47	Lucas Lu	NY	2033+8	8 places up nationally since last month
47	Jason Marshal	SC	2033+30	20 places up nationally since last month
49	Daniel Yang	TX	2031	2 places up nationally since last month
50	Benjamin Benchen Tang	CA	2028	2 places up nationally since last month
51	Felix Guo	CA	2027	2 places up nationally since last month
52	Rohan Rajaram	CA	2025	3 places up nationally since last month
53	Joshua Meng	TX	2024	4 places up nationally since last month
53	Wyatt Wong	NY	2024	4 places up nationally since last month
55	Forest J Sherwood	CA	2021+3	7 places up nationally since last month
56	Aiden Linyuan Li	IL	2019	5 places up nationally since last month
57	Liam Liu	CA	2018	5 places up nationally since last month
58	Kushagra Bhargava	CT	2017-24	11 places down nationally since last month
59	Krishna K Rallabandi	NC	2016+32	15 places up nationally since last month
60	Aayansh Samanta	PA	2014+49	23 places up nationally since last month
60	Justin Lee	NY	2014	4 places up nationally since last month
62	Eshaan Hebbar	NJ	2013	3 places up nationally since last month
62	Ashwin Iranian Prabhu Kumar	OH	2013+13	6 places up nationally since last month
64	Jordan Michael Brewer	FL	2004	2 places up nationally since last month
65	Sivavishnu Srinivasan	CA	2003-18	6 places down nationally since last month
66	Allen Li	NC	2000	New
66	John Abraham	KY	2000	2 places up nationally since last month
68	Nikhil Ramkumar	WA	1997+47	24 places up nationally since last month
69	Eric Alexander Dumitru	TX	1991-5	1 place up nationally since last month
70	Ararat Bagdasarian	CA	1990	New
70	Vivan Prakash Mulay	FL	1990	2 places up nationally since last month
72	Siddharth Parthasarathy	NE	1989	New
73	Kyle Yiwen Wang	TX	1986	No change
74	Aayansh Guntaka	AZ	1983-11	3 places down nationally since last month
74	Ananya Wadhwa	KS	1983+25	13 places up nationally since last month
76	Hrishikesh Sai Vedula	NH	1979	No change
77	Oliver Rana	KS	1978	No change
78	Sriansh Katta	NC	1977	No change
79	Srihas Sai Sarvesh Maddipati	TX	1976+2	1 place up nationally since last month
80	Artin Atoufi	AZ	1973+13	6 places up nationally since last month
81	Yang Yu	NC	1967	1 place up nationally since last month
82	Anvith Reddy Marri	NJ	1964+22	13 places up nationally since last month
83	Rohan Lee	NY	1963-13	4 places down nationally since last month
83	Joshua Xia	CA	1963	1 place up nationally since last month
85	Benjamin Gu Lin	PA	1962	No change
86	Armaan Singhvi	TN	1958	1 place up nationally since last month
86	Ryan Zhou	MN	1958	1 place up nationally since last month
88	Advik Prasanna	NC	1951	3 places up nationally since last month
89	Srikar Kandikayala	TX	1949	New
90	Wesley Luo	PA	1948	3 places up nationally since last month
90	Ruben Yanmi Quintans	GA	1948	New
92	Rishith Bhoopathi	NJ	1946	2 places up nationally since last month
93	Tariq Yue	PA	1945+3	2 places up nationally since last month
94	Aayansh Pramanik	NJ	1942-30	13 places down nationally since last month
95	Sasha Milo Schaefer	NY	1940	2 places up nationally since last month
96	Matthew Tikhomirov	IL	1938-46	22 places down nationally since last month
96	Jack Letian Qian	CT	1938	New
98	Vihaan Pendse	NC	1933-2	No change
99	Varun Iyengar	OR	1928-6	No change
99	Austin Zhao	NY	1928	1 place up nationally since last month

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