Top blitz chess players under 16 in California
The 15 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 | Ashwin Damaraju | #4 | 2272+56 | 4 places up nationally since last month |
| 2 | Ethan Guo | #8 | 2215 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 3 | Ivan Zhou | #18 | 2147 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 4 | Jashith Karthi | #21 | 2140 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 5 | Sarthak Gattani | #43 | 2048+13 | 6 places up nationally since last month |
| 6 | Patrick Peijun Liu | #45 | 2043 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 7 | Kritin Rohan Gopalakrishnan | #46 | 2041 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 8 | Benjamin Benchen Tang | #50 | 2028 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Felix Guo | #51 | 2027 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 10 | Rohan Rajaram | #52 | 2025 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 11 | Forest J Sherwood | #55 | 2021+3 | 7 places up nationally since last month |
| 12 | Liam Liu | #57 | 2018 | 5 places up nationally since last month |
| 13 | Sivavishnu Srinivasan | #65 | 2003-18 | 6 places down nationally since last month |
| 14 | Ararat Bagdasarian | #70 | 1990 | New |
| 15 | Joshua Xia | #83 | 1963 | 1 place up nationally since last month |