Top blitz chess players in New York
The 19 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.
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| # | Player | US | Rating | Movevs last month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | #1 | 2910 | No change |
| 2 | Aleksandr Lenderman | #15 | 2620-26 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 2 | Robert L Hess | #15 | 2620 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 4 | NICOLAS de T Checa | #26 | 2562 | New |
| 5 | Brewington Hardaway | #31 | 2537+17 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 6 | Raven M Sturt | #32 | 2536 | No change |
| 7 | Liam Henry Putnam | #35 | 2512+29 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 8 | Nico Werner Chasin | #37 | 2501+19 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Tanitoluwa Adewumi | #43 | 2454-11 | No change |
| 10 | Bryan Enming Lin | #46 | 2443-2 | No change |
| 11 | Aleksandr Ostrovskiy | #50 | 2424 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 12 | Levy Rozman | #57 | 2392 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 13 | Josiah Stearman | #70 | 2351 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 14 | Joshua Colas | #71 | 2350 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 15 | Irina Krush | #73 | 2346 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 16 | David Brodsky | #84 | 2329 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 17 | Linxi Zhu | #87 | 2323+1 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 18 | Nitai Leve | #95 | 2307 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 19 | Marcus Ming Miyasaka | #100 | 2294 | 1 place down nationally since last month |