Top 12-year-old girl chess players

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 12-Year-Old Girl Chess Players in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Aimee Yang	PA	2201-2	No change
2	Laura Zhang	NC	2024-6	3 places up nationally since last month
3	Veronique Joseph	WA	2021-19	1 place up nationally since last month
4	Sujia Diao	NJ	1992+65	3 places up nationally since last month
5	Kiara Sajish Pavithran	OK	1877+30	3 places up nationally since last month
6	Miranda Meng	WA	1842+21	5 places up nationally since last month
7	Aileen Lou	NY	1830+17	5 places up nationally since last month
8	Yashaswini Ayithi	PA	1823-1	2 places up nationally since last month
9	Emma Yang	CA	1821-5	No change
10	Isabelle Chelladorai	GA	1807	3 places up nationally since last month
11	Maiya Dunwoodie-Seawald	MI	1794	4 places up nationally since last month
12	Olivia Lin	MI	1783+7	5 places up nationally since last month
13	Adele Nurmanbetov	FL	1773-32	1 place up nationally since last month
14	Alisa Antony Joseph	GA	1739-17	4 places up nationally since last month
15	Zoe Wong	NY	1714	6 places up nationally since last month
16	Elena Hingyip Pang	CA	1713	6 places up nationally since last month
17	Kimberly Duong	NY	1712-16	2 places up nationally since last month
18	Tanisha Saha	FL	1632	New
19	Grace Yuan	CA	1628-37	4 places up nationally since last month
20	Senulya Savindee Waduthanthree	NY	1625+33	6 places up nationally since last month
21	Tapasya Karry	TX	1588-20	3 places up nationally since last month
22	Nikita Iyer	CA	1582	6 places up nationally since last month
23	Maria Hlamenko	NY	1561-24	4 places up nationally since last month
24	Carolina Vasilatos	NY	1550-5	5 places up nationally since last month
25	Caroline Chu	NY	1548	6 places up nationally since last month
26	Navya Sriram	TX	1528-1	7 places up nationally since last month
27	Prateeti Saha	TX	1524+34	8 places up nationally since last month
28	Shivani Sathiesh	VA	1522+103	21 places up nationally since last month
29	Eevie Tare	OR	1514+67	15 places up nationally since last month
30	Arini Kamala Jain	TX	1504+116	25 places up nationally since last month
31	Clarissa Cao	NY	1502	3 places up nationally since last month
32	Emily Fan	NJ	1500+83	18 places up nationally since last month
33	Maddie Y Moradi	NY	1490	New
34	Olivia Raczko	VA	1488+14	4 places up nationally since last month
34	Hannah Ren	LA	1488+34	9 places up nationally since last month
36	Jayani Bellamkonda	CA	1482+1	No change
37	Reyna Villanueva	NY	1479	New
38	Jocelyn Fan	CA	1478	1 place down nationally since last month
39	Zoe Yue Xu	WA	1472	No change
40	Zoe Wong	TX	1467-4	No change
41	Alice Sun	TX	1448+8	6 places up nationally since last month
42	Kaarthisha Vepari	IL	1447+3	3 places up nationally since last month
43	Leah Maya	NY	1444	2 places up nationally since last month
44	Hamsini Chittibomma	FL	1441-18	2 places down nationally since last month
45	Advika Raina	TX	1428+74	16 places up nationally since last month
46	Meira Ramaswamy	NY	1422-40	5 places down nationally since last month
47	Phoebe Alexander	ME	1409+99	19 places up nationally since last month
48	Manasvi Gandhi	NY	1405-2	4 places up nationally since last month
49	Aaradhya Tungare	NJ	1397	New
50	Shreya Om Vemulapalli	NY	1391-9	4 places up nationally since last month
51	Shuman Lyu	NY	1388-14	2 places up nationally since last month
52	Sanaya Chisolm	NY	1361	6 places up nationally since last month
53	Lily watanabe	NY	1353	9 places up nationally since last month
53	Anjali Kanitkar	CO	1353-23	4 places up nationally since last month
55	Aarya Nayak	NJ	1350	8 places up nationally since last month
56	Riana Paul	OR	1346+148	31 places up nationally since last month
57	Aaryasri Kotharu	OH	1327+49	15 places up nationally since last month
58	Madison Wong	NY	1315+18	11 places up nationally since last month
59	Lucy Aymin Siu	NY	1312-6	6 places up nationally since last month
60	Aadya Prakash	NC	1304-56	No change
61	Mariam Zambakhidze	NY	1302	6 places up nationally since last month
62	Adithi Deepu	VA	1300	6 places up nationally since last month
63	Karina M Rodriguez	TX	1293	7 places up nationally since last month
64	Lynda Richardson	GA	1291-37	No change
65	Lyric Gibbons	FL	1267	New
66	Suhani Kapoor	OH	1249	9 places up nationally since last month
67	Devaanshi Bothe	IL	1247	New
68	Pooja Sreekumar	VA	1246	New
69	Sanjoli Ghosh	FL	1243+37	14 places up nationally since last month
70	Manqi Maggie Sun	NY	1240	6 places up nationally since last month
71	Ally Yang	GA	1234+65	21 places up nationally since last month
72	Mithra Manjeshwar	SC	1227-23	2 places up nationally since last month
73	Ashley Galvan	TX	1218	5 places up nationally since last month
74	Florence Zheng	NY	1212	7 places up nationally since last month
75	celina yuan	CA	1210	New
75	Bhuvi Naga	NJ	1210	New
77	Alyssa Nakasone	IL	1204	7 places up nationally since last month
78	Kinzie Lee Chavez	IL	1201	New
79	Elaine Xue	CA	1200	6 places up nationally since last month
79	Angel Okonya	NY	1200	6 places up nationally since last month
81	Tanishka Shah	NJ	1187-31	3 places down nationally since last month
82	Sutton Waldman	NY	1185	6 places up nationally since last month
83	Aarya Borundiya	NJ	1179-52	6 places down nationally since last month
84	Eva Zhiyue Zhang	NJ	1178	5 places up nationally since last month
85	Viha R Dundigal	CA	1177	New
86	Harini Santhosh	TX	1175	New
87	Kundhavi Bharath	MI	1174	4 places up nationally since last month
88	Aarushi Sarkar	TX	1173-83	15 places down nationally since last month
89	Kriti Sathyanath	PA	1169	3 places up nationally since last month
90	Harshini Santosh	TX	1157	5 places up nationally since last month
91	Isabella Chen	NY	1155	5 places up nationally since last month
92	Cynthia Li	TX	1154	5 places up nationally since last month
93	Juliana Renee Bysiek	NY	1151	New
94	Aarna M Dhar	OR	1148-68	14 places down nationally since last month
95	Madeleine K Lim	RI	1141	3 places up nationally since last month
95	Uma Hannah Kelner Hallum	NY	1141	3 places up nationally since last month
97	Cecilia Ann Cooper	NY	1132	3 places up nationally since last month
98	Aanya Kollur	PA	1129	New
99	Alisa Rachiba	WA	1126	New
100	Keren Jolly Anand	TX	1125-42	6 places down nationally since last month

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