Top 13-year-old girl chess players 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 | Laurie Qiu | #2 | 2219-18 | No change |
| 2 | Pear Xu | #8 | 2021-53 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 3 | Katherine Zhuge | #21 | 1851 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 4 | Tianmu Wang | #32 | 1795+1 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 5 | Pranavi Pramod | #33 | 1773 | No change |
| 6 | Melissa Xu | #39 | 1705 | No change |
| 7 | Nazifa Nijiati | #50 | 1586+127 | 14 places up nationally since last month |
| 8 | Stella Liu | #67 | 1446 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 9 | Aditi Sinha | #71 | 1422-9 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 10 | Amy Xu | #78 | 1384 | New |
| 11 | riaana Rajesh tanna | #85 | 1360 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 12 | Anika Prasad | #86 | 1359 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 13 | Shriya Agrawal | #89 | 1347 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 14 | Ananya Medu | #93 | 1329+41 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 15 | Nila Manoj | #98 | 1299+23 | 1 place up nationally since last month |