Top 16-year-old girl chess players

Official US Chess rankings for October 2026. 101 players are ranked on this list. Movement is measured against September 2026.

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Top 16-Year-Old Girl Chess Players in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Alice Teresa Lee	MN	2546+24	No change
2	Rachael Li	TX	2451+4	No change
3	Omya Vidyarthi	CA	2203-8	No change
4	Tori Porat	CA	2135-34	No change
5	Ridhi Varma Danduprolu	AZ	2078+18	1 place up nationally since last month
6	Aarna Nitin Warekar	FL	2062-15	1 place down nationally since last month
7	Sahana Aravindakshan	NJ	2061+42	2 places up nationally since last month
8	Evelyn Qiao	GA	2053-1	1 place down nationally since last month
9	Sunny Zhang	TX	2025+10	1 place up nationally since last month
10	Caroline Q Jiang	MD	2009	1 place up nationally since last month
11	Joshini Gandhi Sudhakar	MN	1989+96	5 places up nationally since last month
12	Marina Xiao	CA	1932+1	No change
13	Lakshmi M Morgan	GA	1905	2 places up nationally since last month
14	Sabrina Hoja	TN	1894-17	No change
15	Tanya Gurpur Madke Prabhu	CO	1889+7	3 places up nationally since last month
16	Nandini Prakash	TX	1887	1 place up nationally since last month
17	Lisa Sun	NY	1873	2 places up nationally since last month
18	Abigail Lin	SC	1871+37	4 places up nationally since last month
19	Nico Alvarado-Yoshida	NY	1865+39	4 places up nationally since last month
20	Isabella Stubbins	TX	1864	No change
21	Elise Yin	AZ	1835+45	5 places up nationally since last month
22	Aarika Sharma	NJ	1830	New
23	Dhruthi Rao	NY	1827+72	7 places up nationally since last month
24	Parinya Jain	MA	1811-36	3 places down nationally since last month
25	Ariana E Dani	CO	1807-7	1 place down nationally since last month
26	Emilyn Doan	NC	1806+80	10 places up nationally since last month
27	Shyla Rana	NJ	1786	No change
28	Rose Morden	NY	1775	No change
29	Lydia Tang	TX	1762	No change
30	Srinidhi Punnam	AZ	1761-36	5 places down nationally since last month
31	Lilia Vernik	CA	1754	No change
32	Diksha Jaikumar	NC	1753	No change
33	Bhavya Thakur	NY	1751	No change
34	Harshitha Raghuraman Pratheepa	AZ	1737	No change
35	Indira Lakshmi Raparthi	NY	1736	No change
36	Tanvi Borse	TX	1731	New
37	Veda Vishal	UT	1720-1	No change
38	Aashritha Vidhya Shankar	TX	1719+15	1 place up nationally since last month
39	Jind Kaur	WI	1714	1 place down nationally since last month
40	Sanmita Hosur	TX	1695	No change
41	Ashika Reddy Nalamalpu	SC	1685	1 place up nationally since last month
42	Neha Narendran	OR	1684+1	1 place up nationally since last month
43	Sarah Gabrielle Johnson	TX	1681+45	6 places up nationally since last month
44	Sophia Ng	NY	1680-12	3 places down nationally since last month
45	Sophie Zhang	MO	1671	1 place down nationally since last month
45	Sarah Elizabeth Peter	AL	1671	New
47	Kavya meiyappan	CA	1668	2 places down nationally since last month
48	Arianna Lu	NY	1650	2 places down nationally since last month
49	Sophia Sizova	CA	1642+1	1 place down nationally since last month
50	Veronica Donepudi	FL	1615	1 place up nationally since last month
51	Milana Ward	NY	1597	1 place up nationally since last month
52	Mihika Krishnan	TX	1585	1 place up nationally since last month
53	Sahasra K Rallabandi	NC	1553-72	3 places down nationally since last month
54	Angelique Chen	OK	1543	1 place up nationally since last month
55	Elina Plaskey	VA	1500+121	7 places up nationally since last month
56	Kaiya Bridgit Ng Smits	MA	1494+46	3 places up nationally since last month
57	Sofia Bejenari	NJ	1479	No change
58	Nysa Bothe	IL	1469	New
59	Teja Brown	FL	1462+12	1 place down nationally since last month
60	Prathyuktha Venkadesan	TX	1452-78	4 places down nationally since last month
61	Avni Srivastava Khare	VA	1398	1 place down nationally since last month
62	Wayra Sheridan	IL	1397	1 place down nationally since last month
63	Saadhika Lakshmi Bagley	OH	1366	No change
64	Siri Devaraj	VA	1355	No change
65	Elizabeth Soldatenkov	NJ	1349	No change
66	Alice Tardieu	NY	1347	No change
67	Mabinti 4EYES Mansaray	PA	1334	No change
68	Maanika Singh	OR	1286	1 place up nationally since last month
68	Elle Chin	NY	1286	1 place up nationally since last month
70	Amy Burton	NY	1282	1 place up nationally since last month
71	Megan Gansukh	IL	1274+65	7 places up nationally since last month
72	Catherine Jiang	FL	1253-18	1 place up nationally since last month
73	Zia Sanwal	NJ	1242	1 place up nationally since last month
74	Ashley Onofre	NY	1241	1 place up nationally since last month
75	Kaitlyn Otey	CA	1228	New
76	Joyce J Zheng	IL	1221	1 place up nationally since last month
77	Kahla Morales	FL	1213+17	2 places up nationally since last month
78	Nelly D Gomez	TX	1175	2 places up nationally since last month
79	Aashi Mathur	WA	1149-1	2 places up nationally since last month
80	Vicky Qin	CA	1147	2 places up nationally since last month
81	Emma Grace Latulippe	TX	1142	2 places up nationally since last month
82	Bhavna Patur	TX	1132	2 places up nationally since last month
82	Pranika Bahl	NC	1132	New
84	Siying Yuan	AZ	1129	New
85	Emma Cadence Gracia	TX	1127	No change
85	Christina Yang	AL	1127	No change
87	Kristen Hou	IL	1101	No change
88	LINELI Lizbeth Alvarez	TX	1070	2 places up nationally since last month
89	Parvati Chakrabarti	FL	1063-13	1 place down nationally since last month
90	Akshara Gelya	CA	1040	2 places up nationally since last month
91	Shae Alexandria Wilson	KY	1033	2 places up nationally since last month
92	Gabriella Isabella Gonzalez	TX	1020	2 places up nationally since last month
93	Katherine Michelle Ford	TX	1018+12	4 places up nationally since last month
93	Anushka Khare	VA	1018	2 places up nationally since last month
95	Astghik Grigoryan	CA	1016	New
96	Maiya Kang	NY	1012	No change
97	Aanya Attri	FL	986	1 place up nationally since last month
98	Victoria Honaker	OH	972	1 place up nationally since last month
99	Manya Gautam	NY	969	1 place up nationally since last month
100	Bethany Ma	CA	966	New
100	Mia Lin	FL	966	New

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