Top 8-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 8-Year-Old Girl Chess Players in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Hanwen Lu	NC	1617+30	No change
2	Irene Lin	NY	1558+88	1 place up nationally since last month
3	Amaira Bajaj	NJ	1557	New
4	Grace Lingxin Yan	NC	1548+109	3 places up nationally since last month
5	Stella Cao	MD	1503+60	No change
6	Annika Manchanda	TX	1479+83	3 places up nationally since last month
7	Allison Zhou	NY	1437-5	1 place down nationally since last month
8	Dhriti Singh	FL	1427-48	6 places down nationally since last month
9	Siddhishree Sundaram	CO	1424+2	1 place down nationally since last month
10	Tian Yu	NC	1421+93	No change
11	Sarayu Thalapaneni	TX	1412-57	7 places down nationally since last month
12	Jessica Yongxin Liu	NY	1390	New
13	Elena Sengupta	NY	1305	2 places down nationally since last month
14	Allison Ma	NJ	1281	2 places down nationally since last month
15	Aadya Pavithra Rajesh	CA	1251-7	1 place down nationally since last month
15	Adhvika Gorantla	TX	1251-18	2 places down nationally since last month
17	Serena Guo	WA	1248+1	2 places down nationally since last month
18	Sakthi Senga Rajasekar	SC	1208+253	27 places up nationally since last month
19	Sophia Shihua Li	NY	1199	3 places down nationally since last month
20	Ava Jethanamest	NY	1167-29	3 places down nationally since last month
21	Gauri Sinkar	NC	1154-29	3 places down nationally since last month
22	Chloe Shen	MA	1152	2 places down nationally since last month
23	Grace Mingyue Li	NY	1134	1 place down nationally since last month
24	Yunwoo Kang	NY	1126	1 place down nationally since last month
24	Tessa L Pradeep	NC	1126	1 place down nationally since last month
26	Riti Sadhukhan	TX	1108	New
27	Isla V Escamilla	TX	1084+49	5 places up nationally since last month
28	Elle Constance Rivera	CA	1081+277	34 places up nationally since last month
29	Athena Frances Vitticore	NY	1079-71	8 places down nationally since last month
30	Lorelai X Martinez-Villar	NY	1062-1	1 place down nationally since last month
31	Emma Wei	CA	1059-38	4 places down nationally since last month
32	Hana Yoshino	NY	1057+25	1 place up nationally since last month
33	Emilia Robles	NY	1052-33	5 places down nationally since last month
34	Hedya Kancherla	GA	1049	New
35	zoey Paul	CA	1048+50	1 place up nationally since last month
36	Alexandra Barlock	NC	1041-17	6 places down nationally since last month
37	Maya Madhani	NY	1032+40	No change
38	Connie Ye	NY	1028+1	3 places down nationally since last month
39	Victoria Castorena	TX	1020+218	24 places up nationally since last month
40	Anwen Yao	TX	1014-16	6 places down nationally since last month
41	Monisha Allu	TX	996+110	12 places up nationally since last month
41	Karissa Lin	CA	996+15	1 place down nationally since last month
43	Aashritha Sankar	AZ	991+55	4 places up nationally since last month
44	Alessandra Martinez	TX	990	6 places down nationally since last month
45	Roni Bayram	NY	985-65	14 places down nationally since last month
46	Sienna Lily Sartor	NY	967	2 places down nationally since last month
47	Anna Gu	OH	956-34	9 places down nationally since last month
48	Allison J Lai	NY	937-35	5 places down nationally since last month
49	Karina Mustafina	TX	924+142	18 places up nationally since last month
50	Zoey Jin	TX	889-46	2 places down nationally since last month
51	Nina Mendon	NY	867+56	10 places up nationally since last month
52	Grace Shang	UT	862	3 places up nationally since last month
53	Shreya Chakravarthy	IL	856-3	3 places up nationally since last month
54	Amyra Parul Karthikeyan	OH	853-48	3 places down nationally since last month
55	Nora Liang	CA	848-61	6 places down nationally since last month
56	Reya Tare	OR	847-131	14 places down nationally since last month
57	Abigail Han Gao	GA	846	No change
58	Zooey Clementine Lee	NY	845+54	6 places up nationally since last month
59	LeeAni Starr Forbes	NY	844+109	17 places up nationally since last month
60	Beth Ankoma	NY	835	2 places down nationally since last month
60	Alora Zenn	FL	835-28	6 places down nationally since last month
62	Jacklyn Addae	NY	831	New
63	Sharvi Dian	OR	828-76	13 places down nationally since last month
64	Charlize Pao	NY	823+11	4 places down nationally since last month
64	Summer Smith	NY	823+99	14 places up nationally since last month
66	June Seo	NY	820	7 places down nationally since last month
67	Mira Markova-Raina	CA	810	New
68	Hadleigh Astorga-Chan	NY	787	3 places down nationally since last month
69	Shrinika Biswal	IL	784	3 places down nationally since last month
70	Diana Williams	NC	782	3 places down nationally since last month
71	Kerah Wang	NY	767	2 places down nationally since last month
72	Yanvi Singh	TN	758	New
73	Rayne Song	NY	755	2 places down nationally since last month
74	Valerie Krivenko	NJ	751	New
75	Luna Yan	CA	750	3 places down nationally since last month
76	Fia Frances Haydu-scallon	NY	746	2 places down nationally since last month
77	Yara Alexandria Lahiji	NY	744	2 places down nationally since last month
78	Zoey Rose Jiang	NY	738	New
79	Zoe Fu	NY	729	New
80	Ana Elise Hirsch	TX	720	New
81	Rya Chen	CA	713-50	11 places down nationally since last month
82	Shirley Wang	WA	704	2 places down nationally since last month
83	Kira M Zhang	NY	701	2 places down nationally since last month
84	Abirami Mohan	MD	700+18	No change
85	Liliah Fettner	NY	696	New
85	Jolie Jiayi Lin	MI	696	New
87	Mia Lin	NY	690-30	8 places down nationally since last month
87	Dinah Young	NY	690+53	4 places up nationally since last month
89	Isabelle Liu	NY	685	7 places down nationally since last month
90	Emma Pesce	NY	684	7 places down nationally since last month
91	Arine Bose	IL	680+42	1 place down nationally since last month
92	Aaruhi Kutti	AZ	662	New
93	Mila Scala	DC	643-11	8 places down nationally since last month
94	Reethu Aadhya Balla	GA	640	7 places down nationally since last month
94	Olivia Ye	LA	640	7 places down nationally since last month
96	Isabel Rajendran	NY	633	4 places down nationally since last month
97	Maya Davidyan	FL	632	4 places down nationally since last month
98	Ariel Lu	MO	631	4 places down nationally since last month
99	Nethra Haripradeep	NC	626	3 places down nationally since last month
100	Evangelina Brucelas-Lopes	NY	619	3 places down nationally since last month

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