Top 8-year-old girl chess players in North Carolina
The 8 highest-rated players from North Carolina on the national US Chess list for October 2026. Anyone from North Carolina 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 | Hanwen Lu | #1 | 1617+30 | No change |
| 2 | Grace Lingxin Yan | #4 | 1548+109 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 3 | Tian Yu | #10 | 1421+93 | No change |
| 4 | Gauri Sinkar | #21 | 1154-29 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 5 | Tessa L Pradeep | #24 | 1126 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 6 | Alexandra Barlock | #36 | 1041-17 | 6 places down nationally since last month |
| 7 | Diana Williams | #70 | 782 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 8 | Nethra Haripradeep | #99 | 626 | 3 places down nationally since last month |