Top 9-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 9-Year-Old Girl Chess Players in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Renae Chen	CA	2076+29	No change
2	Charlotte Tai-En Chang	NY	1945-8	No change
3	Emily Jiaying Tang	IL	1924-15	No change
4	Winnie Tsuchida-Tomashevsky	NY	1731-21	No change
5	Avrora Okonova	NY	1670	1 place up nationally since last month
6	Shyra Nigam	PA	1604+62	2 places up nationally since last month
7	Shrinika Musuluri	NC	1496+33	6 places up nationally since last month
8	Vasu P Varun	NY	1490-12	1 place up nationally since last month
9	Emma Ge	WA	1478+80	8 places up nationally since last month
10	Sofia Byelashova	WA	1466	2 places up nationally since last month
11	Aariah Bose	NJ	1457+10	4 places up nationally since last month
12	Elina Umi Khudyev	WA	1439-52	2 places down nationally since last month
13	Jingying Han	NY	1433+19	3 places up nationally since last month
14	Laksha Vignesh	TX	1419-68	3 places down nationally since last month
15	Marianna Genis	NY	1347+4	4 places up nationally since last month
16	Ayurda Uday Kavale	GA	1317+24	7 places up nationally since last month
17	Trisha Obeng Addo	NY	1302	3 places up nationally since last month
18	Srika Panasa	AZ	1254+66	12 places up nationally since last month
19	Laya R Sankar	WA	1229+39	10 places up nationally since last month
20	Gianna Yin	CA	1218-81	1 place up nationally since last month
21	Airi Mitobe	—	1203	6 places up nationally since last month
21	Chloe Yip	NY	1203	6 places up nationally since last month
23	Evelyn Rosemary Jones	NY	1200+185	35 places up nationally since last month
24	Kaiyi Han	WA	1190+60	14 places up nationally since last month
25	Olivia Kivitidi	NY	1181-90	1 place down nationally since last month
26	Hazel Zeng Chen	NY	1165	New
27	Blair Lan	NY	1155	5 places up nationally since last month
28	Chaitra Reddy Kambham	IA	1145-2	6 places up nationally since last month
29	Celeste Ara Shin	NY	1142	New
30	Eva Shang	NY	1133	7 places up nationally since last month
31	Sierra Chen	TX	1132-12	5 places up nationally since last month
32	Navya Gupta	FL	1129	7 places up nationally since last month
33	Ida Hicks	VA	1127	7 places up nationally since last month
34	Diya Reddy Pichipati	NJ	1116-44	3 places down nationally since last month
35	Siana Razmov	WA	1109+45	9 places up nationally since last month
36	Dhansika Sasikumar	MN	1108-38	1 place down nationally since last month
36	Corinne Ho	NY	1108+163	37 places up nationally since last month
38	Zadie Chiu-Maes	NY	1106-20	3 places up nationally since last month
39	Solaris Wang	NY	1104-192	17 places down nationally since last month
40	Carys Ho	NY	1095+114	27 places up nationally since last month
41	Katherine Lu	TX	1088	2 places up nationally since last month
42	Drew Villa Murphy	NY	1075+51	15 places up nationally since last month
43	Riya Pradeep	OH	1070	New
44	Lila Fugate	NY	1069-80	11 places down nationally since last month
45	Nikki Y Zeng	NY	1066+25	9 places up nationally since last month
46	Brynn Olivia Brescia	NC	1058+122	30 places up nationally since last month
46	Anvi Gullapalli	TX	1058+13	4 places up nationally since last month
48	Jessie Li	NY	1047	No change
49	Chloe Li	CA	1045-5	4 places down nationally since last month
49	Nina Cheng	OH	1045	1 place up nationally since last month
51	Kaley Hung	NY	1042	2 places up nationally since last month
52	Vaibhavi Kurakula	NC	1037-12	5 places down nationally since last month
53	Hannah Kuo	NJ	1035-3	2 places up nationally since last month
54	Madhura Karthic	FL	1034+96	21 places up nationally since last month
54	Marina Yap	CA	1034+196	40 places up nationally since last month
56	Samyukta Bosu	NC	1027-23	11 places down nationally since last month
57	Chloe Jin	NY	1015	1 place up nationally since last month
58	Alaia Salma Zubler	NY	1014	2 places up nationally since last month
59	Dhanya Ravikannan	TX	1011+141	29 places up nationally since last month
60	Caroline Ma	WA	1010	1 place up nationally since last month
61	Jessica Li	NY	1004	2 places up nationally since last month
62	Amalia Katz	NY	996	2 places up nationally since last month
63	Erika Kometani	NY	989	2 places up nationally since last month
64	Darlene Rodriguez	NY	981	3 places up nationally since last month
65	Maximilliana Bhalla	NY	980-66	16 places down nationally since last month
66	Natalia Halina Liew	NY	977-52	10 places down nationally since last month
67	Aaryn Donadelle	NY	971-35	5 places down nationally since last month
68	Aliza Batsiyan	NY	967	1 place up nationally since last month
69	Eleanor Pei-Chan	NY	955	2 places up nationally since last month
70	Micaela Liu	LA	948	2 places up nationally since last month
71	Avani Shiju Alakkatt	IN	944	New
72	Bettina Bogart	NY	940	2 places up nationally since last month
73	Emily Lyu	NY	933	4 places up nationally since last month
74	Gaochunxi Li	PA	929	New
75	Claire Wong	WA	927	3 places up nationally since last month
76	Eleanor Grace Johnson	TX	906	5 places up nationally since last month
77	Aria Ponde	CA	897	New
78	Vanya Gupta	NC	896	4 places up nationally since last month
79	Anika Jibesh Nair	OR	893	New
80	Yuwen Qu	WA	892	3 places up nationally since last month
81	Hannah Charlotte Kleinhandler	NY	891	New
82	Anahita Mathew	VA	886	2 places up nationally since last month
83	Emily Cai	WA	880	2 places up nationally since last month
84	Ellora Ghodgeri	NY	877+47	15 places up nationally since last month
85	Eva Sofia Lagares	NY	875	1 place up nationally since last month
86	Evelyn Alyssa Webber	TX	869	3 places up nationally since last month
87	Isla Phoenix Arnold	NY	855	4 places up nationally since last month
87	Sahasra Gopalakrishnan	NJ	855	New
89	Kwanita Amarthaluri	CA	850	3 places up nationally since last month
90	Isabel Agiev	NY	845	3 places up nationally since last month
91	Zoey Arambul	TX	841	New
92	Anushree Venkatesh	NJ	838-78	12 places down nationally since last month
93	Alison Raine Baskin	NY	836	2 places up nationally since last month
94	Nidhi Nookala	FL	833	2 places up nationally since last month
95	Emma Chenhua Zhang	NJ	831	2 places up nationally since last month
96	Aaradhya Dolli	IN	828	4 places up nationally since last month
97	Andrea Feng	NY	825	New
98	Mecca Rallins	IL	817	New
99	Christina Nassar	NC	816-51	9 places down nationally since last month
100	Anisha Choudhury	CA	801	New

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