Top girl chess players under 21 in California
The 16 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 | Rose Atwell | #4 | 2410-8 | No change |
| 2 | Rochelle Wu | #7 | 2327 | No change |
| 3 | Laurie Qiu | #9 | 2219-18 | No change |
| 4 | Omya Vidyarthi | #11 | 2203-8 | No change |
| 5 | Jenny Qi | #17 | 2140+84 | 17 places up nationally since last month |
| 6 | Tori Porat | #18 | 2135-34 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 7 | Aksithi Eswaran | #25 | 2079 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 8 | Renae Chen | #27 | 2076+29 | 10 places up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Anika Rajaram | #28 | 2073-5 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 10 | Avery Yu | #29 | 2069-19 | 7 places down nationally since last month |
| 11 | Esther Jou | #39 | 2039 | No change |
| 12 | Pear Xu | #46 | 2021-53 | 18 places down nationally since last month |
| 13 | Olivia Xu | #64 | 1971 | New |
| 14 | Ashley Lin | #81 | 1944-27 | 14 places down nationally since last month |
| 15 | Marina Xiao | #86 | 1932+1 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 16 | Chloe Melissandre Zamojski | #94 | 1918 | 2 places down nationally since last month |