Top online blitz 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 Online Blitz Chess Players in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Balaji Daggupati	CA	2314	No change
2	Thalia Cervantes	MO	2305	No change
3	Vyom Vidyarthi	CA	2293	No change
4	Vidip Kumar Kona	WA	2275+4	No change
5	Kent Slate	VA	2261+1	No change
6	Ronak Hiwale	TX	2240-5	No change
7	Brayan Angel Amaya	FL	2226	No change
8	Paris Prestia	CA	2218	No change
9	Derek Zhang	WA	2216	No change
9	Matt Chan	CT	2216	No change
11	William Wu	MA	2212+1	No change
12	Felix Guo	CA	2211	1 place down nationally since last month
13	Adam Osborne	TN	2201	New
14	STEPHEN John Willy	WA	2193	1 place down nationally since last month
15	Dylan Tang	CA	2187	1 place down nationally since last month
16	Thomas Lane	VA	2184	1 place down nationally since last month
17	Alec Daniel Aimdilokwong	IA	2181	1 place down nationally since last month
18	Austin R Mei	CA	2170	1 place down nationally since last month
19	Justin Weicheng Zhang	IL	2151	1 place down nationally since last month
20	Nathaniel Philip Moor	CT	2144	No change
21	Lucius Melillo	TX	2137	No change
22	Justin J Sarkar	NY	2135+1	No change
23	Jason Marshal	SC	2131+1	No change
24	Matthew J O'Brien	PA	2119	2 places up nationally since last month
25	Ken L Arnold	CA	2116+5	3 places up nationally since last month
26	Will Moorhouse	VA	2112-33	7 places down nationally since last month
27	Krishna Saketh Mutnuri	AZ	2107	2 places up nationally since last month
27	Tanay Ram Kurre	TX	2107-21	3 places down nationally since last month
29	Kushan Tyagi	IA	2106	2 places up nationally since last month
30	Nehanraj Ramesh	IA	2103	2 places up nationally since last month
31	Alex Xiong	CA	2095-12	2 places down nationally since last month
32	Nicklas Breskin	NY	2091	1 place up nationally since last month
33	Timothy F Mccall	VA	2090	1 place up nationally since last month
34	Mikhail Koganov	CT	2088	New
35	Daniel Yang	TX	2086	No change
36	Benedict Smail	NV	2084-35	10 places down nationally since last month
37	Neil Kulkarni	CA	2082	No change
38	Kishan Karthigeyan	NC	2081	No change
39	Daniel Herman	CO	2079	No change
40	Rohan Das	CA	2077	No change
41	Sam Schenk	VA	2069+1	1 place up nationally since last month
41	Rafael Palathingal	WA	2069	No change
41	William Z He	CA	2069+70	18 places up nationally since last month
44	Arsal Gardezi	TX	2061	1 place down nationally since last month
45	Thamizhamuthan Anburaj	TX	2058+23	No change
46	Connor W Izard	NY	2040	2 places down nationally since last month
47	David Forthoffer	UT	2034	1 place down nationally since last month
47	Yang Yu	NC	2034	1 place down nationally since last month
49	Elliott Winslow	CA	2031	1 place down nationally since last month
50	Advay Singi	TX	2030	No change
50	Goktug Bas	NJ	2030-1	2 places down nationally since last month
52	Amudan Mangudi	AZ	2028	1 place down nationally since last month
53	Tanush Srihanuman Komatineni	CA	2021+73	30 places up nationally since last month
54	Gavin Shi	WA	2019	1 place down nationally since last month
55	Ronen Wilson	VA	2017	1 place down nationally since last month
56	Aarush Gupta	VA	2015	New
57	Joshua Ramsey	FL	2011-73	21 places down nationally since last month
58	Sam Charles Laikin	VA	2010	New
59	Maxwell Barnes	OK	2007-14	7 places down nationally since last month
60	John Lucian Goins	FL	2004+1	4 places down nationally since last month
61	Cayden Jackson	VA	2003	5 places down nationally since last month
62	Ted Belanoff	ME	2000-6	7 places down nationally since last month
62	Mike Sailer	SC	2000	4 places down nationally since last month
64	Anvith Reddy Marri	NJ	1997+8	No change
65	Paul Wonsidler	MO	1991	5 places down nationally since last month
65	Alex Nguyen	CA	1991	5 places down nationally since last month
67	chris pensoneau	CA	1990	4 places down nationally since last month
68	Muhammad Abdur Rahman Kadher Sulaimon	TX	1989	New
69	Epiphany M Peters	TN	1988	3 places down nationally since last month
70	Kevin J Ludwig	CA	1985	3 places down nationally since last month
70	Rehaan Malhotra	CA	1985	3 places down nationally since last month
72	Brayden Van de Graaff	UT	1984+52	17 places up nationally since last month
73	Shriyan Vuyyuru	TX	1983	4 places down nationally since last month
74	Yuvraj Singh Sawhney	CA	1979	4 places down nationally since last month
75	Neil Lad	TX	1968	New
76	Jayden Wu	CA	1967	5 places down nationally since last month
77	Benjamin Gu Lin	PA	1966+24	8 places up nationally since last month
78	Saharsh Darsh Shetty	VA	1962-27	14 places down nationally since last month
79	Aastik Grover	NV	1958+9	1 place up nationally since last month
79	Luke Campopiano	VA	1958	7 places down nationally since last month
81	Abhinav Chinnambeti	NJ	1956	8 places down nationally since last month
81	Mohamed K Elshazly	IN	1956	New
83	Nickolas Petersen	CO	1953	9 places down nationally since last month
83	Anirudh Kumar	TX	1953	9 places down nationally since last month
85	Samuel G Baskarraj	AL	1952	9 places down nationally since last month
86	Brian G Chan	MD	1951	8 places down nationally since last month
87	Benjamin Emmanuel Hoback	AK	1950+16	1 place up nationally since last month
88	Sivavishnu Srinivasan	CA	1949	8 places down nationally since last month
89	ROHAN Dileep Menon	IL	1948	6 places down nationally since last month
90	Jordan Michael Brewer	FL	1943-48	30 places down nationally since last month
91	Alex Li	TX	1940	5 places down nationally since last month
91	Tony Chen	CA	1940	New
93	Joshini Gandhi Sudhakar	MN	1935	New
94	Brexton Laney	PA	1933	New
94	Michael Lei Wang	MI	1933+1	5 places down nationally since last month
96	Arslan Jumaniyazov	IN	1931	New
97	Brandon Sustento	TX	1930	5 places down nationally since last month
97	Luc William Crim Hoffman	NY	1930-22	21 places down nationally since last month
99	Joao Otavio Benevides Demasi	MN	1928	6 places down nationally since last month
100	Mark Lance	DC	1923	5 places down nationally since last month

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