Top online blitz chess players in California
The 21 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 | Balaji Daggupati | #1 | 2314 | No change |
| 2 | Vyom Vidyarthi | #3 | 2293 | No change |
| 3 | Paris Prestia | #8 | 2218 | No change |
| 4 | Felix Guo | #12 | 2211 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 5 | Dylan Tang | #15 | 2187 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 6 | Austin R Mei | #18 | 2170 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 7 | Ken L Arnold | #25 | 2116+5 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 8 | Alex Xiong | #31 | 2095-12 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 9 | Neil Kulkarni | #37 | 2082 | No change |
| 10 | Rohan Das | #40 | 2077 | No change |
| 11 | William Z He | #41 | 2069+70 | 18 places up nationally since last month |
| 12 | Elliott Winslow | #49 | 2031 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 13 | Tanush Srihanuman Komatineni | #53 | 2021+73 | 30 places up nationally since last month |
| 14 | Alex Nguyen | #65 | 1991 | 5 places down nationally since last month |
| 15 | chris pensoneau | #67 | 1990 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 16 | Kevin J Ludwig | #70 | 1985 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 16 | Rehaan Malhotra | #70 | 1985 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 18 | Yuvraj Singh Sawhney | #74 | 1979 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 19 | Jayden Wu | #76 | 1967 | 5 places down nationally since last month |
| 20 | Sivavishnu Srinivasan | #88 | 1949 | 8 places down nationally since last month |
| 21 | Tony Chen | #91 | 1940 | New |