Top online quick chess players in California
The 20 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.
Gender
| # | Player | US | Rating | Movevs last month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balaji Daggupati | #2 | 2310 | No change |
| 2 | Teddie Wen | #3 | 2281 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 3 | Austin R Mei | #10 | 2054 | New |
| 4 | chris pensoneau | #13 | 2006 | No change |
| 5 | Hursh Mehta | #16 | 1986 | New |
| 6 | Craig Allen Faber | #17 | 1973 | No change |
| 7 | Aryan Achuthan | #21 | 1912 | New |
| 8 | Vladyslav Shevkunov | #22 | 1911 | New |
| 9 | Alex Xiong | #24 | 1904 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 10 | Yuvraj Singh Sawhney | #49 | 1788 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 11 | Jayden Wu | #60 | 1760 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 12 | Lauren Goodkind | #62 | 1753 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 13 | Varin Agrawal | #65 | 1739 | 4 places up nationally since last month |
| 14 | Sarthak Gattani | #67 | 1737 | 5 places up nationally since last month |
| 15 | Dylan Gould | #69 | 1733 | 5 places up nationally since last month |
| 16 | Harinandh Nair | #73 | 1720 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 17 | Rehaan Malhotra | #83 | 1703 | 5 places up nationally since last month |
| 18 | Neil Kulkarni | #88 | 1686 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 19 | Gavin Tjipto | #90 | 1679 | 5 places up nationally since last month |
| 20 | Jacob Marq Goldman | #97 | 1656 | New |