Top women online regular chess players in California
The 14 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 | Aksithi Eswaran | #2 | 1849 | No change |
| 2 | Lauren Goodkind | #4 | 1758 | No change |
| 3 | Esther Jou | #5 | 1739 | No change |
| 4 | Avery Yu | #6 | 1729 | No change |
| 5 | Jenny Qi | #9 | 1702 | No change |
| 6 | Laurie Qiu | #14 | 1629 | No change |
| 7 | Tori Porat | #15 | 1589 | No change |
| 8 | Chloe Melissandre Zamojski | #25 | 1464 | No change |
| 9 | Rakshita Dhanasekar | #51 | 1233 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 10 | Anika Sai Karthik | #66 | 1137 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 11 | Dingding Chen | #69 | 1125+46 | 4 places up nationally since last month |
| 12 | Sudhiksha Bankuru | #72 | 1116 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 13 | Yulan Wang | #82 | 1050 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 14 | Monique Balta | #97 | 926 | 3 places down nationally since last month |