Top 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 Chess Players in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Fabiano Caruana	FL	2850-13	No change
2	Hikaru Nakamura	NY	2846	No change
3	Wesley So	MN	2843+6	No change
4	Levon Aronian	MO	2796+2	No change
5	Hans Niemann	CT	2783	No change
5	Leinier Dominguez Perez	MO	2783	No change
7	Samuel Sevian	MA	2777+5	No change
8	Awonder Liang	WI	2772+3	No change
9	Jeffery Xiong	TX	2729	1 place up nationally since last month
10	Ray Robson	MO	2726	1 place up nationally since last month
11	Brandon Jacobson	NJ	2720+20	5 places up nationally since last month
12	Sam Shankland	CA	2711-8	No change
13	Abhimanyu Mishra	NJ	2709	No change
14	Alex Onischuk	TX	2706	No change
15	Grigoriy Oparin	MO	2705	No change
16	Andy Austin Woodward	TX	2704-31	7 places down nationally since last month
17	Mikhail Antipov	TX	2692	No change
18	Andrew Hong	CA	2677-10	No change
19	Yuniesky Quesada Perez	MO	2664	No change
20	Dariusz Swiercz	MO	2661	No change
21	Andrew Tang	MD	2645	2 places up nationally since last month
22	Christopher Woojin Yoo	CA	2640-20	1 place down nationally since last month
23	Jianchao Zhou	MA	2637-20	1 place down nationally since last month
24	Giorgi Kacheishvili	NY	2631	New
25	Joshua E Friedel	WI	2626	1 place down nationally since last month
26	Ruifeng Li	TX	2625	1 place down nationally since last month
27	David Brodsky	NY	2623+1	1 place down nationally since last month
28	Lazaro Bruzon Batista	MO	2618	1 place down nationally since last month
28	Vladimir Akopian	CA	2618	1 place down nationally since last month
30	Varuzhan Akobian	MO	2606	No change
30	Jaan Ehlvest	NY	2606	No change
30	Safal Bora	MI	2606+2	3 places up nationally since last month
33	Arthur Guo	GA	2605	1 place down nationally since last month
34	Kirk Ghazarian	CA	2602-11	5 places down nationally since last month
35	Bryce Tiglon	WA	2592+3	1 place down nationally since last month
36	Brewington Hardaway	NY	2584+9	3 places up nationally since last month
37	Praveen Balakrishnan	VA	2583	1 place down nationally since last month
38	Fidel Corrales Jimenez	CA	2578	1 place down nationally since last month
39	Steven Zierk	CA	2576	New
40	Joshua Sheng	CA	2575	1 place down nationally since last month
41	Sam Schmakel	IL	2570	1 place up nationally since last month
42	Maxim Dlugy	PA	2568	1 place up nationally since last month
43	Kayden William Troff	NC	2567	1 place up nationally since last month
43	Liam Henry Putnam	NY	2567-21	8 places down nationally since last month
45	Alexander Goldin	IL	2566	No change
45	Aleksandr Lenderman	NY	2566-5	4 places down nationally since last month
47	Dimitar Mardov	IL	2564	1 place down nationally since last month
48	Eric Chang Liu	TX	2563	1 place down nationally since last month
48	Jason S Liang	NY	2563	1 place down nationally since last month
50	Nico Werner Chasin	NY	2562+24	8 places up nationally since last month
51	Robert Hungaski	CT	2560	2 places down nationally since last month
52	Tanitoluwa Adewumi	NY	2557-21	15 places down nationally since last month
53	Evan Park	PA	2556+8	1 place up nationally since last month
54	Craig Hilby	TX	2554	3 places down nationally since last month
54	Alexander Stripunsky	NJ	2554	3 places down nationally since last month
56	Josiah Stearman	NY	2551	3 places down nationally since last month
57	Mark Heimann	CA	2549-10	7 places down nationally since last month
58	Bryan Enming Lin	NY	2547+14	7 places up nationally since last month
59	Alice Teresa Lee	MN	2546+24	11 places up nationally since last month
60	Raven M Sturt	NY	2544	4 places down nationally since last month
61	Samrug Narayanan	MN	2540+9	5 places up nationally since last month
61	Erick Zhao	PA	2540	4 places down nationally since last month
63	Joel Benjamin	NJ	2539+2	4 places down nationally since last month
63	Sergey Erenburg	VA	2539-6	8 places down nationally since last month
65	Alexander Fishbein	TN	2537+1	5 places down nationally since last month
66	Elshan Moradiabadi	NC	2536	6 places down nationally since last month
67	Eugene Perelshteyn	MA	2535	5 places down nationally since last month
68	Gregory Kaidanov	KY	2534	5 places down nationally since last month
69	Carissa Shiwen Yip	FL	2533+9	1 place down nationally since last month
70	Balaji Daggupati	CA	2531	4 places down nationally since last month
71	Maximillian Lu	CT	2526+31	9 places up nationally since last month
71	Sandeep Sethuraman	AZ	2526-8	8 places down nationally since last month
73	Igor Novikov	KY	2524	5 places down nationally since last month
74	Sharvesh R Deviprasath	TX	2521	3 places down nationally since last month
75	Douglas D Root	TX	2514	3 places down nationally since last month
76	Alexander Katz	CA	2507+6	No change
77	Justin Chen	NY	2505+2	2 places down nationally since last month
78	Georgi Orlov	WA	2504	4 places down nationally since last month
79	Harshid Kunka	TX	2498	1 place down nationally since last month
80	Vyom Vidyarthi	CA	2497+23	14 places up nationally since last month
80	Yaacov Norowitz	NJ	2497	1 place down nationally since last month
82	Julio J Becerra	FL	2494	No change
83	Daniel Fernandez	TX	2492	No change
83	Akira Wood Nakada	NY	2492-7	6 places down nationally since last month
85	Grayson Rorrer	TX	2488	No change
86	Siddharth Singh	TX	2487	New
87	Ethan T Sheehan	GA	2485+2	1 place up nationally since last month
88	George Li	NY	2484	2 places down nationally since last month
88	Sean Nagle	MN	2484	2 places down nationally since last month
90	Warren Thomas Harper	TX	2483	2 places down nationally since last month
90	Bach Ngo	FL	2483	2 places down nationally since last month
90	Robert Shlyakhtenko	CA	2483-8	6 places down nationally since last month
93	Justus Williams	MO	2482	2 places down nationally since last month
94	Edward Song	MI	2481+8	2 places up nationally since last month
95	Bryan G Smith	PA	2478	New
96	Mackenzie S Molner	NJ	2474-34	23 places down nationally since last month
96	Anish Vivekananthan	TX	2474	2 places down nationally since last month
98	Julian Colville	CA	2473	New
98	Alexander Shabalov	PA	2473-22	18 places down nationally since last month
98	Stuart Rachels	AL	2473	2 places down nationally since last month

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