Top chess players in Texas
The 15 highest-rated players from Texas on the national US Chess list for October 2026. Anyone from Texas 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 | Jeffery Xiong | #9 | 2729 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 2 | Alex Onischuk | #14 | 2706 | No change |
| 3 | Andy Austin Woodward | #16 | 2704-31 | 7 places down nationally since last month |
| 4 | Mikhail Antipov | #17 | 2692 | No change |
| 5 | Ruifeng Li | #26 | 2625 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 6 | Eric Chang Liu | #48 | 2563 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 7 | Craig Hilby | #54 | 2554 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 8 | Sharvesh R Deviprasath | #74 | 2521 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 9 | Douglas D Root | #75 | 2514 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 10 | Harshid Kunka | #79 | 2498 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 11 | Daniel Fernandez | #83 | 2492 | No change |
| 12 | Grayson Rorrer | #85 | 2488 | No change |
| 13 | Siddharth Singh | #86 | 2487 | New |
| 14 | Warren Thomas Harper | #90 | 2483 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 15 | Anish Vivekananthan | #96 | 2474 | 2 places down nationally since last month |