Top girl quick chess players under 16

Official US Chess rankings for October 2026. 100 players are ranked on this list. Movement is measured against September 2026.

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Month

Top Girl Quick Chess Players Under 16 in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Megan Althea Paragua	NY	2197	No change
2	Keya Jha	OH	2131+20	No change
3	Jasmine Su	CT	2093	No change
4	Aimee Yang	PA	2065+8	No change
5	Irene Fei	IA	2019	1 place up nationally since last month
6	Laurie Qiu	CA	1990-35	1 place down nationally since last month
7	Ananya Wadhwa	KS	1980+99	4 places up nationally since last month
8	Stella Xin	NY	1971-2	1 place down nationally since last month
9	Anjana Thottimpudi	OH	1969	1 place down nationally since last month
10	Elizabeth Zhou	NY	1946	1 place down nationally since last month
11	Lacey Wang	CT	1924	1 place down nationally since last month
12	Anagha Aniket Sinkar	NC	1923+52	3 places up nationally since last month
13	Madison Brown	IN	1880+8	No change
14	Mirabella Rong	OH	1875	2 places down nationally since last month
15	Olivia Rebecca Panciu	OH	1874+10	4 places up nationally since last month
16	Lilianna Gao	CT	1872	3 places down nationally since last month
17	Sophie Li	FL	1869	No change
18	Celine Atassi	NC	1865	No change
19	Wan Qin Li	NY	1864	No change
20	Jenny Qi	CA	1862+22	3 places up nationally since last month
20	Kyra Gurrola	NM	1862+60	6 places up nationally since last month
22	Renae Chen	CA	1861	1 place down nationally since last month
23	Trishona Vinodh Kumar	NC	1843+7	1 place up nationally since last month
24	Alice Chovanec	NY	1841	2 places down nationally since last month
25	Vivian Yang	MN	1832	No change
26	Khushi Kumari	NC	1824-46	10 places down nationally since last month
27	Pear Xu	CA	1806+12	No change
28	Abigail Zhou	NY	1791	No change
28	Olivia Laido	NJ	1791	No change
30	Yangyang Shen	TX	1790	No change
31	Sophia Elizabeth Panciu	OH	1789+8	No change
32	Isabella Ding	CA	1786+15	2 places up nationally since last month
33	Sujia Diao	NJ	1777	1 place down nationally since last month
34	Marissa Lu	NY	1765	1 place up nationally since last month
35	Aanya Parul Karthikeyan	OH	1764	1 place up nationally since last month
36	Melanie Liang	NY	1759	2 places up nationally since last month
37	Nicole Q Yu	DE	1752+54	14 places up nationally since last month
38	Daisy Yuen	NY	1748-15	1 place down nationally since last month
39	Summer Loh	NY	1746	1 place up nationally since last month
40	Christine Nguyen	MA	1744	1 place up nationally since last month
41	Ashley Lin	CA	1742+3	1 place up nationally since last month
42	Audrey Zhou	NY	1737	1 place up nationally since last month
43	Nethra Vinayagaram	TX	1736	1 place up nationally since last month
44	Swagatha Selvam	CA	1730	2 places up nationally since last month
45	Alexandra Liu	NY	1727	2 places up nationally since last month
46	Asha Silva	MO	1724	2 places up nationally since last month
47	Sreshtha Janapareddy	AZ	1723-29	8 places down nationally since last month
48	Diya Balamurugan	SC	1722-55	16 places down nationally since last month
49	Devanshi Chowdada	MO	1717	No change
50	Saanvi Acharya	NY	1711+45	8 places up nationally since last month
51	Charlotte Tai-En Chang	NY	1710	1 place down nationally since last month
52	Yashaswini Ayithi	PA	1705-29	7 places down nationally since last month
53	Dena Wang	NY	1700+27	2 places up nationally since last month
54	Gaofei Wang	IL	1698	3 places down nationally since last month
55	Celine Chen	NC	1692	2 places down nationally since last month
56	Emma Linyue Zhang	MA	1688+17	1 place up nationally since last month
57	Ellery Zhang	TX	1680	3 places down nationally since last month
57	Olivia Xu	CA	1680	New
59	Alicia S Zhang	TX	1673	4 places down nationally since last month
60	Violet Duran	TX	1672+56	19 places up nationally since last month
61	Tanisha Saha	FL	1671+63	21 places up nationally since last month
62	Yunhui Ma	NY	1661	3 places down nationally since last month
63	Emma Zhang	NJ	1660	3 places down nationally since last month
64	Sarah Qiu	AZ	1658	New
65	Deborah Bowman	IL	1653	New
66	Dorothy Ma	NY	1650+29	10 places up nationally since last month
67	Aadya Kakarla	OH	1647	5 places down nationally since last month
68	Katie Lu	MN	1646	5 places down nationally since last month
68	Magnolia Zhu	TN	1646	5 places down nationally since last month
70	Aileen Lou	NY	1645	5 places down nationally since last month
71	Skylar Lin	NY	1643	New
72	Ella Xinyue Zhang	MA	1642+14	1 place up nationally since last month
72	Charmaine Kwan	CA	1642	5 places down nationally since last month
74	Kyla Mcroy	NY	1639	6 places down nationally since last month
75	Carolina Vasilatos	NY	1638-18	14 places down nationally since last month
76	Ruby Willsey	NC	1635-3	6 places down nationally since last month
77	Sahana Kasturi	NC	1631+31	16 places up nationally since last month
78	Keyla Acevedo	NY	1629	7 places down nationally since last month
79	Amy Lin	NJ	1628+23	7 places up nationally since last month
80	Anqing Aurora Wang	CA	1621-5	6 places down nationally since last month
81	Joy Zhang	RI	1618	4 places down nationally since last month
82	Olivia Kuo	NC	1617-27	16 places down nationally since last month
83	Isabelle Chelladorai	GA	1615	3 places down nationally since last month
84	Annie Yao	TX	1613	3 places down nationally since last month
85	Alisa Antony Joseph	GA	1611-28	17 places down nationally since last month
86	Adele Nurmanbetov	FL	1608-10	9 places down nationally since last month
86	Anika Shambhavi Kaul	TX	1608-21	15 places down nationally since last month
86	Olivia Lin	MI	1608	4 places down nationally since last month
89	Ananya Medu	CA	1607	5 places down nationally since last month
90	Mahati B Kashyap	NJ	1606	5 places down nationally since last month
91	Leah Yang	NY	1605	5 places down nationally since last month
92	Tejaswini Viswanath	TX	1604+5	2 places up nationally since last month
93	Avery Goodrich	NY	1603	4 places down nationally since last month
94	Grace Siqi Yang	NC	1599	No change
95	Emily Jiaying Tang	IL	1598	1 place up nationally since last month
96	Myra Nigam	PA	1596	New
97	Jiya Ganesh	TX	1595-27	22 places down nationally since last month
98	Valerie Yan	IL	1592	1 place down nationally since last month
99	Sowbhagya Velagala	NC	1590	1 place down nationally since last month
99	Iniya Mathivanan	CA	1590	1 place down nationally since last month

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