Top girl quick chess players under 21 in New York
The 21 highest-rated players from New York on the national US Chess list for October 2026. Anyone from New York 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 | Megan Althea Paragua | #2 | 2197 | No change |
| 2 | Stella Xin | #12 | 1971-2 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 3 | Elizabeth Zhou | #15 | 1946 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 4 | Wan Qin Li | #26 | 1864 | No change |
| 5 | Alice Chovanec | #35 | 1841 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 6 | Alexandra Lussie | #40 | 1822+9 | No change |
| 7 | Hema Vikas | #41 | 1814+9 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 8 | Abigail Zhou | #48 | 1791 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Nico Alvarado-Yoshida | #54 | 1775+46 | 19 places up nationally since last month |
| 10 | Marissa Lu | #55 | 1765 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 11 | Melanie Liang | #59 | 1759 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 12 | Daisy Yuen | #62 | 1748-15 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 13 | Summer Loh | #63 | 1746 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 14 | Audrey Zhou | #66 | 1737 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 15 | Alexandra Liu | #70 | 1727 | 6 places up nationally since last month |
| 16 | Dhruthi Rao | #76 | 1718 | New |
| 17 | Saanvi Acharya | #79 | 1711+45 | 17 places up nationally since last month |
| 18 | Charlotte Tai-En Chang | #80 | 1710 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 19 | Dena Wang | #83 | 1700+27 | 9 places up nationally since last month |
| 20 | Chloe A Stark | #90 | 1686 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 21 | Yunhui Ma | #98 | 1661 | 1 place down nationally since last month |