Top quick chess players in New York
The 18 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.
Gender
| # | Player | US | Rating | Movevs last month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | #2 | 2723 | No change |
| 2 | Aleksandr Lenderman | #14 | 2592 | No change |
| 3 | Robert L Hess | #19 | 2548 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 4 | Raven M Sturt | #25 | 2491 | No change |
| 5 | Giorgi Kacheishvili | #26 | 2477 | New |
| 6 | Liam Henry Putnam | #33 | 2400+26 | 6 places up nationally since last month |
| 7 | Irina Krush | #35 | 2387 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 8 | Tanitoluwa Adewumi | #40 | 2365+15 | 7 places up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Kenneth W Regan | #41 | 2364 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 10 | Nico Werner Chasin | #51 | 2349 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 11 | Brewington Hardaway | #53 | 2336+3 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 12 | Justin Chen | #57 | 2333+9 | No change |
| 13 | Yury Lapshun | #59 | 2326-10 | 7 places down nationally since last month |
| 14 | Aditeya Das | #70 | 2300-1 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 15 | Levy Rozman | #83 | 2270 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 16 | George Li | #84 | 2269 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 17 | Marcus Ming Miyasaka | #88 | 2261 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 18 | Joseph Zeltsan | #98 | 2240 | 3 places down nationally since last month |