Top chess players under 21

Official US Chess rankings for October 2026. 102 players are ranked on this list. Movement is measured against September 2026.

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Top Chess Players Under 21 in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Abhimanyu Mishra	NJ	2709	1 place up nationally since last month
2	Andy Austin Woodward	TX	2704-31	1 place down nationally since last month
3	Christopher Woojin Yoo	CA	2640-20	No change
4	Arthur Guo	GA	2605	1 place up nationally since last month
5	Kirk Ghazarian	CA	2602-11	1 place down nationally since last month
6	Brewington Hardaway	NY	2584+9	2 places up nationally since last month
7	Liam Henry Putnam	NY	2567-21	1 place down nationally since last month
8	Dimitar Mardov	IL	2564	1 place up nationally since last month
9	Jason S Liang	NY	2563	1 place up nationally since last month
9	Eric Chang Liu	TX	2563	1 place up nationally since last month
11	Nico Werner Chasin	NY	2562+24	3 places up nationally since last month
12	Tanitoluwa Adewumi	NY	2557-21	5 places down nationally since last month
13	Evan Park	PA	2556+8	1 place down nationally since last month
14	Bryan Enming Lin	NY	2547+14	2 places up nationally since last month
15	Alice Teresa Lee	MN	2546+24	2 places up nationally since last month
16	Erick Zhao	PA	2540	3 places down nationally since last month
17	Sandeep Sethuraman	AZ	2526-8	2 places down nationally since last month
18	Sharvesh R Deviprasath	TX	2521	No change
19	Harshid Kunka	TX	2498	No change
20	Vyom Vidyarthi	CA	2497+23	3 places up nationally since last month
21	Siddharth Singh	TX	2487+27	5 places up nationally since last month
22	Ethan T Sheehan	GA	2485+2	1 place down nationally since last month
23	Bach Ngo	FL	2483	2 places down nationally since last month
24	Julian Colville	CA	2473+8	1 place up nationally since last month
25	Gus Huston	NY	2460+5	3 places up nationally since last month
25	Isaac Wang	CA	2460+1	2 places up nationally since last month
27	Ryo Wenyu Chen	TX	2457-16	3 places down nationally since last month
28	Eddy Tian	NJ	2455	No change
29	Joseph Levine	WA	2452	1 place up nationally since last month
30	Rachael Li	TX	2451+4	1 place up nationally since last month
31	Eric Yuhan Li	CA	2440+10	3 places up nationally since last month
32	Vishnu Vanapalli	NC	2434	No change
33	Aditeya Das	NY	2431	No change
34	Harshin Reddy Jagirapu	NM	2429+26	9 places up nationally since last month
35	Derek Clasby	NJ	2427	No change
36	Paris Prestia	CA	2423+38	17 places up nationally since last month
37	James Chirilov	NC	2422+4	1 place up nationally since last month
38	Ethan Guo	CA	2420-7	3 places down nationally since last month
38	Linxi Zhu	NY	2420+27	10 places up nationally since last month
40	Zoey Tang	OR	2417-2	3 places down nationally since last month
41	Bryan Xie	CA	2415	No change
42	Rose Atwell	CA	2410-8	4 places down nationally since last month
43	Andrew Jing	DE	2408+12	4 places up nationally since last month
44	Ryan Sun	MA	2405-12	4 places down nationally since last month
45	Andrew Jiang	GA	2400+9	5 places up nationally since last month
45	Sullivan Mac McConnell	CO	2400+1	1 place up nationally since last month
45	David Gasparyan	CA	2400+49	27 places up nationally since last month
45	Aryan Gutla	TX	2400	No change
49	Sam Luger	NY	2398+13	4 places up nationally since last month
50	Dylan Tang	CA	2397+9	2 places up nationally since last month
50	Lucas Jiang	CA	2397-18	9 places down nationally since last month
52	Roshan Sethuraman	AZ	2396-6	8 places down nationally since last month
52	Lucius Melillo	TX	2396+4	3 places down nationally since last month
54	Brejesh Chakrabarti	FL	2389+19	6 places up nationally since last month
55	Tejas Rama	NJ	2382	No change
56	Artemii Khanbutaev	IL	2381+14	6 places up nationally since last month
57	Logan C Shafer	TX	2380-9	6 places down nationally since last month
57	kyle zhuang	VA	2380+12	4 places up nationally since last month
59	Ted Wang	WA	2379+7	1 place down nationally since last month
59	Shaaketh Sivakumar	CA	2379+58	39 places up nationally since last month
61	Sharath Radhakrishnan	OH	2374+18	7 places up nationally since last month
62	Jesse Ren	MI	2373+10	2 places up nationally since last month
62	Avi Harrison Kaplan	IL	2373-3	6 places down nationally since last month
64	Henry Deng	CA	2372	6 places down nationally since last month
65	Elbert Fang	TX	2364	2 places down nationally since last month
66	Patrick Peijun Liu	CA	2361+4	1 place down nationally since last month
67	Kagan Uz	GA	2359-17	11 places down nationally since last month
68	Qi Pang	NY	2358+1	3 places down nationally since last month
69	Marvin Gao	FL	2357	4 places down nationally since last month
70	Tommy Wen	CA	2354	1 place up nationally since last month
70	Austin R Mei	CA	2354-1	No change
72	Nitesh Cherukuri	MD	2353+20	15 places up nationally since last month
73	Jasmine Su	CT	2350-6	5 places down nationally since last month
74	Luke Widjaja	CA	2345	1 place down nationally since last month
75	Kent Slate	VA	2344	1 place down nationally since last month
76	Donald Johnson	NC	2343-1	2 places down nationally since last month
77	Carter Ho	NY	2342	New
78	Kannan Vaidyanathan	NY	2340	2 places down nationally since last month
79	Aryan Achuthan	CA	2339	1 place down nationally since last month
79	Jashith Karthi	CA	2339+2	3 places up nationally since last month
81	Ming Lu	CA	2338	1 place down nationally since last month
82	Megan Althea Paragua	NY	2337	No change
82	Eric Z Feng	MA	2337	New
82	Anant Adury	OH	2337	No change
85	Rohan Rajaram	CA	2336	No change
86	Ashwin Damaraju	CA	2335	No change
87	Vijay Srinivas Anandh	TX	2333+1	1 place up nationally since last month
87	Nathaniel Mullodzhanov	NY	2333-7	11 places down nationally since last month
89	Jacorey Bynum	FL	2332+9	6 places up nationally since last month
90	Haari Muthukumar	NJ	2331	1 place down nationally since last month
90	Evan Sammons	KY	2331+5	3 places up nationally since last month
92	Jayden H Lee	AZ	2329	2 places down nationally since last month
92	Eshan Guha	NJ	2329	2 places down nationally since last month
94	Tyson Brady	VA	2328+5	1 place up nationally since last month
95	Rochelle Wu	CA	2327	3 places down nationally since last month
95	Vihaan Jammalamadaka	WA	2327	New
97	Kevin Zhao	MA	2325	New
98	Pranav Sathish	CA	2323	3 places down nationally since last month
99	Narayan Venkatesh	NJ	2322-16	19 places down nationally since last month
100	Iris Mou	NY	2320	1 place down nationally since last month
100	William Safranek	NY	2320	1 place down nationally since last month
100	Matthew Guo Diao	VA	2320	1 place down nationally since last month

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