Top chess players under 21 in New York
The 17 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 | Brewington Hardaway | #6 | 2584+9 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 2 | Liam Henry Putnam | #7 | 2567-21 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 3 | Jason S Liang | #9 | 2563 | 1 place up nationally since last month |
| 4 | Nico Werner Chasin | #11 | 2562+24 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 5 | Tanitoluwa Adewumi | #12 | 2557-21 | 5 places down nationally since last month |
| 6 | Bryan Enming Lin | #14 | 2547+14 | 2 places up nationally since last month |
| 7 | Gus Huston | #25 | 2460+5 | 3 places up nationally since last month |
| 8 | Aditeya Das | #33 | 2431 | No change |
| 9 | Linxi Zhu | #38 | 2420+27 | 10 places up nationally since last month |
| 10 | Sam Luger | #49 | 2398+13 | 4 places up nationally since last month |
| 11 | Qi Pang | #68 | 2358+1 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 12 | Carter Ho | #77 | 2342 | New |
| 13 | Kannan Vaidyanathan | #78 | 2340 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 14 | Megan Althea Paragua | #82 | 2337 | No change |
| 15 | Nathaniel Mullodzhanov | #87 | 2333-7 | 11 places down nationally since last month |
| 16 | Iris Mou | #100 | 2320 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 16 | William Safranek | #100 | 2320 | 1 place down nationally since last month |