Top women chess players

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 Women Chess Players in the US (Oct 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating	Movevs last month
1	Alice Teresa Lee	MN	2546+24	1 place up nationally since last month
2	Carissa Shiwen Yip	FL	2533+9	1 place down nationally since last month
3	Irina Krush	NY	2463-7	No change
4	Rachael Li	TX	2451+4	No change
5	Jennifer R Yu	VA	2418+9	3 places up nationally since last month
6	Tatev Abrahamyan	MO	2417-27	1 place down nationally since last month
6	Zoey Tang	OR	2417-2	No change
8	Rose Atwell	CA	2410-8	1 place down nationally since last month
9	Nazi Paikidze	NV	2400	1 place up nationally since last month
10	Anna Sargsyan	MO	2398-5	1 place down nationally since last month
11	Anna Zatonskih	—	2388	No change
12	Jasmine Su	CT	2350-6	No change
13	Megan Althea Paragua	NY	2337	No change
14	Atousa Pourkashiyan	CA	2328	No change
15	Rochelle Wu	CA	2327	No change
16	Iris Mou	NY	2320	No change
17	Ashritha Eswaran	CA	2317	No change
18	Megan Lee	WA	2316	No change
19	Thalia Cervantes	MO	2315+4	No change
20	Yanira Vigoa Apecheche	FL	2290	No change
21	Sabina-Francesca Foisor	KY	2270	No change
22	Sophie Morris-Suzuki	NY	2249	New
23	Anjelina Belakovskaia	AZ	2245	1 place down nationally since last month
24	Maggie Feng	OH	2237+1	No change
25	Liulia Cardona	AZ	2232	No change
26	Prathiba Gounder	NH	2225	1 place up nationally since last month
27	Laurie Qiu	CA	2219-18	4 places down nationally since last month
28	Ellen Luojia Wang	NY	2209-19	2 places down nationally since last month
29	Omya Vidyarthi	CA	2203-8	1 place down nationally since last month
30	Aimee Yang	PA	2201-2	No change
31	Irene Fei	IA	2200-3	1 place down nationally since last month
31	Beatriz Marinello	NY	2200	1 place up nationally since last month
33	Lacey Wang	CT	2192+6	1 place up nationally since last month
34	Chloe Gaw	NY	2191-15	5 places down nationally since last month
35	Natalya Tsodikova	CA	2189	2 places down nationally since last month
36	Sanjana Vittal	NJ	2161	1 place up nationally since last month
37	Keya Jha	OH	2146+23	5 places up nationally since last month
38	Jenny Qi	CA	2140+84	24 places up nationally since last month
38	Abby Marshall	NY	2140	No change
40	Tori Porat	CA	2135-34	5 places down nationally since last month
40	Alice Chovanec	NY	2135+45	9 places up nationally since last month
42	Sophie Li	FL	2131-5	3 places down nationally since last month
42	Jessica Hyatt	NY	2131-37	6 places down nationally since last month
44	Olga Sagalchik	NY	2125	3 places down nationally since last month
45	Clara Mcgrew	MI	2122-7	5 places down nationally since last month
46	Kelsey Liu	MA	2120	3 places down nationally since last month
47	Madeline L Weber	WI	2117+7	1 place down nationally since last month
47	Julia Elizabeth Sloan	NY	2117+17	No change
49	Shreya B Mangalam	IL	2113	4 places down nationally since last month
49	Stella Xin	NY	2113-3	5 places down nationally since last month
51	Arabella Fang	NY	2109+22	No change
52	Summer Dylan	CA	2100	New
53	Celine Chen	NC	2085+9	2 places up nationally since last month
54	Shama Yisrael	FL	2081-16	6 places down nationally since last month
55	Aksithi Eswaran	CA	2079	3 places down nationally since last month
56	Ridhi Varma Danduprolu	AZ	2078+18	5 places up nationally since last month
57	Kiana Arab	AZ	2076	New
57	Renae Chen	CA	2076+29	12 places up nationally since last month
59	Anika Rajaram	CA	2073-5	6 places down nationally since last month
60	Avery Yu	CA	2069-19	10 places down nationally since last month
61	Chloe Wang	PA	2065	2 places down nationally since last month
62	Aarna Nitin Warekar	FL	2062-15	8 places down nationally since last month
63	Sahana Aravindakshan	NJ	2061+42	17 places up nationally since last month
63	Epiphany M Peters	TN	2061+10	4 places up nationally since last month
65	Shuyi Han	WA	2058-14	7 places down nationally since last month
66	Kimberly Liu	NY	2056	4 places down nationally since last month
67	Jennie S Liu	NJ	2054	New
67	Elizabeth Zhou	NY	2054-20	11 places down nationally since last month
69	Evelyn Qiao	GA	2053-1	5 places down nationally since last month
70	Anupama Shashikala Rajendra	WI	2052	5 places down nationally since last month
71	Gaofei Wang	IL	2049-12	11 places down nationally since last month
72	Devina Devagharan	TX	2043	2 places down nationally since last month
73	Elizabeth Xia	IL	2041+30	12 places up nationally since last month
74	Rebecca Cortez	IL	2040+15	1 place up nationally since last month
75	Chouchanik Airapetian	WA	2039-11	7 places down nationally since last month
75	Esther Jou	CA	2039	3 places down nationally since last month
77	Hema Vikas	NY	2036	New
78	Wan Qin Li	NY	2033-19	13 places down nationally since last month
79	Anagha Aniket Sinkar	NC	2032	New
79	Anjana Thottimpudi	OH	2032+13	1 place up nationally since last month
81	Aria Hoesley	IL	2026	7 places down nationally since last month
82	Sunny Zhang	TX	2025+10	2 places up nationally since last month
83	Laura Zhang	NC	2024-6	10 places down nationally since last month
84	Veronique Joseph	WA	2021-19	13 places down nationally since last month
84	Pear Xu	CA	2021-53	28 places down nationally since last month
86	Jolie Huang	FL	2019	6 places down nationally since last month
87	Aradh Kaur	WI	2017	4 places down nationally since last month
88	Allyson Yu	NY	2012-10	10 places down nationally since last month
89	Caroline Q Jiang	MD	2009	1 place down nationally since last month
90	Joy Zhang	RI	2007+13	8 places up nationally since last month
91	Angelina Verma	MD	2006-18	15 places down nationally since last month
91	Ananya Wadhwa	KS	2006-5	6 places down nationally since last month
93	Jessica Shor Regam	PA	2005-6	8 places down nationally since last month
93	Ivona Jezierska	CA	2005	3 places down nationally since last month
95	Trishona Vinodh Kumar	NC	2004+2	3 places down nationally since last month
96	Marissa Lu	NY	2001	New
97	Dorothy Teasley	NY	2000	4 places down nationally since last month
97	Alexey Root	TX	2000	4 places down nationally since last month
99	Aasa Dommalapati	VA	1998	3 places down nationally since last month
100	Vivian Yang	MN	1995	New

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