Top women chess players in California
The 17 highest-rated players from California on the national US Chess list for October 2026. Anyone from California 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 | Rose Atwell | #8 | 2410-8 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 2 | Atousa Pourkashiyan | #14 | 2328 | No change |
| 3 | Rochelle Wu | #15 | 2327 | No change |
| 4 | Ashritha Eswaran | #17 | 2317 | No change |
| 5 | Laurie Qiu | #27 | 2219-18 | 4 places down nationally since last month |
| 6 | Omya Vidyarthi | #29 | 2203-8 | 1 place down nationally since last month |
| 7 | Natalya Tsodikova | #35 | 2189 | 2 places down nationally since last month |
| 8 | Jenny Qi | #38 | 2140+84 | 24 places up nationally since last month |
| 9 | Tori Porat | #40 | 2135-34 | 5 places down nationally since last month |
| 10 | Summer Dylan | #52 | 2100 | New |
| 11 | Aksithi Eswaran | #55 | 2079 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 12 | Renae Chen | #57 | 2076+29 | 12 places up nationally since last month |
| 13 | Anika Rajaram | #59 | 2073-5 | 6 places down nationally since last month |
| 14 | Avery Yu | #60 | 2069-19 | 10 places down nationally since last month |
| 15 | Esther Jou | #75 | 2039 | 3 places down nationally since last month |
| 16 | Pear Xu | #84 | 2021-53 | 28 places down nationally since last month |
| 17 | Ivona Jezierska | #93 | 2005 | 3 places down nationally since last month |