Top 13-year-old chess players in California

The 17 highest-rated players from California on the national US Chess list for September 2026. Anyone from California who isn’t listed is rated below them. The US column shows each player’s national rank.

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Top 13-Year-Old Chess Players in California (Sep 2026)
#PlayerUSRatingMove
1Ethan Guo#12,427
2Laurie Qiu#142,237
3Glenn Zhang#232,199
4Sivavishnu Srinivasan#272,177
5Ararat Bagdasarian#312,148
6Pear Xu#512,074
7Zee Chin#552,057
8Zelin Fang#632,023
9Muradhan Emir Sabyrov#672,016
10Vedant Verma#692,012
11Tapas Aarav Natraj#712,010
12Leo H Chen#791,989
13Naga Abhiram Ponnaluri#841,981
14Rohan Daftuar#861,978
14Yuvraj Singh Sawhney#861,978
16Sean Jura#931,964
17Zhuoyuan Wu#941,962
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