Top 14-year-old chess players in California

The 21 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 14-Year-Old Chess Players in California (Sep 2026)
#PlayerUSRatingMove
1Patrick Peijun Liu#72,357
2Jashith Karthi#82,337
3Ashwin Damaraju#92,335
4Ivan Zhou#142,258
5Sarthak Gattani#172,222
6Samarth Rajesh Ragavan#222,188
7Jayden Wu#232,181
8Forest J Sherwood#272,173
9Charlie Sun#482,096
10Jackson Scamehorn#532,091
11Evan Shi#552,090
12Oliver Hsiao#562,079
13Nair Ahsan#582,071
14Tony Chen#592,067
15Jenny Qi#612,056
16Sabarish Kailasam#642,044
17David Jin#672,040
18George Huang#682,037
19Marc Bronshtein#792,014
20Kaiwen Yu#911,988
21Ashley Lin#991,971
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