Top 16-year-old chess players

Official US Chess rankings for September 2026. 100 players are ranked on this list.

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Top 16-Year-Old Chess Players in the US (Sep 2026)
#PlayerStateRatingMove
1Andy Austin WoodwardTX2,735
2Eric Chang LiuTX2,563
3Alice Teresa LeeMN2,522
4Ryo Wenyu ChenTX2,473
5Julian ColvilleCA2,465
6Isaac WangCA2,459
7Rachael LiTX2,447
8Bryan XieCA2,415
9Henry DengCA2,372
10Brejesh ChakrabartiFL2,370
11Jesse RenMI2,363
12Nathaniel MullodzhanovNY2,340
13Sebastian SuarezCA2,339
14Narayan VenkateshNJ2,338
15STEPHEN John WillyWA2,324
16Pranav SathishCA2,323
17Nikash VemparalaWA2,320
17Matthew Guo DiaoVA2,320
19Andrew GuoCA2,307
20Steve WongsoAZ2,302
21Anshul P ShettyIL2,275
22Vedant MaheshwariCA2,266
22Tim ShvartsNY2,266
24Sunav AdhikariOH2,264
25Advay BansalCA2,263
26Nathan YanCA2,262
27Ethan LiuNC2,249
28Will MoorhouseVA2,248
29Neeraj HarishWA2,245
30Maahir Minesh PatelNJ2,243
31Anjaneya Sripathy RaoIL2,237
32Jason JiangNY2,236
32Gordon Zhenyu XuCA2,236
34Abhiram Sai PothuriFL2,229
34Austin TangOR2,229
36Lohit Krishna Narayana PolisettiTX2,227
37Nicholas BelenkyNY2,226
38Owen LevineVA2,215
39Omya VidyarthiCA2,211
40Derek HeathWA2,208
40Jon YangAZ2,208
42Luke O HengenNE2,206
43Aaron MarianFL2,202
44Chris Ping LiuKY2,191
45Alexander ZhuAZ2,190
46Steve AlappattNC2,187
47Aayush WadhwaKS2,186
48Faris ZafarTX2,184
49Kyle CheungNY2,181
50Leo Q WangCA2,170
51Tori PoratCA2,169
51Debarghya DasIL2,169
53Kanwar SethiCA2,158
54Gurru MuthukumaranPA2,156
55Ty DutoitHI2,149
56Shreyan SarangiUT2,147
57Gabriel Paramonos BroylesAZ2,144
57Timothy XieNJ2,144
59Vidyuth KameshMO2,143
60Michael ZhangAZ2,133
61Arav SrivastavaVA2,122
62Bohan WangMA2,121
63Brandon SustentoTX2,114
64Siddarth Sriaditya KunapuliOH2,109
65Andersen YangCA2,098
66ROHAN Dileep MenonIL2,097
67Imran ChampsiCA2,094
68Cuihan MaNC2,091
68Vyas VishalUT2,091
70Evan BatesTX2,088
71Jericho D. CarlsonMA2,086
72Mack Ibosh LevineAZ2,079
73Ashvath KrishnanVA2,078
74Aarna Nitin WarekarFL2,077
75Jude Bae TorrensPA2,075
75Yaseen OsmanFL2,075
77Namish KondabathiniNC2,073
78Gabriel XiongOH2,072
78Cannon FarragutFL2,072
80William Z HeCA2,067
80Jason BaiCT2,067
82Aren C EmrikianIL2,066
83Adhiraiyan Murugan AyyappanVA2,065
83Harishkumar KarthikeyanWA2,065
85Timur TurbaIL2,060
85Ridhi Varma DanduproluAZ2,060
87Daniel VidenaCA2,058
88Evelyn QiaoGA2,054
89Evan Jet LewCA2,049
90Saharsh Darsh ShettyVA2,046
90Saurav SkandaAZ2,046
92Eshwar KothapalliNC2,044
93Anthony MokhovCA2,043
93Gabriel RazmovWA2,043
95Avanni RichardsonNC2,037
96Saahil GuptaOR2,032
97Nikolay AvdokhinMA2,030
98Rayhan RiazMA2,029
99Akshaj PulijalaCA2,025
100Jamie Zhongyun ZhuWA2,024
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