Top 16-year-old chess players in California
The 22 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.
Gender
| # | Player | US | Rating | MoveChange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julian Colville | #5 | 2,465 | |
| 2 | Isaac Wang | #6 | 2,459 | |
| 3 | Bryan Xie | #8 | 2,415 | |
| 4 | Henry Deng | #9 | 2,372 | |
| 5 | Sebastian Suarez | #13 | 2,339 | |
| 6 | Pranav Sathish | #16 | 2,323 | |
| 7 | Andrew Guo | #19 | 2,307 | |
| 8 | Vedant Maheshwari | #22 | 2,266 | |
| 9 | Advay Bansal | #25 | 2,263 | |
| 10 | Nathan Yan | #26 | 2,262 | |
| 11 | Gordon Zhenyu Xu | #32 | 2,236 | |
| 12 | Omya Vidyarthi | #39 | 2,211 | |
| 13 | Leo Q Wang | #50 | 2,170 | |
| 14 | Tori Porat | #51 | 2,169 | |
| 15 | Kanwar Sethi | #53 | 2,158 | |
| 16 | Andersen Yang | #65 | 2,098 | |
| 17 | Imran Champsi | #67 | 2,094 | |
| 18 | William Z He | #80 | 2,067 | |
| 19 | Daniel Videna | #87 | 2,058 | |
| 20 | Evan Jet Lew | #89 | 2,049 | |
| 21 | Anthony Mokhov | #93 | 2,043 | |
| 22 | Akshaj Pulijala | #99 | 2,025 |