Top 8-year-old chess players

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

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Top 8-Year-Old Chess Players in the US (Sep 2026)
#PlayerStateRatingMove
1Ruben Yanmi QuintansGA2,123
2Matthew WangCA1,869
3Jayaditya Reddy PittuSC1,860
4Sebastian GoodrichNY1,845
5Varun Karthik TuragaCA1,830
6Lakshan GaneshTX1,821
7Akhil GopuTX1,817
8Srihan KomarinaIL1,814
9Easton RenWA1,788
10Elvin GaoNY1,766
11Dario NeshvadianFL1,751
12Anay VaddadiCA1,706
13Brian LiuNY1,700
14Arjun Rao KorukantiCA1,692
15Ethan LiIL1,686
16Jason LiOH1,668
17Rihaan RahulOR1,658
18Aiden HuangCA1,646
19Anbu Chezhiyan MuthooTX1,627
20Ryan LaiWA1,623
21Hudson HollinsNY1,607
22Arjun Sai RepalleKS1,602
23Gordon SunNY1,600
24Aadvik IyerNJ1,588
25Hanwen LuNC1,587
26Maximus A PhillipsNY1,583
27Vivaan Krishna SankrithiWA1,582
27Christian MeadorsDE1,582
29Jonathan DaiCA1,577
30Ethan WangOH1,570
31Dalton GorczycaNY1,565
31Druv BalamuruganSC1,565
33Nathan Mao ChenTX1,562
34Neil Zion JosephCA1,559
35Samuel Allen SalivaCA1,552
36Aakash GajendragadkarNY1,548
37Justin PangCA1,547
38Ethan LuAZ1,532
39Vedu KoyyalamudiNJ1,526
40Parth ShettyVA1,525
41Zihe Zachary ZhaoCA1,519
42Felix HanWA1,510
43Dylan LamNY1,509
43Julian ChoNY1,509
45Mokshith Kumar MallapuOR1,497
46Shashwath SabarishWI1,496
47Samik KulkarniWA1,492
47Aryan PandeWA1,492
49Ethan RubinsteinNY1,482
50Sebastian Emilio AlanisNY1,478
51Dhriti SinghFL1,475
52Benjamin AbramowitzNY1,470
52Irene LinNY1,470
54Sarayu ThalapaneniTX1,469
55Tim LiNJ1,467
55Vidhaath SasisekarGA1,467
57Anton VassilievFL1,465
57Adam DromyNY1,465
59Maeser Daniel ChangPA1,463
60Kavi Tandon LigtenbergNY1,459
61Adhvik Sai AvadhanamCA1,455
62Mason WangNY1,447
63Stella CaoMD1,443
64Allison ZhouNY1,442
65Noah ShaikhNJ1,440
66Grace Lingxin YanNC1,439
67Vihaandev VigneshNC1,436
67Yitian Zhou-MaNY1,436
69Matias FalkNY1,431
70Ethan IngCT1,428
71Siddhishree SundaramCO1,422
72Prateek GopisettyVA1,417
73Ish DeshmaneTX1,414
74Graham ShliskyNY1,413
75Pranav BalachandarAZ1,397
76Annika ManchandaTX1,396
77Cameron LiNY1,385
78Siqi ChenTX1,380
79Dhivin Aarith IyyappanPA1,375
80Issa AituarTX1,373
81Hyindhav MurugeshPA1,371
82Aiden YangPA1,368
83Aarav Sodhani RathiNJ1,367
84Viaan Ishan GhoshNJ1,366
85Hugh ShuiAZ1,359
86Jackson MetrovichTX1,358
87Yi LiCA1,356
88Arjun PatilCA1,354
88Avyaan PrasadNC1,354
90Atul SrinivasanWA1,348
91Jeremiah TangIN1,339
92Yicheng ZhangNY1,338
93Rihaan AnbalaganTX1,336
94Raghav ManivelanIL1,333
95Henry Judd MuellerNY1,332
95Julien KullaNY1,332
97Skyler QinWA1,329
98Tian YuNC1,328
98Lucas CiraldoNY1,328
100Patrick Zhiping ChenNY1,320
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