Top 8-year-old chess players in California
The 13 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.
| # | Player | US | Rating | MoveChange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Wang | #2 | 1,869 | |
| 2 | Varun Karthik Turaga | #5 | 1,830 | |
| 3 | Anay Vaddadi | #12 | 1,706 | |
| 4 | Arjun Rao Korukanti | #14 | 1,692 | |
| 5 | Aiden Huang | #18 | 1,646 | |
| 6 | Jonathan Dai | #29 | 1,577 | |
| 7 | Neil Zion Joseph | #34 | 1,559 | |
| 8 | Samuel Allen Saliva | #35 | 1,552 | |
| 9 | Justin Pang | #37 | 1,547 | |
| 10 | Zihe Zachary Zhao | #41 | 1,519 | |
| 11 | Adhvik Sai Avadhanam | #61 | 1,455 | |
| 12 | Yi Li | #87 | 1,356 | |
| 13 | Arjun Patil | #88 | 1,354 |