Top 8-year-old chess players in New York
The 27 highest-rated players from New York on the national US Chess list for September 2026. Anyone from New York who isn’t listed is rated below them. The US column shows each player’s national rank.
Gender
| # | Player | US | Rating | MoveChange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Goodrich | #4 | 1,845 | |
| 2 | Elvin Gao | #10 | 1,766 | |
| 3 | Brian Liu | #13 | 1,700 | |
| 4 | Hudson Hollins | #21 | 1,607 | |
| 5 | Gordon Sun | #23 | 1,600 | |
| 6 | Maximus A Phillips | #26 | 1,583 | |
| 7 | Dalton Gorczyca | #31 | 1,565 | |
| 8 | Aakash Gajendragadkar | #36 | 1,548 | |
| 9 | Dylan Lam | #43 | 1,509 | |
| 9 | Julian Cho | #43 | 1,509 | |
| 11 | Ethan Rubinstein | #49 | 1,482 | |
| 12 | Sebastian Emilio Alanis | #50 | 1,478 | |
| 13 | Benjamin Abramowitz | #52 | 1,470 | |
| 13 | Irene Lin | #52 | 1,470 | |
| 15 | Adam Dromy | #57 | 1,465 | |
| 16 | Kavi Tandon Ligtenberg | #60 | 1,459 | |
| 17 | Mason Wang | #62 | 1,447 | |
| 18 | Allison Zhou | #64 | 1,442 | |
| 19 | Yitian Zhou-Ma | #67 | 1,436 | |
| 20 | Matias Falk | #69 | 1,431 | |
| 21 | Graham Shlisky | #74 | 1,413 | |
| 22 | Cameron Li | #77 | 1,385 | |
| 23 | Yicheng Zhang | #92 | 1,338 | |
| 24 | Henry Judd Mueller | #95 | 1,332 | |
| 24 | Julien Kulla | #95 | 1,332 | |
| 26 | Lucas Ciraldo | #98 | 1,328 | |
| 27 | Patrick Zhiping Chen | #100 | 1,320 |