Top 9-year-old chess players

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

Gender
IncludeUS residentsAny federation
Top 9-Year-Old Chess Players in the US (Sep 2026)
#PlayerStateRatingMove
1Mehmet YilanliOH2,066
2Renae ChenCA2,047
3Winston Ruiying ChenNY2,015
4Brian YeCA2,010
4Akim LivinskyiOH2,010
6Devansh VellankiMA1,962
7Charles B BernsteinNY1,958
8Darren WuNY1,955
9Charlotte Tai-En ChangNY1,953
10Max MulhollandNY1,948
11Grayson XiangNY1,946
12Matthew ZhangCA1,945
13Emily Jiaying TangIL1,939
14Kiaan DesaiOH1,891
15Brian DaiCT1,877
16Samir P SalemKY1,848
17Davin M NguyenCA1,842
18Kaihan LiuCA1,832
19Mahith BalamuraliTX1,809
20Khabir MuhammadNC1,803
21Viaan KhandelwalCO1,800
22Arthit DasguptaPA1,782
23Taylor LiuCA1,780
23Mustafa MuhammadNC1,780
25Advaithkrishna RajeshkannaTX1,771
25William ZhengAZ1,771
27Harrison MosconaNY1,766
28Harrison CaiNY1,753
29Winnie Tsuchida-TomashevskyNY1,752
30Brooks JiangMA1,733
31Leonardo LienCA1,731
32Ridhaan DandeFL1,730
33Jerry LiangNY1,725
34Evan Sebastian MillerNY1,721
35Preston LiuNY1,713
36Viaan ChaudharyPA1,710
37Leo CaoNJ1,702
38Johann JayabarathSC1,699
39Aaron Benjamin NoshadiCA1,685
40Jack TangMO1,679
41Jordan KimNY1,678
42Loida Cheng GuoWA1,674
43Avrora OkonovaNY1,670
44Mark XuNJ1,665
45Ratul Rahula KrishnanKS1,661
46Skandha RajWA1,655
47Khesav PrabhuCA1,651
48Harvey WangWA1,646
49Jeevesh KonetiMI1,637
50Jayden JinTX1,626
51Usara MadirawalageTX1,613
52Tristan ZhangNC1,612
53Brandon LiNY1,610
54Zhaoqijun GongMI1,608
55Gal ReichfeldPA1,606
56Aarush DolliIN1,605
57Sai Viraj SalgutiOH1,604
58Jacob Ernest BleibergNY1,603
59Abeer SethiNJ1,602
60Tamiliniyan PadmanabanCA1,601
60Neeraj RaoCA1,601
62Nathaniel Githin KoshyTX1,598
63Coeus LiFL1,594
64Teddy MazurMO1,586
65Lohith Sharan LokeshVA1,585
66Everett GongNY1,584
67Maxim RowlandCT1,581
68Jackson LiuNY1,574
69Ashwath PradeepCA1,573
70Evelyn Youran LiuNY1,571
71Luca Iuga MartyanovNC1,569
72Jacob MishurisMA1,568
73Noah ChenNY1,567
73Mikhail LagzdinWA1,567
73Atharv UpadrastaTX1,567
76Bo-Yuan Nathan WangNJ1,566
77Satyarjit JandhyalaNJ1,564
78Ethan ChenCA1,562
79Aiden LiuAZ1,553
80Darren ZhangNY1,549
81Ryan ChangNY1,546
82Beckett Houston LaschTX1,545
83Shyra NigamPA1,542
84Moksh MuppallaTX1,521
85George WillseyNC1,518
86Max MengIN1,507
87Andrew Thomas DeutschCA1,503
88Vasu P VarunNY1,502
89Pranav Reddy SridharTX1,501
90Harrison HarschNY1,499
91Aiden Zijia XuCA1,498
92Christian HardyCO1,493
93Elina Umi KhudyevWA1,491
94Laksha VigneshTX1,487
95Halo NomuraNY1,484
96Mithran RaajaNC1,469
97Adam YeNJ1,468
98Azariah ChenCA1,466
98Sofia ByelashovaWA1,466
100Shrinika MusuluriNC1,463
Register or renew your US Chess membershipYou need a current membership to play in rated tournaments. Chess67’s guided form takes a few minutes.Get a membership
Chess67 DiscordChat with the Chess67 community.Open Find a chess tournamentUpcoming events near you.Browse Find a chess clubClubs and meetups near you.Browse