Top 9-year-old chess players in California
The 16 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 | Renae Chen | #2 | 2,047 | |
| 2 | Brian Ye | #4 | 2,010 | |
| 3 | Matthew Zhang | #12 | 1,945 | |
| 4 | Davin M Nguyen | #17 | 1,842 | |
| 5 | Kaihan Liu | #18 | 1,832 | |
| 6 | Taylor Liu | #23 | 1,780 | |
| 7 | Leonardo Lien | #31 | 1,731 | |
| 8 | Aaron Benjamin Noshadi | #39 | 1,685 | |
| 9 | Khesav Prabhu | #47 | 1,651 | |
| 10 | Tamiliniyan Padmanaban | #60 | 1,601 | |
| 10 | Neeraj Rao | #60 | 1,601 | |
| 12 | Ashwath Pradeep | #69 | 1,573 | |
| 13 | Ethan Chen | #78 | 1,562 | |
| 14 | Andrew Thomas Deutsch | #87 | 1,503 | |
| 15 | Aiden Zijia Xu | #91 | 1,498 | |
| 16 | Azariah Chen | #98 | 1,466 |