Top blitz chess players

Official US Chess rankings for September 2026. 101 players are ranked on this list.

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Top Blitz Chess Players in the US (Sep 2026)
#PlayerStateRatingMove
1Hikaru NakamuraNY2,910
2Wesley SoMN2,872
3Levon AronianMO2,860
4Fabiano CaruanaFL2,806
5Samuel SevianMA2,755
6Abhimanyu MishraNJ2,746
7Ray RobsonMO2,743
8Grigoriy OparinMO2,735
9Mikhail AntipovTX2,712
10Leinier Dominguez PerezMO2,710
11Sam ShanklandCA2,696
12Awonder LiangWI2,680
13Conrad HoltKS2,673
14Dariusz SwierczMO2,666
15Sergey ErenburgVA2,657
16Aleksandr LendermanNY2,646
17Robert L HessNY2,620
17Elshan MoradiabadiNC2,620
19Yuniesky Quesada PerezMO2,617
20Ethan T SheehanGA2,604
21Varuzhan AkobianMO2,597
22Andrew TangMD2,591
23Robert HungaskiCT2,587
24Ruifeng LiTX2,586
24Alex OnischukTX2,586
26Andy Austin WoodwardTX2,584
27Julio J BecerraFL2,572
28Andrew HongCA2,555
29Christopher Woojin YooCA2,554
30Steven ZierkCA2,543
30Dov GormanNJ2,543
32Raven M SturtNY2,536
33Fidel Corrales JimenezCA2,532
34Brewington HardawayNY2,520
35Joshua E FriedelWI2,519
36Kayden William TroffNC2,506
37Jianchao ZhouMA2,504
38Liam Henry PutnamNY2,483
39Nico Werner ChasinNY2,482
40Sam SchmakelIL2,480
41Maxim DlugyPA2,478
42John BartholomewMN2,468
43Tanitoluwa AdewumiNY2,465
44Mark HeimannCA2,461
45Warren Thomas HarperTX2,451
46Tianqi WangNC2,445
46Bryan Enming LinNY2,445
48Robert ShlyakhtenkoCA2,437
49Aleksandr OstrovskiyNY2,424
50Safal BoraMI2,420
51Aaron GrabinskyVA2,418
52Dachey LinTX2,416
53keaton kiewraCA2,409
54Alexander KatzCA2,406
55James A RizzitanoDE2,397
56Thomas BartellPA2,396
57Daniel M RenschUT2,393
58Levy RozmanNY2,392
59Alex YermolinskySD2,386
60Dmitry GurevichIL2,385
61Joshua PosthumaMI2,384
62Ronald W HenleyFL2,383
63Stuart RachelsAL2,379
64Corey Bryan AcorFL2,377
65Eric Chang LiuTX2,371
65Shelev OberoiTX2,371
67Eric S RosenIL2,368
68Mladen VucicFL2,367
69Anna SargsyanMO2,362
70Daniel CremisiNC2,358
71Josiah StearmanNY2,351
72Joshua ColasNY2,350
73William John DonaldsonCA2,347
74Irina KrushNY2,346
75Andrew LiuMA2,344
76Vincent William StoneFL2,342
77Dennis MonokroussosIN2,341
78Joshua ShengCA2,339
79Walker Kyle GriggsOH2,337
79Anna Zatonskih—2,337
81Zachary Chen TanenbaumCT2,333
82Daniel HeWA2,332
83David BrodskyNY2,329
84Alexander IvanovMA2,326
85Linxi ZhuNY2,322
86Alice Teresa LeeMN2,321
86Nick RaptisOR2,321
88Roberto MiramontesTX2,320
89Gunnar AndersenCO2,319
90Maximillian LuCT2,318
91Kirk GhazarianCA2,314
92Isaac WangCA2,310
93Jeffrey A ReinbergTX2,307
93Nitai LeveNY2,307
95Vidip Kumar KonaWA2,306
96Damir StudenGA2,301
97Paul RichterCO2,299
97Justin PaulVA2,299
99Marcus Ming MiyasakaNY2,294
100Robby AdamsonAZ2,293
100Nicholas RosenthalFL2,293
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