Top blitz chess players under 16

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

Gender
Top Blitz Chess Players Under 16 in the US (Sep 2026)
#PlayerStateRatingMove
1Tanitoluwa AdewumiNY2,465
2Bryan Enming LinNY2,445
3Linxi ZhuNY2,322
4Vidip Kumar KonaWA2,306
5Artemii KhanbutaevIL2,229
6Ted WangWA2,224
6Andrew JingDE2,224
8Ashwin DamarajuCA2,216
9Ethan GuoCA2,215
10Chenxuan LingNY2,205
11Alexander JasinskiFL2,202
12Andrew JiangGA2,186
13Rafael PalathingalWA2,175
14Dylan TangCA2,173
15Kevin ZhaoMA2,172
16Roshan SethuramanAZ2,165
16Santhosh AyyappanTX2,165
18Megan Althea ParaguaNY2,157
19Harshin Reddy JagirapuNM2,151
20Ivan ZhouCA2,147
21Siddharth SinghTX2,143
21Sharath RadhakrishnanOH2,143
23Jashith KarthiCA2,140
24Andrew WuNC2,139
25Lev ShanginNY2,138
26kyle zhuangVA2,132
27Sri BondalapatiNC2,127
27Elliott GoodrichNY2,127
29Priyansh GargNY2,124
30Dattasai KilariMA2,122
31Nehanraj RameshIA2,118
32Elbert FangTX2,114
33Julian JosephTX2,110
34Suyuan GuiCA2,109
35Vihaan JammalamadakaWA2,108
36Jasmine SuCT2,105
37Aditeya DasNY2,103
38Sepehr GolsefidyCA2,102
39Viyaan Krishna DoddapaneniNJ2,095
40William WuMA2,089
41Landon MeadorsDE2,079
42Saharsh SantoshGA2,074
43Alex Haoning ChuNC2,069
43Sam LugerNY2,069
45Zachary PanMA2,054
46Patrick Peijun LiuCA2,043
47Kritin Rohan GopalakrishnanCA2,041
47Kushagra BhargavaCT2,041
49Aidan BakerIL2,035
49Sarthak GattaniCA2,035
51Daniel YangTX2,031
52Benjamin Benchen TangCA2,028
53Felix GuoCA2,027
53Tarun SankarAZ2,027
55Lucas LuNY2,025
55Rohan RajaramCA2,025
57Joshua MengTX2,024
57Wyatt WongNY2,024
59Sivavishnu SrinivasanCA2,021
60Armaan Chandragupta JainNY2,020
61Aiden Linyuan LiIL2,019
62Forest J SherwoodCA2,018
62Liam LiuCA2,018
64Justin LeeNY2,014
65Eshaan HebbarNJ2,013
66Jordan Michael BrewerFL2,004
67Jason MarshalSC2,003
68Ashwin Iranian Prabhu KumarOH2,000
68John AbrahamKY2,000
70Eric Alexander DumitruTX1,996
71Aayansh GuntakaAZ1,994
72Vivan Prakash MulayFL1,990
73Kyle Yiwen WangTX1,986
74Matthew TikhomirovIL1,984
74Krishna K RallabandiNC1,984
76Hrishikesh Sai VedulaNH1,979
77Oliver RanaKS1,978
78Sriansh KattaNC1,977
79Rohan LeeNY1,976
80Srihas Sai Sarvesh MaddipatiTX1,974
81Aayansh PramanikNJ1,972
82Yang YuNC1,967
83Aayansh SamantaPA1,965
84Joshua XiaCA1,963
85Benjamin Gu LinPA1,962
86Artin AtoufiAZ1,960
87Ryan ZhouMN1,958
87Ananya WadhwaKS1,958
87Luca Giorgio TessioreWA1,958
87Armaan SinghviTN1,958
91Advik PrasannaNC1,951
92Nikhil RamkumarWA1,950
93Wesley LuoPA1,948
94Rishith BhoopathiNJ1,946
95Anvith Reddy MarriNJ1,942
95Tariq YuePA1,942
97Sasha Milo SchaeferNY1,940
98Vihaan PendseNC1,935
99Varun IyengarOR1,934
100Austin ZhaoNY1,928
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