Top blitz chess players under 16 in California
The 17 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.
| # | Player | US | Rating | MoveChange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashwin Damaraju | #8 | 2,216 | |
| 2 | Ethan Guo | #9 | 2,215 | |
| 3 | Dylan Tang | #14 | 2,173 | |
| 4 | Ivan Zhou | #20 | 2,147 | |
| 5 | Jashith Karthi | #23 | 2,140 | |
| 6 | Suyuan Gui | #34 | 2,109 | |
| 7 | Sepehr Golsefidy | #38 | 2,102 | |
| 8 | Patrick Peijun Liu | #46 | 2,043 | |
| 9 | Kritin Rohan Gopalakrishnan | #47 | 2,041 | |
| 10 | Sarthak Gattani | #49 | 2,035 | |
| 11 | Benjamin Benchen Tang | #52 | 2,028 | |
| 12 | Felix Guo | #53 | 2,027 | |
| 13 | Rohan Rajaram | #55 | 2,025 | |
| 14 | Sivavishnu Srinivasan | #59 | 2,021 | |
| 15 | Forest J Sherwood | #62 | 2,018 | |
| 15 | Liam Liu | #62 | 2,018 | |
| 17 | Joshua Xia | #84 | 1,963 |