Top 8-year-old girl chess players in New York

The 40 highest-rated players from New York on the national US Chess list for September 2026. Anyone from New York who isn’t listed is rated below them. The US column shows each player’s national rank.

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Top 8-Year-Old Girl Chess Players in New York (Sep 2026)
#	Player	US	Rating
1	Irene Lin	#3	1,470
2	Allison Zhou	#6	1,442
3	Elena Sengupta	#11	1,305
4	Sophia Shihua Li	#16	1,199
5	Ava Jethanamest	#17	1,196
6	Hazel Zeng Chen	#19	1,165
7	Athena Frances Vitticore	#21	1,150
8	Grace Mingyue Li	#22	1,134
9	Yunwoo Kang	#23	1,126
10	Celeste Ara Shin	#26	1,100
11	Emilia Robles	#28	1,085
12	Lorelai X Martinez-Villar	#29	1,063
13	Roni Bayram	#31	1,050
14	Hana Yoshino	#33	1,032
15	Connie Ye	#35	1,027
16	Maya Madhani	#37	992
17	Allison J Lai	#43	972
18	Sienna Lily Sartor	#44	967
19	Hannah Charlotte Kleinhandler	#52	891
20	Beth Ankoma	#58	835
21	June Seo	#59	820
22	Charlize Pao	#60	812
23	Nina Mendon	#61	811
24	Zooey Clementine Lee	#64	791
25	Hadleigh Astorga-Chan	#65	787
26	Kerah Wang	#69	767
27	Rayne Song	#71	755
28	Kate Zhao	#73	749
29	Fia Frances Haydu-scallon	#74	746
30	Yara Alexandria Lahiji	#75	744
31	Ella Crane	#76	735
31	LeeAni Starr Forbes	#76	735
33	Summer Smith	#78	724
34	Mia Lin	#79	720
35	Kira M Zhang	#81	701
36	Isabelle Liu	#82	685
37	Emma Pesce	#83	684
38	Dinah Young	#91	637
39	Isabel Rajendran	#92	633
40	Evangelina Brucelas-Lopes	#97	619

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