Top online blitz chess players

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

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Top Online Blitz Chess Players in the US (Sep 2026)
#PlayerStateRatingMove
1Balaji DaggupatiCA2,314
2Thalia CervantesMO2,305
3Vyom VidyarthiCA2,293
4Vidip Kumar KonaWA2,271
5Kent SlateVA2,260
6Ronak HiwaleTX2,245
7Brayan Angel AmayaFL2,226
8Paris PrestiaCA2,218
9Derek ZhangWA2,216
9Matt ChanCT2,216
11Felix GuoCA2,211
11William WuMA2,211
13STEPHEN John WillyWA2,193
14Dylan TangCA2,187
15Thomas LaneVA2,184
16Alec Daniel AimdilokwongIA2,181
17Austin R MeiCA2,170
18Justin Weicheng ZhangIL2,151
19Will MoorhouseVA2,145
20Nathaniel Philip MoorCT2,144
21Lucius MelilloTX2,137
22Justin J SarkarNY2,134
23Jason MarshalSC2,130
24Tanay Ram KurreTX2,128
25Vihaan JammalamadakaWA2,127
26Matthew J O'BrienPA2,119
26Benedict SmailNV2,119
28Ken L ArnoldCA2,111
29Krishna Saketh MutnuriAZ2,107
29Alex XiongCA2,107
31Kushan TyagiIA2,106
32Nehanraj RameshIA2,103
33Nicklas BreskinNY2,091
34Timothy F MccallVA2,090
35Daniel YangTX2,086
36Joshua RamseyFL2,084
37Neil KulkarniCA2,082
38Kishan KarthigeyanNC2,081
39Daniel HermanCO2,079
40Rohan DasCA2,077
41Rafael PalathingalWA2,069
42Sam SchenkVA2,068
43Arsal GardeziTX2,061
44Connor W IzardNY2,040
45Thamizhamuthan AnburajTX2,035
46David ForthofferUT2,034
46Yang YuNC2,034
48Elliott WinslowCA2,031
48Goktug BasNJ2,031
50Advay SingiTX2,030
51Amudan MangudiAZ2,028
52Maxwell BarnesOK2,021
53Gavin ShiWA2,019
54Ronen WilsonVA2,017
55Ted BelanoffME2,006
56Cayden JacksonVA2,003
56John Lucian GoinsFL2,003
58Mike SailerSC2,000
59William Z HeCA1,999
60Paul WonsidlerMO1,991
60Jordan Michael BrewerFL1,991
60Alex NguyenCA1,991
63chris pensoneauCA1,990
64Saharsh Darsh ShettyVA1,989
64Anvith Reddy MarriNJ1,989
66Epiphany M PetersTN1,988
67Kevin J LudwigCA1,985
67Rehaan MalhotraCA1,985
69Shriyan VuyyuruTX1,983
70Yuvraj Singh SawhneyCA1,979
71Jayden WuCA1,967
72Luke CampopianoVA1,958
73Abhinav ChinnambetiNJ1,956
74Nickolas PetersenCO1,953
74Anirudh KumarTX1,953
76Samuel G BaskarrajAL1,952
76Luc William Crim HoffmanNY1,952
78Dave AntonucciGA1,951
78Brian G ChanMD1,951
80Ujwal GarineWA1,949
80Aastik GroverNV1,949
80Sivavishnu SrinivasanCA1,949
83Tanush Srihanuman KomatineniCA1,948
83ROHAN Dileep MenonIL1,948
85Benjamin Gu LinPA1,942
86Alex LiTX1,940
87Sanmay PrakashMI1,936
88Benjamin Emmanuel HobackAK1,934
89Michael Lei WangMI1,932
89Brayden Van de GraaffUT1,932
89Tyler Shane HugMI1,932
92Brandon SustentoTX1,930
93Joao Otavio Benevides DemasiMN1,928
94David M FriedmanOH1,926
95Mark LanceDC1,923
96Benjamin E DurostWI1,921
97William MolinaTX1,919
98Javier SilvaCA1,916
99Jackson ScamehornCA1,914
100Akil Kumar MuruganNJ1,913
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