Top online regular chess players age 18–49

Official US Chess rankings for September 2026. 85 players are ranked on this list.

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Top Online Regular Chess Players Age 18–49 in the US (Sep 2026)
#PlayerStateRatingMove
1Thalia CervantesMO2,275
2Justin J SarkarNY2,107
3Abhinav ChinnambetiNJ1,954
4Matt ChanCT1,928
5Ted BelanoffME1,862
6Anish LodhIA1,859
7Benjamin Emmanuel HobackAK1,855
8Numa MaltsNJ1,853
9Aksithi EswaranCA1,849
10Arsal GardeziTX1,786
11Kevin HemingwayPA1,768
12Lauren GoodkindCA1,758
13Esther JouCA1,739
14Tyler Shane HugMI1,723
15Pallavi NairTX1,717
16Sanjeev AnandGA1,690
17Aditya PanikkathCA1,671
18Dylan GouldCA1,650
19Connor W IzardNY1,648
20Michael Thomas MarmorsteinNE1,638
21Leteef Z StreetPA1,615
22Evan ZhengHI1,600
23JUSTIN William PaschalOH1,578
24Dale William SomersIL1,576
25Jake NemethCA1,516
26Vinayagaram VaidhyanathanTX1,513
27Kirby LinPA1,504
28Jessica T LauserMO1,500
29Alex StrobehnMI1,497
30Bradley CharlesKY1,486
31pratham uchilaTX1,475
32Vanessa G ZhouCA1,469
33Chloe Melissandre ZamojskiCA1,464
34Christopher Thomas LuizRI1,448
35Joel MartinNY1,445
36Victor Anthony DesotoKY1,440
37John E Shaffer-SpencerOR1,422
37Rodolfo AcostaNM1,422
39Nick DiGiuseppePA1,413
40Viraj Sharad PhadkeNC1,408
41Jacob Marq GoldmanCA1,405
42Andrew GoldfarbNJ1,377
43Alberto PabloIL1,368
44Theodore WilliamsNC1,366
45James CeballosFL1,361
46Justin StewartWI1,338
47Zachary Allen Kamehameha KimHI1,314
48Luke James DucharmeWI1,307
49Harishan Karunenthiran—1,304
49Roy Walter HarwellNC1,304
51Samuel HerfordOR1,294
52Vahe GulCA1,292
53Matthew Lorenz FalesWI1,237
54Gerelt OD TumurkhuyagIL1,222
55Sanjivani PantNC1,193
55Leo MoralesCA1,193
57Raymond FernandezWY1,185
58Eric T KasperWI1,177
59Kent Alexander AshbyMD1,169
60Peri MuthiahTX1,158
61Kage KowalskiIL1,157
62David FirlikPA1,152
63Andrew McintyreMN1,141
64Reginald McLeanWI1,119
65Rodney BrownNM1,116
66Andrew SquitiroLA1,106
67Michael BernierME1,060
68Scott GilbertsonMN1,045
68Sheldan Zachariah KaplanTX1,045
70Chalpati Rao GundumallaNC1,038
71Eric MontroseTX1,034
72Aman ShaikMD1,011
73Eric ArabianMA1,006
74Zhipeng LiCA995
75Carlos ZamudioTX970
76Tyler CraigMA948
77Megan GivensTX945
78Nicholas ManleyMO936
79Michael Todd CreelVA837
80Mathilde Emma Turpin—836
81Kevin MathraniGA829
82Anita RoachVA733
82Yana VillionNY733
84Dan El-DweekND644
85Matthew Jeremy EdlerDE625
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