Top online regular chess players age 18–49 in California

The 12 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.

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Top Online Regular Chess Players Age 18–49 in California (Sep 2026)
#PlayerUSRatingMove
1Aksithi Eswaran#91,849
2Lauren Goodkind#121,758
3Esther Jou#131,739
4Aditya Panikkath#171,671
5Dylan Gould#181,650
6Jake Nemeth#251,516
7Vanessa G Zhou#321,469
8Chloe Melissandre Zamojski#331,464
9Jacob Marq Goldman#411,405
10Vahe Gul#521,292
11Leo Morales#551,193
12Zhipeng Li#74995
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