Top women online regular chess players in California
The 15 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 | Aksithi Eswaran | #2 | 1,849 | |
| 2 | Lauren Goodkind | #4 | 1,758 | |
| 3 | Esther Jou | #5 | 1,739 | |
| 4 | Avery Yu | #6 | 1,729 | |
| 5 | Jenny Qi | #9 | 1,702 | |
| 6 | Laurie Qiu | #14 | 1,629 | |
| 7 | Tori Porat | #15 | 1,589 | |
| 8 | Vanessa G Zhou | #24 | 1,469 | |
| 9 | Chloe Melissandre Zamojski | #25 | 1,464 | |
| 10 | Rakshita Dhanasekar | #50 | 1,233 | |
| 11 | Anika Sai Karthik | #65 | 1,137 | |
| 12 | Sudhiksha Bankuru | #69 | 1,116 | |
| 13 | Dingding Chen | #73 | 1,079 | |
| 14 | Yulan Wang | #78 | 1,050 | |
| 15 | Monique Balta | #94 | 926 |