Top chess players

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

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Top Chess Players in the US (Sep 2026)
#PlayerStateRatingMove
1Fabiano CaruanaFL2,863
2Hikaru NakamuraNY2,846
3Wesley SoMN2,837
4Levon AronianMO2,794
5Hans NiemannCT2,783
5Leinier Dominguez PerezMO2,783
7Samuel SevianMA2,772
8Awonder LiangWI2,769
9Andy Austin WoodwardTX2,735
10Jeffery XiongTX2,729
11Ray RobsonMO2,726
12Sam ShanklandCA2,719
13Abhimanyu MishraNJ2,709
14Alex OnischukTX2,706
15Grigoriy OparinMO2,705
16Brandon JacobsonNJ2,700
17Mikhail AntipovTX2,692
18Andrew HongCA2,687
19Yuniesky Quesada PerezMO2,664
20Dariusz SwierczMO2,661
21Christopher Woojin YooCA2,660
22Jianchao ZhouMA2,657
23Andrew TangMD2,645
24Joshua E FriedelWI2,626
25Ruifeng LiTX2,625
26David BrodskyNY2,622
27Vladimir AkopianCA2,618
27Lazaro Bruzon BatistaMO2,618
29Kirk GhazarianCA2,613
30Varuzhan AkobianMO2,606
30Jaan EhlvestNY2,606
32Arthur GuoGA2,605
33Safal BoraMI2,604
34Bryce TiglonWA2,589
35Liam Henry PutnamNY2,588
36Praveen BalakrishnanVA2,583
37Fidel Corrales JimenezCA2,578
37Tanitoluwa AdewumiNY2,578
39Brewington HardawayNY2,575
39Joshua ShengCA2,575
41Aleksandr LendermanNY2,571
42Sam SchmakelIL2,570
43Maxim DlugyPA2,568
44Kayden William TroffNC2,567
45Alexander GoldinIL2,566
46Dimitar MardovIL2,564
47Eric Chang LiuTX2,563
47Jason S LiangOH2,563
49Robert HungaskiCT2,560
50Mark HeimannCA2,559
51Craig HilbyTX2,554
51Alexander StripunskyNJ2,554
53Josiah StearmanNY2,551
54Evan ParkPA2,548
55Sergey ErenburgVA2,545
56Raven M SturtNY2,544
57Erick ZhaoPA2,540
58Nico Werner ChasinNY2,538
59Joel BenjaminNJ2,537
60Alexander FishbeinTN2,536
60Elshan MoradiabadiNC2,536
62Eugene PerelshteynMA2,535
63Sandeep SethuramanAZ2,534
63Gregory KaidanovKY2,534
65Bryan Enming LinNY2,533
66Samrug NarayananMN2,531
66Balaji DaggupatiCA2,531
68Carissa Shiwen YipFL2,524
68Igor NovikovKY2,524
70Alice Teresa LeeMN2,522
71Sharvesh R DeviprasathTX2,521
72Douglas D RootTX2,514
73Mackenzie S MolnerNJ2,508
74Georgi OrlovWA2,504
75Justin ChenNY2,503
76Alexander KatzCA2,501
77Akira Wood NakadaNY2,499
78Harshid KunkaTX2,498
79Yaacov NorowitzNJ2,497
80Maximillian LuCT2,495
80Alexander ShabalovPA2,495
82Julio J BecerraFL2,494
83Daniel FernandezTX2,492
84Robert ShlyakhtenkoCA2,491
85Grayson RorrerTX2,488
86Sean NagleMN2,484
86George LiNY2,484
88Bach NgoFL2,483
88Ethan T SheehanGA2,483
88Warren Thomas HarperTX2,483
91Justus WilliamsMO2,482
92Alexander IvanovMA2,479
93Thomas BartellPA2,475
94Anish VivekananthanTX2,474
94Vyom VidyarthiCA2,474
96Edward SongMI2,473
96Stuart RachelsAL2,473
96Ryo Wenyu ChenTX2,473
99Irina KrushNY2,470
100Jesse KraaiMD2,469
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