Top chess players under 21

Official US Chess rankings for September 2026. 102 players are ranked on this list.

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Top Chess Players Under 21 in the US (Sep 2026)
#PlayerStateRatingMove
1Andy Austin WoodwardTX2,735
2Abhimanyu MishraNJ2,709
3Christopher Woojin YooCA2,660
4Kirk GhazarianCA2,613
5Arthur GuoGA2,605
6Liam Henry PutnamNY2,588
7Tanitoluwa AdewumiNY2,578
8Brewington HardawayNY2,575
9Dimitar MardovIL2,564
10Jason S LiangOH2,563
10Eric Chang LiuTX2,563
12Evan ParkPA2,548
13Erick ZhaoPA2,540
14Nico Werner ChasinNY2,538
15Sandeep SethuramanAZ2,534
16Bryan Enming LinNY2,533
17Alice Teresa LeeMN2,522
18Sharvesh R DeviprasathTX2,521
19Harshid KunkaTX2,498
20Maximillian LuCT2,495
21Bach NgoFL2,483
21Ethan T SheehanGA2,483
23Vyom VidyarthiCA2,474
24Ryo Wenyu ChenTX2,473
25Julian ColvilleCA2,465
26Siddharth SinghTX2,460
27Isaac WangCA2,459
28Eddy TianNJ2,455
28Gus HustonNY2,455
30Joseph LevineWA2,452
31Rachael LiTX2,447
32Vishnu VanapalliNC2,434
33Aditeya DasNY2,431
34Eric Yuhan LiCA2,430
35Ethan GuoCA2,427
35Derek ClasbyNJ2,427
37Zoey TangOR2,419
38Rose AtwellCA2,418
38James ChirilovNC2,418
40Ryan SunMA2,417
41Lucas JiangCA2,415
41Bryan XieCA2,415
43Harshin Reddy JagirapuNM2,403
44Roshan SethuramanAZ2,402
45Aryan GutlaTX2,400
46Sullivan Mac McConnellCO2,399
47Andrew JingDE2,396
48Linxi ZhuNY2,393
49Lucius MelilloTX2,392
50Andrew JiangGA2,391
51Logan C ShaferTX2,389
52Dylan TangCA2,388
53Sam LugerNY2,385
53Paris PrestiaCA2,385
55Tejas RamaNJ2,382
56Avi Harrison KaplanIL2,376
56Kagan UzGA2,376
58Ted WangWA2,372
58Henry DengCA2,372
60Brejesh ChakrabartiFL2,370
61kyle zhuangVA2,368
62Artemii KhanbutaevIL2,367
63Elbert FangTX2,364
64Jesse RenMI2,363
65Qi PangNY2,357
65Patrick Peijun LiuCA2,357
65Marvin GaoFL2,357
68Sharath RadhakrishnanOH2,356
68Jasmine SuCT2,356
70Austin R MeiCA2,355
71Tommy WenCA2,354
72David GasparyanCA2,351
73Luke WidjajaCA2,345
74Donald JohnsonNC2,344
74Kent SlateVA2,344
76Kannan VaidyanathanNY2,340
76Nathaniel MullodzhanovNY2,340
78Sebastian SuarezCA2,339
78Aryan AchuthanCA2,339
80Narayan VenkateshNJ2,338
80Ming LuCA2,338
82Megan Althea ParaguaNY2,337
82Jashith KarthiCA2,337
82Anant AduryOH2,337
85Rohan RajaramCA2,336
86Ashwin DamarajuCA2,335
87Nitesh CherukuriMD2,333
88Vijay Srinivas AnandhTX2,332
89Haari MuthukumarNJ2,331
90Jayden H LeeAZ2,329
90Eshan GuhaNJ2,329
92Rochelle WuCA2,327
93Evan SammonsKY2,326
94STEPHEN John WillyWA2,324
95Jacorey BynumFL2,323
95Pranav SathishCA2,323
95Tyson BradyVA2,323
98Shaaketh SivakumarCA2,321
99Iris MouNY2,320
99William SafranekNY2,320
99Matthew Guo DiaoVA2,320
99Nikash VemparalaWA2,320
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