Top women chess players

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

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Top Women Chess Players in the US (Sep 2026)
#PlayerStateRatingMove
1Carissa Shiwen YipFL2,524
2Alice Teresa LeeMN2,522
3Irina KrushNY2,470
4Rachael LiTX2,447
5Tatev AbrahamyanMO2,444
6Zoey TangOR2,419
7Rose AtwellCA2,418
8Jennifer R YuVA2,409
9Anna SargsyanMO2,403
10Nazi PaikidzeNV2,400
11Anna Zatonskih—2,388
12Jasmine SuCT2,356
13Megan Althea ParaguaNY2,337
14Atousa PourkashiyanCA2,328
15Rochelle WuCA2,327
16Iris MouNY2,320
17Ashritha EswaranCA2,317
18Megan LeeWA2,316
19Thalia CervantesMO2,311
20Yanira Vigoa ApechecheFL2,290
21Sabina-Francesca FoisorKY2,270
22Anjelina BelakovskaiaAZ2,245
23Laurie QiuCA2,237
24Maggie FengOH2,236
25Liulia CardonaAZ2,232
26Ellen Luojia WangNY2,228
27Prathiba GounderNH2,225
28Omya VidyarthiCA2,211
29Chloe GawNY2,206
30Aimee YangPA2,203
30Irene FeiIA2,203
32Beatriz MarinelloNY2,200
33Natalya TsodikovaCA2,189
34Lacey WangCT2,186
35Tori PoratCA2,169
36Jessica HyattNY2,168
37Sanjana VittalNJ2,161
38Abby MarshallNY2,140
39Sophie LiFL2,136
40Clara McgrewMI2,129
41Olga SagalchikNY2,125
42Keya JhaOH2,123
43Kelsey LiuMA2,120
44Stella XinNY2,116
45Shreya B MangalamIL2,113
46Madeline L WeberWI2,110
47Julia Elizabeth SloanNY2,100
48Shama YisraelFL2,097
49Alice ChovanecNY2,090
50Avery YuCA2,088
51Arabella FangNY2,087
52Aksithi EswaranCA2,079
53Anika RajaramCA2,078
54Aarna Nitin WarekarFL2,077
55Celine ChenNC2,076
56Elizabeth ZhouNY2,074
56Pear XuCA2,074
58Shuyi HanWA2,072
59Chloe WangPA2,065
60Gaofei WangIL2,061
61Ridhi Varma DanduproluAZ2,060
62Kimberly LiuNY2,056
62Jenny QiCA2,056
64Evelyn QiaoGA2,054
65Wan Qin LiNY2,052
65Anupama Shashikala RajendraWI2,052
67Epiphany M PetersTN2,051
68Chouchanik AirapetianWA2,050
69Renae ChenCA2,047
70Devina DevagharanTX2,043
71Veronique JosephWA2,040
72Esther JouCA2,039
73Laura ZhangNC2,030
74Aria HoesleyIL2,026
75Rebecca CortezIL2,025
76Angelina VermaMD2,024
77Jocelyn ChenCA2,023
78Allyson YuNY2,022
79Yangyang ShenTX2,021
80Anjana ThottimpudiOH2,019
80Jolie HuangFL2,019
80Sahana AravindakshanNJ2,019
83Aradh KaurWI2,017
84Sunny ZhangTX2,015
85Jessica Shor RegamPA2,011
85Ananya WadhwaKS2,011
85Elizabeth XiaIL2,011
88Caroline Q JiangMD2,009
89Vanessa G ZhouCA2,006
90Ivona JezierskaCA2,005
90ELIZABETH Zoe SpiegelNY2,005
92Trishona Vinodh KumarNC2,002
93Nicole ZlotchevskyNY2,000
93Dorothy TeasleyNY2,000
93Alexey RootTX2,000
96Aasa DommalapatiVA1,998
96Kamatchi MuthuPA1,998
98Joy ZhangRI1,994
99Jennifer Skidmore SmithMI1,991
100Nishka Sree DoddapaneniNJ1,986
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