Let’s take a look at the names of some of the stronger chess players in some U.S. states, and we’re talking about children up to age ten. They’re categorized by four age groups. The ratings shown are given by the United States Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), and this is the same system used by adult chess players who compete in rated events in the USA. The lists given by the USCF are the top 100 in each age group, beginning with seven-and-under. The following names are from the first four age groups, boys and girls.
Many other states are well represented by many talented young chess players. The states listed below have a top-three rated youngster in at least one age group.
Arizona
Ten Years Old
Kevin Derek Chor is the third-highest-rated ten-year-old chess player in the United States, at 2155. Two other Arizona children made this top-100 list.
California
Seven-and-under
The seven-year-old Brian Huang is #3, rated 1613. At #5 in this age group is Sriram Krishnakumar, rated 1549. Seventeen other little Californians also made this top-100 list.
Connecticut
Ten Years Old
Maximillian Lu is #2 for this age and is rated 2181.
Florida
Seven-and-under
Marvin Gao is the #1 player in the USA in this age group, rated 1837. Erick Zhao, also from Florida, is #10, with a rating of 1435. Grayson Kenneth Cooke came in #19 at 1358. Five other kids from Florida are also in the top-100 in the country (seven years old and under).
Georgia
Nine Years Old
The highest rated player in the USA in this list is Arthur Guo, at an impressive 2146. One other nine-year-old in Georgia made this list.
Massachusetts
Eight Years Old
Derek Jin is the top eight-year-old in the country, rated 1861. Five other kids from Massachusetts made the top-100 in this group.
New Jersey
Seven-and-under
Abhimanyu Mishra, at 1647, is #2 in this list, with two other kids in New Jersey coming in further down in the top-100 in the USA.
New York
Eight Years Old
Jack E Levine is #3 in the country at 1826, but Adi Murgescu is close behind: #4 at 1799. Twenty-seven other eight-year-old New York players made this list.
Nine Years Old
The #2 spot on this list is Nico Werner Chasin, rated 2053. Nathaniel Lande Shuman, at 1931, is #7. Eighteen other nine-year-old New Yorkers made it to the top-100.
North Carolina
Eight Years Old
Vishnu Vanapalli is the #2 eight-year-old in the USA at 1830. Andrew Bo-Shine Chen is #12 in the United States, rated 1727.
Ohio
Nine Years Old
Jason Yuyang Wang is #3 in the country, for nine-year-olds, at 2039. Three others from Ohio made the USCF rating list for this age.
Texas
Ten Years Old
Justin Wang, rated 2241, is the top ten-year-old in the country. Atreya Vaidya and Daniel Hung, also from Texas, are #5 and #6, rated 2077 and 2060 respectively. Eleven other Texans made the top-100 list for this age.
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