A whopping ten Northern California juniors are ranked on the USCF Top 100 Juniors (U21) list for October. After an amazing streak of success this summer, CalChess State Champion FM Sam Shankland, standing in front of the demo board at right, has cracked the top 10. This total does not include a pair of talented college freshmen from Southern California and another from Texas who now attend local universities. Congratulations to all these young men!How does our state compare to others? New York, which boasts 17 players on the Top 100 Juniors, including the top four (GM Nakamura, IM Hess, IM Lenderman and IM Milman). Texas has 11 ranked players, mostly due to recruiting by chess programs at several universities. Southern California is tied with CalChess at 10 each. No other state has more than a half dozen, with New Jersey at 5 and Florida at 4.
- #9 FM Sam Shankland, 16
- #11 FM Elliott Liu, 18 (from Southern California)
- #19 FM Daniel Naroditsky, 12
- #24 NM Nicolas Yap, 18
- #27 NM Daniel Schwarz, 18
- #33 NM Julian Landaw, 18 (from Southern California)
- #38 NM Matthew Ho, 20
- #43 NM Drake Wang, 18
- #48 NM Steven Zierk, 15
- #53 NM Gregory Young, 13
- #73 NM Nicholas Nip, 10
- #97 Rohan Agarwal, 15
- #97 Jimmy Heiserman, 19 (from Texas)
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