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| US Champion Sam Shankland has fun teaching talented kids at the US Chess School. (Credit: US Chess School) |
NorCal Top 20 Adults
September 2018
| Rank | Name | USCF | FIDE |
| 1 | GM Shankland, Sam | 2816 | 2722 |
| 2 | GM Zviad Izoria | 2718 | 2601 |
| 3 | GM Naroditsky, Daniel | 2691 | 2615 |
| 4 | GM Holt, Conrad | 2688 | 2561 |
| 5 | GM Zierk, Steven | 2565 | 2506 |
| 6 | IM Harmon-Vellotti, Luke | 2563 | 2455 |
| 7 | GM Matamoros, Carlos (ECU) | 2561 | 2494 |
| 8 | IM Joshua Sheng | 2550 | 2447 |
| 9 | GM Sevillano, Enrico | 2535 | 2423 |
| 10 | IM Wheeler, Cameron | 2503 | 2406 |
| 11 | IM Liou, Yian | 2499 | 2412 |
| 12 | IM Kavutskiy, Kostya | 2472 | 2424 |
| 13 | SM Hong, Andrew Z | 2467 | 2357 |
| 14 | IM Viswanadha, Kesav | 2457 | 2367 |
| 15 | IM Zilberstein, Dmitry | 2454 | 2378 |
| 16 | IM Coleman, Teddy | 2452 | 2378 |
| 17 | IM Panchanatham, Vignesh | 2451 | 2383 |
| 18 | SM Zhu, Jack Q | 2437 | 2373 |
| 19 | SM Bick, Gabriel | 2429 | 2381 |
| 20 | SM Yoo, Christopher W | 2414 | 2402 |
- Derived from US Chess Rating Lists by State.
- GM Negi moved to Massachusetts.
- GM Holt and GM Sevillano listed under other states.
- Newcomers GM Zierk (welcome back!) and IM Sheng.
- SM Bick enters list after playing abroad for a year.
- GM DeFirmian and IM Donaldson mostly inactive.
