NorCal Top 20 JHS & High School (Age 12-17)

Local stars FM Josiah Stearman and FM Rayan Taghizadeh squared off at the
US Cadet (U16) Invitational in San Jose last month. (Credit: BayAreaChess)

NorCal Top 100 Lists and NorCal Top 20 Juniors
August 2018

Rank	Age	Name	USCF	Change	FIDE
1	13	FM Hong, Andrew Z	2454	33	2377
2	14	FM Stearman, Josiah P	2416	111	2346
3	16	FM Taghizadeh, Rayan	2402	-41	2302
4	15	NM Ke, Ivan	2351	37	2238
5	13	FM Daggupati, Balaji	2329	57	2226
6	16	NM Wang, Michael	2323	-15	2133
7	17	WIM Eswaran, Ashritha	2256	52	2243
8	12	NM Wu, Rochelle	2252	141	2094
9	17	NM Ravuri, Vinesh	2239	68	2050
10	13	NM Kolay, Alex	2220	141	2115
11	15	NM Wu, Derek S	2220	161	2050
12	15	nm Murugappan, Ganesh	2193	69	2076
13	17	FM Vasudeva, Tanuj	2184	-2	2013
14	15	Wang, Henry	2182	117	1970
15	15	Feng, Justin	2173	43	1987
16	15	Pan, David	2162	67	1979
17	12	Nathan, Krishna	2152	188	1894
18	17	Wei, Jeffrey	2150	19	1965
19	12	Pan, Kevin	2148	92	2040
20	17	nm Pan, Christopher	2145	-61	2045

• Derived from August 2018 US Chess Top 100 Lists.
• Age as of August 1, 2018.
• Rating Change from August 2017.