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Gainesville's Best Scholastic Chess Players

These lists include ALL scholastic players in Gainesville

Top 10 Current

-As of May 2023 rating supplement
-Must have one rated tournament with last year
Name
Rating
School
Grade
1. Bach Ngo
2402
Buchholz High
9th
2. Abhiram Pothuri*
2103
Lincoln Middle
8th
3. Jason Shen
2079
Buchholz High
10th
4. Nate Ziegler*
1965
​Lincoln Middle
7th
5. Jerry  Yao*
​1900
​Lincoln Middle
8th
6. Sophie Li*
1818
Oak Hall
3rd
7. Ahan Mishra*
1809
Buchholz
12th
8. Jolie Huang*
1801
​Lincoln Middle
8th
9. Andrew Xing*
1656
​Buchholz High
10th
10. Aakash Jani*
1650
​Oak Hall
2nd
Best 25 Ever

-Peak rating while living in Gainesville and enrolled in K-12
-​Since at least 1996
Name
Peak rating
Elem. school
HS grad.
1. ​Bach Ngo
​2415
Williams
2026
2. ​Erick Zhao*
2271
​Williams
2027
3. ​​Abhimanyu Banerjee*
2223
​Williams
2019
4. ​​Cindy Tsai
2190
Hidden Oak
2003
5. ​​​Britt Ryerson
2146
Terwilliger
2000
6. ​​Jason Shen
2118
N.A.**
2025
7. ​​Jackie Liu
2115
​Williams
2019
8. ​​Abhiram Pothuri*
2103
​Williams
2027
9. ​​Cindy Jie*
2084
​Williams
2019
10. ​Samvel Antonyan​
2020
N.A.***
2021
​11. ​Alan Wang*
2003
​Williams
​2021
12. Nate Ziegler*
1997
Oak Hall &​Williams
2028
13. ​Andy Wu*
1977
​Williams
2019
14. Alex Sinnott
1938
​Williams
2014
15. ​Jerry Yao*
1931
​Williams
2027
16. ​James Wnek
1902
Homeschool
2018
17. ​​Harish Vemuri*
1863
​Stephen Foster
2017
18. ​​Ahan Mishra*
1863
​Williams
​2023
19. Jeffrey Lu* 
1844
Williams
2020
20. ​​Sophie Li*
1842
​Oak Hall
2032
21. ​​Grayson Cooke*
1832
​Oak Hall
2026
22. ​​Dylan Yu*
1812
​Williams
2027
23. ​​Jolie Huang*
1812
Williams
2027
24. ​​Kjell Ryerson
1806
Terwilliger
2002
25. David Liu
1782
Williams
2021
*studied/studies with Coach Britt at Logic Lab
**Jason moved to Gainesville at the beginning of 6th grade
***Samvel moved to Gainesville at the beginning of 10th grade
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#2 Best Ever Erick Zhao
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Jerry Yao (L) and Abhiram Pothuri
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After the simul against Victor from Chess-Steps
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Erick
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This happy group won prizes at the Amateur Team South
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Andrew
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The team in action at the Amateur Team South
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Jerry
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