US Junior Championship 2025 features the top USA junior chess players – Abhimanyu Mishra (2697), Andy Woodward (2627), Justin Wang (2619), Brewington Hardaway (2589), Kirk Ghazarian (2575), Sharvesh Deviprasath (2539), Evan Park (2523), Sandeep Sethuraman (2508), Nico Chasin (2515), and Grayson Rorrer (2510). The US Junior Championship 2025 is among the top events of the month of the Junior Chess Calendar , part of The Chess Calendar.
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U.S. Junior Championship
With five of the players currently ranked within the top 50 juniors in the world, this year’s U.S. Junior Championship will feature a field of competitive prodigies including Grandmaster (GM) Abhimanyu Mishra, the youngest ever to earn the GM title and the highest rated American Junior, as well as teenage GM’s Andy Woodward and Brewington Hardaway.
Along with winning the title, players will be competing to win a piece of the $75,000 prize fund and the coveted invitation to the U.S. Championship later this year.
2025 U.S. Junior Championship Field
Name
Age
Qualification Method
Invitational Rating
Hometown
GM Abhimanyu Mishra
16
Rating
2697
Englishtown, NJ
GM Andy Woodward
15
Rating
2627
McKinney, TX
IM Justin Wang
20
Rating
2619
Katy, TX
GM Brewington Hardaway
16
Rating
2589
Bronx, NY
GM Kirk Ghazarian
19
Rating
2575
Coto De Caza, CA
FM Sharvesh Deviprasath
19
Rating
2539
Coppell, TX
IM Evan Park
17
2024 U.S. Junior Open Champion
2523
Pittsburgh, PA
IM Sandeep Sethuraman
18
2024 Denker Tournament of High School Champion
2508
Stanford, CA
IM Nico Chasin
19
Wildcard
2515
New York, NY
IM Grayson Rorrer
19
Rating
2510
Lockhart, TX