Here are the current L.A. Chess Ladder standings. Importantly, they are regularly updated as challenges and tournaments are played, and new members join. To challenge a player, visit the directory to get that player’s contact info.
However, you must be inside the top 20 in order to challenge the top 10 ranked players on the LA Chess Ladder! In addition, you must be inside the top 10 in order to challenge the #1 ranked player. Good luck everyone!
As of 5/7/2024
Rank
Player
City
1
Kyle Barry
Cedarpines Park
2
Arnel Odero
Los Angeles
3
Joshua Woods
North Hollywood
4
Taja Delijani
Los Angeles
5
Joseph Gurrola
Hawthorne
6
Yaroslav Baranov
Sherman Oak
7
Rob Rosenberg
Los Angeles
8
Sergei Mateorov
Hollywood
9
Bryan Rivera
Downtown L.A.
10
Dolev Kravitz
Los Angeles
11
Russell Balcom
Los Angeles
12
Gerald Ruiz
Burbank
13
Darren Himeles
Santa Clarita
14
Dave Matson
Pasadena
15
Tim Estle
West Hills
16
Jonathan Cooper
Los Angeles
17
Jose Estrada
Van Nuys
18
Micah Margolin
Los Angeles
19
Ryan Tanner
Woodland Hills
20
Aman Madhav
Los Angeles
21
Carlos Chavez
Los Angeles
22
Jay Stallings
Santa Clarita
23
Pedram Malek
Los Angeles
24
Tim Abadilla
Tujunga
25
Elliot Murokh
Los Angeles
26
Harold Pierre
Santa Clarita
27
Kia Mirnoori
Woodland Hills
28
Stephen Morelock
Northridge
29
Jovan Radenkovic
Encino
30
Matthew Picinic
Valencia
31
Raphael Mimoun
Korea Town
32
Neil Arnett
West Hills
33
Alex Gilad
Los Angeles
34
Jim Castro
Santa Clarita
35
Mark Goleski
Los Angeles
36
Richard Ahorro
Santa Clarita
37
Peter Selvin
Los Angeles
38
Peymon Nasseri
Sherman Oaks
39
Jordan Vasseur
Hollywood
40
Alfredo Simbajon
Los Angeles
41
Kira Baranova
Sherman Oaks
42
Rox Osados
Van Nuys
43
Vincent Amaya
Hollywood
44
Amit Bhagwat
Mar Vista
45
Erik Spencer
Culver City
46
Landon Hu
Santa Clarita
47
Forest Sherwood
Manhattan Beach
48
Sabrina Shenker
Los Angeles
49
Sean Hall
Santa Clarita
50
Rasa Mirnoori
Woodland Hills
51
Onye Egbuta
Playa del Rey
52
Dario Sanai
Los Angeles
53
Quinn Madaus
Korea Town
54
Eric Carlson
Korea Town
55
Phil Warther
Downtown L.A.
56
Marina K.
Glendale
57
Sam Kennedy
Los Angeles
58
Anthony Householder
Los Angeles
59
Jay Allen
Hermosa Beach
60
Ulises Garcia
Los Angeles
61
Oscar Sackaroff
Hawthorne
62
Angel Navedo
Redondo Beach
63
David Teplow
Encino
64
Eric Youngquist
Los Angeles
65
Drake Phillips
Venice
66
Waylon Ford
Los Angeles
67
Yamin Rashid
Los Angeles
68
Massimo Risquez
Los Angeles
69
Benjamin Hananel
Chatsworth
70
Cooper Chenn
Los Angeles
71
Roman Lyssov
Los Angeles
72
David Franklin
Los Angeles
73
Nathan Nolan
Los Angeles
74
Diego Monroy
Los Angeles
75
Houtan Delijani
Los Angeles
76
Matthew Arcilla
North Hills
77
Dante Holly
Los Angeles
78
Alex Saletta
Granada Hills
79
Kumar Venkataramani
Pasadena
80
Manny Perez
Los Angeles
81
Mathew F
Korea Town
82
Reyansh Varma
Torrance
83
Glenn Cravens
Los Angeles
84
CJ Dunnick
Hawthorne
85
Nick White
Los Angeles
86
Adam Matthew
Hollywood
87
Aidan Casey
Los Angeles
88
Reed Bernet
South Pasadena
89
Nathan Mosher
Los Angeles
90
Kevin Kim
Santa Clarita
91
Mike Giampa
Valencia
92
Sai Chikati
Santa Clarita
93
Victor Oliveira
El Segundo
94
Timothy Sowers
Aliso Viejo
95
James Carr
Silver Lake
96
Raphie Cantor
Hancock Park
97
Babak Farahvashy
Sherman Oaks
98
Lindsey Newhall
Death Valley
99
Ruby Williams
Los Angeles
100
Francesco Brighenti
Hollywood
101
Jose Suchite
Los Angeles
102
Mike Dubkin
Canyon Country
103
Nick Marks
Long Beach
104
Riccarlo Porter
Los Angeles
105
Hieu Nguyen
Los Angeles
106
Harry Waters
Santa Monica
107
Ivan Thieu
Los Angeles
108
Will Bostwick
Los Feliz
109
Max Levenstein
Manhattan Beach
110
Sai Mahika Chenna
Los Angeles
111
Ahyan Lalani
Santa Clarita
112
Rafeed Khleif
Los Angeles
113
Bodhi Wong
Los Angeles
114
Aaryan Mahajan
Woodland Hills
115
Charlie Solomon
Mar Vista
116
Jordan Blake
San Fernando Valley
117
Sai Anirudh Chenna
Los Angeles
118
Bibi Kramer
Los Angeles
119
Omkar Kanse
Glendale
120
Jack Maroun
Glassell Park
121
Poojitha Gorumutchu
Los Angeles
122
Viresh Kanse
Glendale
123
Sara Nunez
Los Angeles
124
Blake Joseph
West L.A
125
Matthew Klinkel
Echo Park
126
Jeffrey Liu
Canoga Park
127
Sol Rosenthal
Century City
128
Jackson Glinski
Cheviot Hills
129
Saverio La Cava
Los Angeles
130
Andrew Deutsch
Pasadena
131
Franky Ortega
Los Angeles
132
Mary Lynn
Los Angeles
133
Timothy Pak
Highland Park
134
Leah Taguinin
Northridge
135
Justin Lane
South Pasadena
136
Gabriel Madrid
Los Angeles
137
Andre Torres
Northridge
138
Max Stein-Golenbock
Los Angeles
139
Mauricio Solis
Los Angeles
140
Hesam Fadaifar
Westwood
141
Damian Flores
Los Angeles
142
Mark Ferreira
Los Angeles
143
Elvin Liu
Torrance
144
Andrea Coronado
Los Angeles
145
Sean Doherty
Sherman Oaks
146
William Provinziano
Los Angeles
147
Conor Whalen
Santa Monica
148
Shray Myneni
Los Angeles
149
Sadiki Jordan
Torrance
150
Peter Lopez
South Gate
151
Gareth Evans
Los Angeles
152
Duane Ganther
Santa Clarita
153
Sid Potukuchi
Los Angeles
154
Robert Tapaltsyan
Encino
155
Maya Sahafi
Los Angeles
156
Jonathan Yoon
Sierra Madre
157
Henry Yoon
Sierra Madre
158
Justice Washington
Los Angeles
159
Alan Tan
Los Angeles
160
Ryan Brakey
Los Angeles
161
David Choi
Los Angeles
162
Hyung Kim
Los Angeles
163
Asher Kim
Los Angeles
164
Aseem Lalani
Santa Clarita
165
Augusto Ochoa
Los Angeles
166
Anthony Guarnieri
Los Angeles
167
Bobby Cerekovic
Tarzana
168
Emmy Taguinin
Northridge
169
Jafedt Martinez
Santa Clarita
170
Damian Ramos
Santa Clarita
171
James Pham
Los Angeles
172
Jordan Alan
Los Angeles
173
Knox Alan
Los Angeles
174
Dylan Weissman
Hollywood
175
Alexnadr Lyssov
Los Angeles
176
Andrew Howard
Los Angeles
177
Richard Woo
Los Angeles
178
Robert Woo
Los Angeles
179
Jimin Choi
Los Angeles
180
Abi Nav
Mid City
181
Alex Frish
Long Beach
182
Tyler Shepherd
Malibu
183
Telma Robles
Los Angeles
184
Cem Atli
Sierra Madre
185
Ryder Curtis-Bregman
Los Angeles
186
Jules Habtamu
Los Angeles
187
Raphael Chestang
Los Angeles
188
Ariel Mazzarelli
Glendale
189
Jack Seibert
Echo Park
190
Laura Lopez-Sandoval
Los Angeles
191
Anthony Saletta
Granada Hills
192
Kale Sanders
Woodland Hills
193
Mike Saletta
Granada Hills
194
Chris Mojica
North Hollywood
195
Francis He
Beverly Hills
196
Nathan Jimenez
Los Angeles
197
Garrett Couto
Calabasas
198
Sophia Perez
Los Angeles
199
Leilani Perez
Los Angeles
200
Ethan Chang
Westlake Village
201
Nathaniel Chang
Westlake Village
202
Devon Chang
Westlake Village
203
Yoanna Nedyalkova
Los Angeles
204
Ken Cornutt
Los Angeles
205
Douglas Wong
Hollywood
206
Miles Washington
Los Angeles
207
Everett Yu
Mar Vista
208
Vadim Plotkin
West Hollywood
209
Eleuterio Pacheco
Gleneale
210
Shehab Heddaya
Downtown LA
211
Daron Karayan
Los Angeles
212
Lawrence Charles
Long Beach
213
Theodore Sieving
Long Beach
214
Yashveer Jashnani
Santa Clarita
215
Elijah Tipton
Westwood
216
Devin Alvarenga
Los Angeles
217
Sam Bain
Los Feliz
218
Sydney Baloue
Los Angeles
219
Robert Romano
Woodland Hills
220
Chris Domenick
Santa Clarita
221
Jorge Palma
Los Angeles
222
Damilola Eyitayo
Fresno
223
Sam Mattern
Chatsworth
224
Stephen Blake
Los Angeles
225
JJ Foster
Los Angeles
226
Conrad Brittenham
City Terrace
227
D'Angelo Louis
Van Nuys
228
Levi Ortega
Los Angeles
229
Garrett Allen
Los Angeles
230
Elise Hartley
Redondo Beach
231
Joel Hartley
Redondo Beach
232
Luka Kuzmic
Santa Clarita
233
Jade Lyman
Baldwin Park
234
Rajveer Jashnani
Santa Clarita
235
Gurudev Nayak
Los Angeles
236
Kelvin Bynes
Los Angeles
237
Elijah Thornton
Los Angeles
238
Amanda Smith
Santa Monica
239
Xander Maugh
Los Angeles
240
George Flores
Long Beach
241
Benjamin Samuel
Los Angeles
242
Rosemary Ringwald
West Hollywood
243
Randall Baker
Los Angeles
244
Zohrab Ashikyan
North Hollywood
245
Zachary Fernandez
Long Beach
246
Tyler Wenzel
Los Angeles
247
Robin Vyas
Los Angeles
248
Ajith Roshan de Silva
Inglewood
249
Henry Dayan
Los Angeles
250
Eric Getzoff
Westwood
251
Eric Moss
Sylmar
252
Pleas Seals
Los Angeles
253
Honor Manthei
Canyon Country
254
Christopher Abrego
Los Angeles
255
Eric Upton
Westchester
256
Kaven Bal
Los Angeles
257
Vincent Pineda
Santa Clarita
258
Daved Sweis
Los Angeles
259
Norman Abadilla
Santa Clarita
260
Noah Tan
Santa Clarita
261
Colin Gaffney
Culver City
262
Garrett Gilliam
San Marcos
263
Cesar Carrillo
Los Angeles
264
Peter Griffiths
Marina Del Rey
265
Justin Jimenez
Baldwin Park
266
Jonah Sabeti
Westwood
267
Sebastian Hacegaba
Los Angeles
268
Andres-Eloy Padin
Santa Monica
269
Lou Rovner
Los Angeles
To see what challenges have been played, visit the results page!
How do you move up the ladder? In short, if you beat a higher ranked player, you move ahead of that player. However, if you lose to a higher ranked player, nothing happens. Finally, if you draw against a higher ranked player, you move up to one position behind that player.
Examples:
- #5 Dave beats #2 Carl -> Dave is now #2 and Carl is #3.
- #3 Jessica beats #7 Debbie -> No change!
- #8 Stevie draws with # 4 Heather -> Stevie is now #5 and Heather is still #4.
Want to see your name on this ranking list? Become a member of The L.A. Chess Ladder! Remember, everyone is welcome to join regardless of age, gender, or playing level. And don’t forget, it’s totally free! Join us today!
LA Chess Spot: The Santa Monica Chess Park is a really fun place to play chess. Lots of friendly people and tons of chess tables. Check it out! It is right next to the Santa Monica Pier.
Questions? Concerns? Want to join the L.A. Chess Ladder?
Contact Darren at lachessladder@yahoo.com
