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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 4/30/2026

 

  1. Aleks Gevorgyan, Los Angeles

  2. Darren Himeles, Santa Clarita

  3. Vadim Poltkin, West Hollywood

  4. Gerald Ruiz, Burbank

  5. Alex Frish, Long Beach

  6. Taja Delijani, Los Angeles

  7. Vincent Amaya, Hollywood  

  8. Rob Rosenberg, Los Angeles

  9. Forest Sherwood, Manhattan Beach

  10. Ryan McCloskey, Westwood

  11. Riccarlo Porter, Los Angeles

  12. Antonio Cantor, Los Angeles

  13. Yashveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

  14. Jackson Colbert, Los Angeles

  15. Jose Estrada, Ontario

  16. Arnel Odero, Los Angeles

  17. Bryce McIntyre, Torrance

  18. Carlos Chavez, Los Angeles

  19. Babak Farahvashy, Sherman Oaks

  20. Lukas Selesnick, Los Angeles

  21. Jason Javier, Burbank

  22. Frank Gerolmo, Marina del Rey

  23. Cristian Jaime, Los Angeles

  24. Zhumaaly Bakbolotov, Los Angeles

  25. Braden Javier, Burbank

  26. Gibson Buffa, Los Angeles

  27. Jose Suchite, Los Angeles

  28. Bill Wood, Los Angeles

  29. Poojitha Gorumutchu, Los Angeles

  30. Aitegin Muratbekov, Los Angeles

  31. Al Lee, Los Angeles

  32. Rox Osados, Van Nuys

  33. Joaquin Cantor, Los Angeles

  34. Yaroslav Baranov, Sherman Oaks

  35. Stephen Morelock, Northridge

  36. Diego Monroy, Lakewood

  37. Micah Margolin, Los Angeles

  38. Angel Navedo, Redondo Beach

  39. Laurence Hall, Long Beach

  40. Dave Matson, Pasadena

  41. Glenn Cravens, Los Angeles

  42. Tim Estle, West Hills

  43. Richard Ahorro, Santa Clarita

  44. Bryan Rivera, Downtown L.A.

  45. Ryan Tanner, Woodland Hills

  46. Jonathan Cooper, Los Angeles

  47. Aman Madhav, Los Angeles

  48. Mark Goleski, Los Angeles

  49. Nick Marks, Long Beach

  50. Harinandh Nair, Thousand Oaks

  51. Jackson Lin, Monterey Park

  52. Kyle McBride, Los Angeles

  53. Joshua Ulloa, Los Angeles

  54. Ivan Thieu, Los Angeles

  55. Shann Wright, Los Angeles

  56. Erik Gober, Compton

  57. Jason Colbert, Los Angeles

  58. Ashot Voskanyan, Los Angeles

  59. Peymon Nasseri, Sherman Oaks

  60. Aidan Casey, Los Angeles

  61. Chiara Biribicchi, Los Angeles

  62. Mary Lynn, Los Angeles

  63. Ansh Kumar, Glendale

  64. Jovan Radenkovic, Encino

  65. Andrew Hostler, Woodland Hills

  66. Michael Williams, Los Angeles

  67. Daniel Cho, Redondo Beach

  68. Donzell Taylor, Carson

  69. Artur Gevorgyan, Los Angeles

  70. Owen Hawxhurst, Los Angeles

  71. Anthony Allonardo, Sherman Oaks

  72. Rajveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

  73. Houton Delijani, Los Angeles

  74. Kira Baranova, Sherman Oaks

  75. Erik Spencer, Culver City

  76. Onye Egbuta, Playa del Rey

  77. Oscar Sackaroff, Hawthorne

  78. Alex Hernandez, Los Angeles

  79. Adam Matthew, Hollywood

  80. Reed Bernet, South Pasadena

  81. Kevin Kim, Santa Clarita

  82. Mike Dubkin, Canyon Country

  83. Hieu Nguyen, Los Angeles

  84. Harry Waters, Santa Monica

  85. Ahyan Lalani, Santa Clarita 

  86. Aaryan Mahajan, Woodland Hills

  87. Charlie Solomon, Mar Vista

  88. Matthew Klinkel, Echo Park

  89. Sol Rosenthal, Century City

  90. Andrew Deutsch, Pasadena

  91. Franky Ortega, Los Angeles

  92. Gabriel Madrid, Los Angeles

  93. Kirsten Taylor, Santa Monica

  94. Mauricio Solis, Los Angeles

  95. Arjun Roshan, Los Angeles

  96. Tyler Mallory, Redondo Beach

  97. Elise Hartley, Redondo Beach

  98. Arturo Legorreta, Los Angeles

  99. Elvin Liu, Torrance

  100. Peter Lopez, South Gate

  101. Robert Tapaltsyan, Encino

  102. Aseem Lalani, Santa Clarita

  103. Ariel Mazzarelli, Glendale

  104. Levi Ortega, Los Angeles

  105. Rishi Ramesh, Canoga Park

  106. Alexander Winnett, Culver City

  107. Joel Hartley, Redondo Beach

  108. Ajith Roshan de Silva, Inglewood

  109. Kaven Bal, Los Angeles

  110. Cesar Carrillo, Los Angeles

  111. Andres-Eloy Padin, Santa Monica

  112. Anthony Onuoha, Los Angeles

  113. Markeese Jones, Los Angeles

  114. Abraham Moreno, Los Angeles

  115. Lee-kai Wang, Korea Town

  116. Adrian Ulloa, Camarillo

  117. Elishaua Symington, Los Angeles

  118. Ariella Morik, Los Angeles

  119. William Hu, Los Angeles

  120. Austin Machuca, Hawthorne

  121. Sonya Garibova, Sherman Oaks

  122. Robinson Rutherford, Los Angeles

  123. Salil Surendran, Los Angeles

  124. Mendy Rafi, Palms

  125. Omar Cabrales, Panorama City

  126. Al Majidi, Los Angeles

  127. Prince Kumar, Beverly Hills

  128. Ragesh Nair, Thousand Oaks

  129. Pryce Postas, Canoga Park

  130. Connor Hundertmark, Los Angeles

  131. Sam Cea, Los Angeles

  132. Jess Rodriguez, Los Angeles

  133. Orion Thomas, Pasadena

  134. Michael Wasney, Los Angeles

  135. Brandon Montes-Nguyen, Los Angeles

  136. Devontae Johnson, Compton

  137. Michael Cardenas, South Gate

  138. Leonardo Lopez, Los Angeles

  139. Aaryav Tripathi, Torrance

  140. Dalmat Gjoci, Hollywood

  141. Evan Green, Studio City

  142. Tory Blake, Sherman oaks

  143. Kalki Narmada, Santa Clarita

  144. Jesse Van Patten, Malibu

  145. Anthony Cooper, Los Angeles

  146. Jacob Cooper, Valley Village

  147. Zachary Hunsinger, Burbank

  148. Donald Jackson, Los Angeles

  149. Anthony Bell, Los Angeles

  150. Danni Tuch, Los Angeles

  151. Antonella Purton, Los Angeles

  152. Yuri Killianov, Los Angeles

  153. Saverio La Cava, Los Angeles

  154. Krish Bhasin, Los Angeles

  155. Telma Robles, South Los Angeles

  156. Victor Alarcon, Los Angeles

  157. Gregory Sifuentes, Los Angeles

  158. Joe Quintiliano, Los Angeles

  159. Teo Kashper, La Crescenta

  160. Kevin Wright, Los Angeles

  161. Ofer Litman, Woodland Hills

  162. Eve Jablonkay, Los Angeles

  163. Asher Tovar, Palms

  164. Ari Tovar, Palms

  165. Kira Leach, Los Angeles

  166. Douglas Hughey, Pasadena

  167. Carlos Suarez, Los Angeles

  168. Brooke Loesby, Los Angeles

  169. Kenny Gruber, Los Angeles

  170. Marcos Lizarraga, Boyle Heights

  171. Anna Ho, Los Angeles

  172. Philip Gatt, West LA

  173. Leon Courtois, Beverly Hills

  174. Michael Lin, Downtown LA

  175. Bill Wilkin, Glendora

  176. Danny Jorda, Carson

  177. Oak Soe Khant, Culver City

  178. Danny Duryee, San Fernando

  179. James Duryee, San Fernando

  180. Ishaan Reddy, Santa Clarita

  181. Luyen Tran, Los Angeles

  182. Richard Pugh, Rancho Cucamonga

  183. Ido Sohn, Silverlake

  184. Arsenii Ivanovich, Los Angeles

  185. Steve Moyer, Korea Town

  186. Alan Brenner, Los Angeles

  187. Joshua Wang, Manhattan Beach

  188. Abdulsabur Jinadu, Los Angeles

  189. Jacquelyn Deloatch, Los Angeles

  190. Aedan Danehy, Hollywood

  191. Will McCloud, Los Angeles

  192. Yashar Glasker, Los Angeles

  193. Willy Clark, Redondo Beach

  194. Nailah Watts-Harper, Hollywood

  195. Edward Lai, Mar Vista

  196. James Robbins, North Hollywood

  197. Deric Too, Los Angeles

  198. Michael Petrosyan, Los Angeles

  199. Maziar Ghods, Los Angeles

  200. Andre Bland, West Hollywood

  201. Meng Wang, Los Angeles

  202. Nicholas Pulido, Eagle Rock

  203. Kyle Roundtree, Cypress Park

  204. Ekene Akpati, San Fernando

  205. Miriam Morris, Los Angeles

  206. Delia Alexander, Los Angeles

  207. Andrew Bower, Westwood

  208. Milan Vashistha, Santa Clarita

  209. Craig April, Sherman Oaks

  210. Andreas Pappas, Los Angeles

  211. David Salomon, 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!

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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

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