Main Ladder

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 10/31/2026

1. Aleks Gevorgyan, Los Angeles

2. Rob Rosenberg, Los Angeles

3. Taja Delijani, Los Angeles

4. Carlos Chavez, Los Angeles

5. Harinandh Nair, Thousand Oaks

6. Stephen Morelock, Northridge

7. David Bryant, Los Angeles

8. Arnel Odero, Los Angeles

9. Yashveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

10. Yaroslav Baranov, Sherman Oaks

11. Darren Himeles, Santa Clarita

12. Vadim Poltkin, West Hollywood

13. Gerald Ruiz, Burbank

14. Alex Frish, Long Beach

15. Vincent Amaya, Hollywood  

16. Forest Sherwood, Manhattan Beach

17. Ryan McCloskey, Westwood

18. Riccarlo Porter, Los Angeles

19. Antonio Cantor, Los Angeles

20. Jackson Colbert, Los Angeles

21. Jose Estrada, Ontario

22. Bryce McIntyre, Torrance

23. Babak Farahvashy, Sherman Oaks

24. Lukas Selesnick, Los Angeles

25. Jason Javier, Burbank

26. Frank Gerolmo, Marina del Rey

27. Cristian Jaime, Los Angeles

28. Zhumaaly Bakbolotov, Los Angeles

29. Braden Javier, Burbank

30. Gibson Buffa, Los Angeles

31. Jose Suchite, Los Angeles

32. Bill Wood, Los Angeles

33. Poojitha Gorumutchu, Los Angeles

34. Aitegin Muratbekov, Los Angeles

35. Bryan Rivera, Norwalk

36. Colette McGruder, Los Angeles

37. Al Lee, Los Angeles

38. Rox Osados, Van Nuys

39. Joaquin Cantor, Los Angeles

40. Diego Monroy, Lakewood

41. Micah Margolin, Los Angeles

42. Angel Navedo, Redondo Beach

43. Laurence Hall, Long Beach

44. Dave Matson, Pasadena

45. Glenn Cravens, Los Angeles

46. Tim Estle, West Hills

47. Richard Ahorro, Santa Clarita

48. Ryan Tanner, Woodland Hills

49. Jonathan Cooper, Los Angeles

50. Aman Madhav, Los Angeles

51. Mark Goleski, Los Angeles

52. Nick Marks, Long Beach

53. Jackson Lin, Monterey Park

54. Kyle McBride, Los Angeles

55. Jovan Radenkovic, Encino

56. Brian Havey, Santa Clarita

57. Joshua Ulloa, Los Angeles

58. Ivan Thieu, Los Angeles

59. Shann Wright, Los Angeles

60. Erik Gober, Compton

61. Jason Colbert, Los Angeles

62. Ashot Voskanyan, Los Angeles

63. Milan Vashistha, Santa Clarita

64. Aaryan Mahajan, Woodland Hills

65. Peymon Nasseri, Sherman Oaks

66. Rajveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

67. Victor Alarcon, Los Angeles

68. Ragesh Nair, Thousand Oaks

69. Levi Ortega, Los Angeles

70. Abdulsabur Jinadu, Los Angeles

71. Paul Longstaffe, Glendale

72. Dylan Mich, Santa Monica

73. Reginald Davin, Los Angeles

74. Julian Lopez, East Los Angeles

75. James Robbins, North Hollywood

76. Chiara Biribicchi, Los Angeles

77. Mary Lynn, Los Angeles

78. Ansh Kumar, Glendale

79. Andrew Hostler, Woodland Hills

80. Michael Williams, Los Angeles

81. Daniel Cho, Redondo Beach

82. Donzell Taylor, Carson

83. Artur Gevorgyan, Los Angeles

84. Owen Hawxhurst, Los Angeles

85. Anthony Allonardo, Sherman Oaks

86. Houton Delijani, Los Angeles

87. Kira Baranova, Sherman Oaks

88. Erik Spencer, Culver City

89. Onye Egbuta, Playa del Rey

90. Oscar Sackaroff, Hawthorne

91. Alex Hernandez, Los Angeles

92. Adam Matthew, Hollywood

93. Reed Bernet, South Pasadena

94. Kevin Kim, Santa Clarita

95. Mike Dubkin, Canyon Country

96. Hieu Nguyen, Los Angeles

97. Harry Waters, Santa Monica

98. Ahyan Lalani, Santa Clarita 

99. Charlie Solomon, Mar Vista

100. Matthew Klinkel, Echo Park

101. Sol Rosenthal, Century City

102. Andrew Deutsch, Pasadena

103. Franky Ortega, Los Angeles

104. Gabriel Madrid, Los Angeles

105. Kirsten Taylor, Santa Monica

106. Mauricio Solis, Los Angeles

107. Arjun Roshan, Los Angeles

108. Tyler Mallory, Redondo Beach

109. Elise Hartley, Redondo Beach

110. Arturo Legorreta, Los Angeles

111. Elvin Liu, Torrance

112. Peter Lopez, South Gate

113. Robert Tapaltsyan, Encino

114. Aseem Lalani, Santa Clarita

115. Ariel Mazzarelli, Glendale

116. Rishi Ramesh, Canoga Park

117. Alexander Winnett, Culver City

118. Joel Hartley, Redondo Beach

119. Ajith Roshan de Silva, Inglewood

120. Kaven Bal, Los Angeles

121. Cesar Carrillo, Los Angeles

122. Andres-Eloy Padin, Santa Monica

123. Anthony Onuoha, Los Angeles

124. Markeese Jones, Los Angeles

125. Abraham Moreno, Los Angeles

126. Lee-kai Wang, Korea Town

127. Adrian Ulloa, Camarillo

128. Elishaua Symington, Los Angeles

129. Ariella Morik, Los Angeles

130. William Hu, Los Angeles

131. Austin Machuca, Hawthorne

132. Sonya Garibova, Sherman Oaks

133. Robinson Rutherford, Los Angeles

134. Salil Surendran, Los Angeles

135. Mendy Rafi, Palms

136. Omar Cabrales, Panorama City

137. Al Majidi, Los Angeles

138. Prince Kumar, Beverly Hills

139. Pryce Postas, Canoga Park

140. Connor Hundertmark, Los Angeles

141. Sam Cea, Los Angeles

142. Jess Rodriguez, Los Angeles

143. Orion Thomas, Pasadena

144. Michael Wasney, Los Angeles

145. Brandon Montes-Nguyen, Los Angeles

146. Devontae Johnson, Compton

147. Michael Cardenas, South Gate

148. Leonardo Lopez, Los Angeles

149. Aaryav Tripathi, Torrance

150. Dalmat Gjoci, Hollywood

151. Evan Green, Studio City

152. Tory Blake, Sherman oaks

153. Kalki Narmada, Santa Clarita

154. Jesse Van Patten, Malibu

155. Anthony Cooper, Los Angeles

156. Jacob Cooper, Valley Village

157. Sam Linson, North Hollywood

158. Zachary Hunsinger, Burbank

159. Donald Jackson, Los Angeles

160. Anthony Bell, Los Angeles

161. Danni Tuch, Los Angeles

162. Antonella Purton, Los Angeles

163. Yuri Killianov, Los Angeles

164. Saverio La Cava, Los Angeles

165. Krish Bhasin, Los Angeles

166. Telma Robles, South Los Angeles

167. Gregory Sifuentes, Los Angeles

168. Joe Quintiliano, Los Angeles

169. Teo Kashper, La Crescenta

170. Kevin Wright, Los Angeles

171. Ofer Litman, Woodland Hills

172. Eve Jablonkay, Los Angeles

173. Asher Tovar, Palms

174. Ari Tovar, Palms

175. Kira Leach, Los Angeles

176. Douglas Hughey, Pasadena

177. Carlos Suarez, Los Angeles

178. Brooke Loesby, Los Angeles

179. Kenny Gruber, Los Angeles

180. Marcos Lizarraga, Boyle Heights

181. Anna Ho, Los Angeles

182. Philip Gatt, West LA

183. Leon Courtois, Beverly Hills

184. Michael Lin, Downtown LA

185. Bill Wilkin, Glendora

186. Danny Jorda, Carson

187. Oak Soe Khant, Culver City

188. Danny Duryee, San Fernando

189. James Duryee, San Fernando

190. Ishaan Reddy, Santa Clarita

191. Luyen Tran, Los Angeles

192. Richard Pugh, Rancho Cucamonga

193. Ido Sohn, Silverlake

194. Arsenii Ivanovich, Los Angeles

195. Steve Moyer, Korea Town

196. Alan Brenner, Los Angeles

197. Joshua Wang, Manhattan Beach

198. Jacquelyn Deloatch, Los Angeles

199. Aedan Danehy, Hollywood

200. Will McCloud, Los Angeles

201. Yashar Glasker, Los Angeles

202. Willy Clark, Redondo Beach

203. Nailah Watts-Harper, Hollywood

204. Edward Lai, Mar Vista

205. Deric Too, Los Angeles

206. Michael Petrosyan, Los Angeles

207. Maziar Ghods, Los Angeles

208. Andre Bland, West Hollywood

209. Meng Wang, Los Angeles

210. Nicholas Pulido, Eagle Rock

211. Kyle Roundtree, Cypress Park

212. Ekene Akpati, San Fernando

213. Miriam Morris, Los Angeles

214. Delia Alexander, Los Angeles

215. Andrew Bower, Westwood

216. Craig April, Sherman Oaks

217. Andreas Pappas, Los Angeles

218. David Salomon, Los Angeles

219. Stephen Bishop, Simi Valley

220. Anthony D’Eredita, Koreatown

221. Alex Ambrose, Woodland Hills

222. Sanam Sabooni, Simi Valley

223. Naomi Ross, Beverly Hills

224. Ean Brown, Los Angeles

225. Ruth Zeger, Los Angeles

226. Michael Sadio, Los Angeles

227. Jocelyn Lopez, East Los Angeles

228. Ezra Gonzalez, Los Angeles

229. Shiri Gonzalez, Los Angeles

230. Liana Soroudi, Los Angeles

231. Isaiah Bowman, Los Angeles

232. Tammy Wong, Cerritos

233. Dushyant Sharma, Loma Linda

234. Jesse Moya, Los Angeles

235. Sukyoung Won, Pasadena

236. Josh Ariel, Los Angeles

237. Jee Won Yang, Los Angeles

238. Damont Hampton, Los Angeles

239. TJ Funches, Los Angeles

240. Ben Tiernan, Beverly Hills

241. Julian Smith, Los Angeles

242. Matthew DiGloria, Glendale

243. Tanner Hampton, Los Angeles

244. Mike Bravo, Los Angeles

245. Fernando Acuna, Korea Town

246. Sharvil Biradar, Chatsworth

247. Arya Vashistha, Santa Clarita

248. Jamie Kook, Los Angeles

249. Bradley Wang, Los Angeles

250. Angad Singh, Chatsworth

251. Jackson Williams, Los Angeles

252. Wenying Huang, Temple City

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