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 7/5/2026

 

  1. Aleks Gevorgyan, Los Angeles

  2. Yashveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

  3. Yaroslav Baranov, Sherman Oaks

  4. Arnel Odero, Los Angeles

  5. Darren Himeles, Santa Clarita

  6. Vadim Poltkin, West Hollywood

  7. Gerald Ruiz, Burbank

  8. Alex Frish, Long Beach

  9. Taja Delijani, Los Angeles

  10. Vincent Amaya, Hollywood  

  11. Rob Rosenberg, Los Angeles

  12. Forest Sherwood, Manhattan Beach

  13. Ryan McCloskey, Westwood

  14. Riccarlo Porter, Los Angeles

  15. Antonio Cantor, Los Angeles

  16. Jackson Colbert, Los Angeles

  17. Jose Estrada, Ontario

  18. Bryce McIntyre, Torrance

  19. Carlos Chavez, Los Angeles

  20. Babak Farahvashy, Sherman Oaks

  21. Lukas Selesnick, Los Angeles

  22. Jason Javier, Burbank

  23. Frank Gerolmo, Marina del Rey

  24. Cristian Jaime, Los Angeles

  25. Zhumaaly Bakbolotov, Los Angeles

  26. Braden Javier, Burbank

  27. Gibson Buffa, Los Angeles

  28. Jose Suchite, Los Angeles

  29. Bill Wood, Los Angeles

  30. Poojitha Gorumutchu, Los Angeles

  31. Aitegin Muratbekov, Los Angeles

  32. Al Lee, Los Angeles

  33. Rox Osados, Van Nuys

  34. Joaquin Cantor, Los Angeles

  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, Norwalk

  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. Jovan Radenkovic, Encino

  60. Aaryan Mahajan, Woodland Hills

  61. James Robbins, North Hollywood

  62. Milan Vashistha, Santa Clarita

  63. Peymon Nasseri, Sherman Oaks

  64. Aidan Casey, Los Angeles

  65. Chiara Biribicchi, Los Angeles

  66. Mary Lynn, Los Angeles

  67. Ansh Kumar, Glendale

  68. Andrew Hostler, Woodland Hills

  69. Michael Williams, Los Angeles

  70. Daniel Cho, Redondo Beach

  71. Donzell Taylor, Carson

  72. Artur Gevorgyan, Los Angeles

  73. Owen Hawxhurst, Los Angeles

  74. Anthony Allonardo, Sherman Oaks

  75. Rajveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

  76. Houton Delijani, Los Angeles

  77. Kira Baranova, Sherman Oaks

  78. Erik Spencer, Culver City

  79. Onye Egbuta, Playa del Rey

  80. Oscar Sackaroff, Hawthorne

  81. Alex Hernandez, Los Angeles

  82. Adam Matthew, Hollywood

  83. Reed Bernet, South Pasadena

  84. Kevin Kim, Santa Clarita

  85. Mike Dubkin, Canyon Country

  86. Hieu Nguyen, Los Angeles

  87. Harry Waters, Santa Monica

  88. Ahyan Lalani, Santa Clarita 

  89. Charlie Solomon, Mar Vista

  90. Matthew Klinkel, Echo Park

  91. Sol Rosenthal, Century City

  92. Andrew Deutsch, Pasadena

  93. Franky Ortega, Los Angeles

  94. Gabriel Madrid, Los Angeles

  95. Kirsten Taylor, Santa Monica

  96. Mauricio Solis, Los Angeles

  97. Arjun Roshan, Los Angeles

  98. Tyler Mallory, Redondo Beach

  99. Elise Hartley, Redondo Beach

  100. Arturo Legorreta, Los Angeles

  101. Elvin Liu, Torrance

  102. Peter Lopez, South Gate

  103. Robert Tapaltsyan, Encino

  104. Aseem Lalani, Santa Clarita

  105. Ariel Mazzarelli, Glendale

  106. Levi Ortega, Los Angeles

  107. Rishi Ramesh, Canoga Park

  108. Alexander Winnett, Culver City

  109. Joel Hartley, Redondo Beach

  110. Ajith Roshan de Silva, Inglewood

  111. Kaven Bal, Los Angeles

  112. Cesar Carrillo, Los Angeles

  113. Andres-Eloy Padin, Santa Monica

  114. Anthony Onuoha, Los Angeles

  115. Markeese Jones, Los Angeles

  116. Abraham Moreno, Los Angeles

  117. Lee-kai Wang, Korea Town

  118. Adrian Ulloa, Camarillo

  119. Elishaua Symington, Los Angeles

  120. Ariella Morik, Los Angeles

  121. William Hu, Los Angeles

  122. Austin Machuca, Hawthorne

  123. Sonya Garibova, Sherman Oaks

  124. Robinson Rutherford, Los Angeles

  125. Salil Surendran, Los Angeles

  126. Mendy Rafi, Palms

  127. Omar Cabrales, Panorama City

  128. Al Majidi, Los Angeles

  129. Prince Kumar, Beverly Hills

  130. Ragesh Nair, Thousand Oaks

  131. Pryce Postas, Canoga Park

  132. Connor Hundertmark, Los Angeles

  133. Sam Cea, Los Angeles

  134. Jess Rodriguez, Los Angeles

  135. Orion Thomas, Pasadena

  136. Michael Wasney, Los Angeles

  137. Brandon Montes-Nguyen, Los Angeles

  138. Devontae Johnson, Compton

  139. Michael Cardenas, South Gate

  140. Leonardo Lopez, Los Angeles

  141. Aaryav Tripathi, Torrance

  142. Dalmat Gjoci, Hollywood

  143. Evan Green, Studio City

  144. Tory Blake, Sherman oaks

  145. Kalki Narmada, Santa Clarita

  146. Jesse Van Patten, Malibu

  147. Anthony Cooper, Los Angeles

  148. Jacob Cooper, Valley Village

  149. Sam Linson, North Hollywood

  150. Zachary Hunsinger, Burbank

  151. Donald Jackson, Los Angeles

  152. Anthony Bell, Los Angeles

  153. Danni Tuch, Los Angeles

  154. Antonella Purton, Los Angeles

  155. Yuri Killianov, Los Angeles

  156. Saverio La Cava, Los Angeles

  157. Krish Bhasin, Los Angeles

  158. Telma Robles, South Los Angeles

  159. Victor Alarcon, Los Angeles

  160. Gregory Sifuentes, Los Angeles

  161. Joe Quintiliano, Los Angeles

  162. Teo Kashper, La Crescenta

  163. Kevin Wright, Los Angeles

  164. Ofer Litman, Woodland Hills

  165. Eve Jablonkay, Los Angeles

  166. Asher Tovar, Palms

  167. Ari Tovar, Palms

  168. Kira Leach, Los Angeles

  169. Douglas Hughey, Pasadena

  170. Carlos Suarez, Los Angeles

  171. Brooke Loesby, Los Angeles

  172. Kenny Gruber, Los Angeles

  173. Marcos Lizarraga, Boyle Heights

  174. Anna Ho, Los Angeles

  175. Philip Gatt, West LA

  176. Leon Courtois, Beverly Hills

  177. Michael Lin, Downtown LA

  178. Bill Wilkin, Glendora

  179. Danny Jorda, Carson

  180. Oak Soe Khant, Culver City

  181. Danny Duryee, San Fernando

  182. James Duryee, San Fernando

  183. Ishaan Reddy, Santa Clarita

  184. Luyen Tran, Los Angeles

  185. Richard Pugh, Rancho Cucamonga

  186. Ido Sohn, Silverlake

  187. Arsenii Ivanovich, Los Angeles

  188. Steve Moyer, Korea Town

  189. Alan Brenner, Los Angeles

  190. Joshua Wang, Manhattan Beach

  191. Abdulsabur Jinadu, Los Angeles

  192. Jacquelyn Deloatch, Los Angeles

  193. Aedan Danehy, Hollywood

  194. Will McCloud, Los Angeles

  195. Yashar Glasker, Los Angeles

  196. Willy Clark, Redondo Beach

  197. Nailah Watts-Harper, Hollywood

  198. Edward Lai, Mar Vista

  199. Deric Too, Los Angeles

  200. Michael Petrosyan, Los Angeles

  201. Maziar Ghods, Los Angeles

  202. Andre Bland, West Hollywood

  203. Meng Wang, Los Angeles

  204. Nicholas Pulido, Eagle Rock

  205. Kyle Roundtree, Cypress Park

  206. Ekene Akpati, San Fernando

  207. Miriam Morris, Los Angeles

  208. Delia Alexander, Los Angeles

  209. Andrew Bower, Westwood

  210. Craig April, Sherman Oaks

  211. Andreas Pappas, Los Angeles

  212. David Salomon, Los Angeles

  213. Stephen Bishop, Simi Valley

  214. Anthony D’Eredita, Koreatown

  215. Alex Ambrose, Woodland Hills

  216. Paul Longstaffe, Glendale

  217. Sanam Sabooni, Simi Valley

  218. Naomi Ross, Beverly Hills

  219. Ean Brown, Los Angeles

  220. Ruth Zeger, Los Angeles

  221. Michael Sadio, Los Angeles

  222. Jocelyn Lopez, East Los Angeles

  223. Julian Lopez, East Los Angeles

  224. Ezra Gonzalez, Los Angeles

  225. Shiri Gonzalez, Los Angeles

  226. Dylan Mich, Santa Monica

  227. Liana Soroudi, Los Angeles

  228. Charlie Cunha, Los Angeles

  229. Isaiah Bowman, Los Angeles

  230. Brian Havey, Santa Clarita

  231. Tammy Wong, Cerritos

  232. Dushyant Sharma, Loma Linda

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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