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 11/9/2024

1. Kyle Barry, Cedarpines Park

2. Micah Margolin, Los Angeles

3. Rob Rosenberg, Los Angeles

4. Taja Delijani, Los Angeles

5. Angel Navedo, Redondo Beach

6. Carlos Chavez, Los Angeles

7. Forest Sherwood, Manhattan Beach

8. Laurence Hall, Long Beach

9. Sid Potukuchi, Los Angeles

10. Bryce McIntyre, Torrance

11. Dave Matson, Pasadena

12. Russell Balcom, Los Angeles

13. Jackson Colbert, Los Angeles

14. Raphael Mimoun, Korea Town

15. Glenn Cravens, Los Angeles

16. Darren Himeles, Santa Clarita

17. Tim Estle, West Hills

18. Richard Ahorro, Santa Clarita

19. Yashveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

20. Arnel Odero, Los Angeles

21. Joshua Woods, North Hollywood

22. Joseph Gurrola, Hawthorne

23. Yaroslav Baranov, Sherman Oak

24. Sergei Mateorov, Hollywood

25. Bryan Rivera, Downtown L.A.

26. Dolev Kravitz, Los Angeles

27. Gerald Ruiz, Burbank

28. Ryan Tanner, Woodland Hills

29. Jonathan Cooper, Los Angeles

30. Jose Estrada, Van Nuys

31. Aman Madhav, Los Angeles

32. Stephen Morelock, Northridge

33. Jay Stallings, Santa Clarita

34. Pedram Malek, Los Angeles

35. Tim Abadilla, Tujunga

36. Elliot Murokh, Los Angeles

37. Harold Pierre, Santa Clarita

38. Kia Mirnoori, Woodland Hills

39. Peymon Nasseri, Sherman Oaks

40. Poojitha Gorumutchu, Los Angeles

41. Anthony Allonardo, Sherman Oaks

42. Rajveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

43. Houton Delijani, Los Angeles

44. Drake Valles, Los Angeles

45. Jovan Radenkovic, Encino

46. Matthew Picinic, Valencia

47. Neil Arnett, West Hills 

48. Alex Gilad, Los Angeles

49. Jim Castro, Santa Clarita

50. Mark Goleski, Los Angeles

51. Peter Selvin, Los Angeles

52. Jordan Vasseur, Hollywood

53. Alfredo Simbajon, Los Angeles

54. Kira Baranova, Sherman Oaks

55. Rox Osados, Van Nuys

56. Vincent Amaya, Hollywood  

57. Amit Bhagwat, Mar Vista

58. Erik Spencer, Culver City

59. Landon Hu, Santa Clarita

60. Sabrina Shenker, Los Angeles

61. Sean Hall, Santa Clarita

62. Onye Egbuta, Playa del Rey

63. Dario Sanai, Los Angeles

64. Quinn Madaus, Korea Town

65. Eric Carlson, Korea Town

66. Phil Warther, Downtown L.A.

67. Marina K., Glendale

68. Sam Kennedy, Los Angeles

69. Anthony Householder, Los Angeles

70. Jay Allen, Hermosa Beach

71. Ulises Garcia, Los Angeles

72. Oscar Sackaroff, Hawthorne

73. Alex Hernandez, Los Angeles

74. David Teplow, Encino

75. Eric Youngquist, Los Angeles

76. Drake Phillips, Venice

77. Yamin Rashid, Los Angeles

78. Massimo Risquez, Los Angeles

79. Benjamin Hananel, Chatsworth

80. Cooper Chenn, Los Angeles

81. Roman Lyssov, Los Angeles

82. David Franklin, Los Angeles

83. Nathan Nolan, Los Angeles

84. Diego Monroy, Los Angeles

85. Matthew Arcilla, North Hills

86. Dante Holly, Los Angeles

87. Alex Saletta, Granada Hills

88. Kumar Venkataramani, Pasadena

89. Manny Perez, Los Angeles

90. Mathew F, Korea Town

91. Reyansh Varma, Torrance

92. CJ Dunnick, Hawthorne

93. Nick White, Los Angeles

94. Adam Matthew, Hollywood

95. Aidan Casey, Los Angeles

96. Reed Bernet, South Pasadena

97. Nathan Mosher, Los Angeles

98. Kevin Kim, Santa Clarita

99. Mike Giampa, Valencia

100. Sai Chikati, Santa Clarita

101. Victor Oliveira, El Segundo

102. Timothy Sowers, Aliso Viejo

103. James Carr, Silver Lake

104. Raphie Cantor, Hancock Park

105. Babak Farahvashy, Sherman Oaks

106. Lindsey Newhall, Death Valley

107. Ruby Williams, Los Angeles

108. Francesco Brighenti, Hollywood

109. Jose Suchite, Los Angeles

110. Mike Dubkin, Canyon Country

111. Nick Marks, Long Beach

112. Riccarlo Porter, Los Angeles

113. Hieu Nguyen, Los Angeles

114. Harry Waters, Santa Monica

115. Ivan Thieu, Los Angeles

116. Will Bostwick, Los Feliz

117. Max Levenstein, Manhattan Beach

118. Sai Mahika Chenna, Los Angeles

119. Ahyan Lalani, Santa Clarita 

120. Rafeed Khleif, Los Angeles

121. Bodhi Wong, Los Angeles

122. Aaryan Mahajan, Woodland Hills

123. Charlie Solomon, Mar Vista

124. Jordan Blake, San Fernando Valley

125. Sai Anirudh Chenna, Los Angeles

126. Bibi Kramer, Los Angeles

127. Omkar Kanse, Glendale

128. Jack Maroun, Glassell Park

129. Viresh Kanse, Glendale

130. Sara Nunez, Los Angeles

131. Blake Joseph, West L.A

132. Matthew Klinkel, Echo Park

133. Jeffrey Liu, Canoga Park

134. Sol Rosenthal, Century City

135. Jackson Glinski, Cheviot Hills

136. Saverio La Cava, Los Angeles

137. Andrew Deutsch, Pasadena

138. Franky Ortega, Los Angeles

139. Mary Lynn, Los Angeles

140. Timothy Pak, Highland Park

141. Leah Taguinin, Northridge

142. Justin Lane, South Pasadena

143. Gabriel Madrid, Los Angeles

144. Max Stein-Golenbock, Los Angeles

145. Mauricio Solis, Los Angeles

146. Hesam Fadaifar, Westwood

147. Damian Flores, Los Angeles

148. Mark Ferreira, Los Angeles

149. Erik Gober, Compton

150. Yash Chawla, Torrance

151. Elvin Liu, Torrance

152. Andrea Coronado, Los Angeles

153. Sean Doherty, Sherman Oaks

154. William Provinziano, Los Angeles

155. Conor Whalen, Santa Monica

156. Shray Myneni, Los Angeles

157. Sadiki Jordan, Torrance

158. Peter Lopez, South Gate

159. Gareth Evans, Los Angeles

160. Duane Ganther, Santa Clarita

161. Robert Tapaltsyan, Encino

162. Maya Sahafi, Los Angeles

163. Jonathan Yoon, Sierra Madre

164. Henry Yoon, Sierra Madre 

165. Justice Washington, Los Angeles

166. Alan Tan, Los Angeles

167. Ryan Brakey, Los Angeles

168. David Choi, Los Angeles

169. Hyung Kim, Los Angeles

170. Asher Kim, Los Angeles

171. Aseem Lalani, Santa Clarita

172. Augusto Ochoa, Los Angeles

173. Anthony Guarnieri, Los Angeles

174. Bobby Cerekovic, Tarzana

175. Emmy Taguinin, Northridge

176. Jafedt Martinez, Santa Clarita

177. Damian Ramos, Santa Clarita

178. James Pham, Los Angeles

179. Jordan Alan, Los Angeles

180. Knox Alan, Los Angeles

181. Dylan Weissman, Hollywood

182. Alexnadr Lyssov, Los Angeles

183. Andrew Howard, Los Angeles

184. Richard Woo, Los Angeles

185. Robert Woo, Los Angeles

186. Jimin Choi, Los Angeles

187. Abi Nav, Mid City

188. Alex Frish, Long Beach

189. Tyler Shepherd, Malibu

190. Telma Robles, Los Angeles

191. Cem Atli, Sierra Madre

192. Ryder Curtis-Bregman, Los Angeles

193. Jules Habtamu, Los Angeles

194. Raphael Chestang, Los Angeles

195. Ariel Mazzarelli, Glendale

196. Jack Seibert, Echo Park

197. Laura Lopez-Sandoval, Los Angeles

198. Anthony Saletta, Granada Hills

199. Kale Sanders, Woodland Hills

200. Mike Saletta, Granada Hills

201. Chris Mojica, North Hollywood

202. Francis He, Beverly Hills

203. Nathan Jimenez, Los Angeles

204. Garrett Couto, Calabasas

205. Sophia Perez, Los Angeles

206. Leilani Perez, Los Angeles

207. Ethan Chang, Westlake Village

208. Nathaniel Chang, Westlake Village

209. Devon Chang, Westlake Village

210. Yoanna Nedyalkova, Los Angeles

211. Ken Cornutt, Los Angeles

212. Douglas Wong, Hollywood

213. Miles Washington, Los Angeles

214. Everett Yu, Mar Vista

215. Vadim Plotkin, West Hollywood

216. Eleuterio Pacheco, Gleneale

217. Shehab Heddaya, Downtown LA 

218. Daron Karayan, Los Angeles

219. Lawrence Charles, Long Beach

220. Theodore Sieving, Long Beach

221. Elijah Tipton, Westwood

222. Devin Alvarenga, Los Angeles

223. Sam Bain, Los Feliz

224. Sydney Baloue, Los Angeles

225. Robert Romano, Woodland Hills

226. Chris Domenick, Santa Clarita

227. Jorge Palma, Los Angeles

228. Damilola Eyitayo, Fresno

229. Sam Mattern, Chatsworth

230. Stephen Blake, Los Angeles

231. JJ Foster, Los Angele

232.  Conrad Brittenham, City Terrace

233. D’Angelo Louis, Van Nuys

234. Levi Ortega, Los Angeles

235. Garrett Allen, Los Angeles

236. Elise Hartley, Redondo Beach

237. Joel Hartley, Redondo Beach

238. Luka Kuzmic, Santa Clarita

239. Jade Lyman, Baldwin Park

240. Gurudev Nayak, Los Angeles

241. Kelvin Bynes, Los Angeles

242. Elijah Thornton, Los Angeles

243. Amanda Smith, Santa Monica

244. Xander Maugh, Los Angeles

245. George Flores, Long Beach

246. Benjamin Samuel, Los Angeles

247. Rosemary Ringwald, West Hollywood

248. Randall Baker, Los Angeles

249. Zohrab Ashikyan, North Hollywood

250. Zachary Fernandez, Long Beach

251. Tyler Wenzel, Los Angeles

252. Robin Vyas, Los Angeles

253. Ajith Roshan de Silva, Inglewood

254. Henry Dayan, Los Angeles

255. Eric Getzoff, Westwood

256. Eric Moss, Sylmar

257. Pleas Seals, Los Angeles

258. Honor Manthei, Canyon Country

259. Christopher Abrego, Los Angeles

260. Eric Upton, Westchester

261. Kaven Bal, Los Angeles

262. Vincent Pineda, Santa Clarita

263. Daved Sweis, Los Angeles

264. Norman Abadilla, Santa Clarita

265. Noah Tan, Santa Clarita

266. Colin Gaffney, Culver City

267. Garrett Gilliam, San Marcos

268. Cesar Carrillo, Los Angeles

269. Peter Griffiths, Marina Del Rey

270. Justin Jimenez, Baldwin Park

271. Jonah Sabeti, Westwood

272. Sebastian Hacegaba, Los Angeles

273. Andres-Eloy Padin, Santa Monica

274. Lou Rovner, Woodland Hills

275. Anthony Onuoha, Los Angeles

276. Samik Patnaikuni, Torrance

277. Fernando Garnica, Redondo Beach

278. Markeese Jones, Los Angeles

279. Eduardo Gutierrez, Los Angeles

280. William Perez, Los Angeles

281. Todd Cronan, Sherman Oaks

282. Nicholas Cronan, Sherman Oaks

283. Nicholas Xu, Bel Air

284. Jack Samuels, Los Angeles

285. Ishay Haykeen, Los Angeles

286. Abraham Moreno, Los Angeles

287. Edwin Guillen, Pacoima

288. Lee-kai Wang, Korea Town

289. Adrian Ulloa, Camarillo

290. Peter Augros, Coast Mesa

291. Luciano Sanchez, Torrance

292. Rachana Kshirsagar, Los Angeles

293. Victoria Torres, Hollywood

294. Jackson Lin, Monterey Park

295. Leor Kaminski, Los Angeles

296. Jessie Munoz, Winnetka 

297. Miles Aaronson, Los Angeles

298. Joshua Chang, Los Angeles

299. Andrew Roth, Los Angeles

300. Rudy Benjamin, Los Angeles

301. Elishaua Symington, Los Angeles

302. Ariella Morik, Los Angeles

303. Owen Petherbridge, Altadena

304. Cristian Jaime, Los Angeles

305. Natalie Gonzalez, Los Angeles

306. Jason Colbert, Los Angeles

307. Jarro Thomas, Los Angeles

308. Bill Wood, Los Angeles

309. Pranessh Ganesan, Torrance

310. William Hu, Los Angeles

311. Gaurik Patnaikuni, Torrance

312. Austin Machuca, Hawthorne

313. Srinivas Chenna, Los Angeles

314. Kavitha Sama, Los Angeles

315. Donzell Taylor, Carson

316. Sashreek Vemula, Los Angeles

317. Nathan Burke, Redondo Beach

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