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 5/4/2024

1. Gerald Ruiz, Burbank

2. Darren Himeles, Santa Clarita

3. Antonio Cantor, Los Angeles

4. Arnel Odero, Los Angeles

5. Rob Rosenberg, Los Angeles

6. Rox Osados, Van Nuys

7. Joaquin Cantor, Los Angeles

8. Carlos Chavez, Los Angeles

9. Yaroslav Baranov, Sherman Oaks

10. Stephen Morelock, Northridge

11. Diego Monroy, Lakewood

12. Riccarlo Porter, Los Angeles

13. Micah Margolin, Los Angeles

14. Taja Delijani, Los Angeles

15. Angel Navedo, Redondo Beach

16. Forest Sherwood, Manhattan Beach

17. Laurence Hall, Long Beach

18. Sid Potukuchi, Los Angeles

19. Bryce McIntyre, Torrance

20. Dave Matson, Pasadena

21. Russell Balcom, Los Angeles

22. Jackson Colbert, Los Angeles

23. Raphael Mimoun, Korea Town

24. Glenn Cravens, Los Angeles

25. Tim Estle, West Hills

26. Richard Ahorro, Santa Clarita

27. Yashveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

28. Joseph Gurrola, Hawthorne

29. Sergei Mateorov, Hollywood

30. Bryan Rivera, Downtown L.A.

31. Ryan Tanner, Woodland Hills

32. Jonathan Cooper, Los Angeles

33. Jose Estrada, Van Nuys

34. Aman Madhav, Los Angeles

35. Jay Stallings, Santa Clarita

36. Tim Abadilla, Tujunga

37. Harold Pierre, Santa Clarita

38. Vincent Amaya, Hollywood  

39. Vadim Plotkin, West Hollywood

40. Harinandh Nair, Thousand Oaks

41. Jackson Lin, Monterey Park

42. Kyle McBride, Los Angeles

43. Joshua Ulloa, Los Angeles

44. Erik Gober, Compton

45. Cristian Jaime, Los Angeles

46. Donzell Taylor, Carson

47. Gibson Buffa, Los Angeles

48. Artur Gevorgyan, Los Angeles

49. Owen Hawxhurst, Los Angeles

50. Peymon Nasseri, Sherman Oaks

51. Shu Wang, Los Angeles

52. Poojitha Gorumutchu, Los Angeles

53. Anthony Allonardo, Sherman Oaks

54. Rajveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

55. Houton Delijani, Los Angeles

56. Drake Valles, Los Angeles

57. Jovan Radenkovic, Encino

58. Matthew Picinic, Valencia

59. Alex Gilad, Los Angeles

60. Jim Castro, Santa Clarita

61. Mark Goleski, Los Angeles

62. Peter Selvin, Los Angeles

63. Jordan Vasseur, Hollywood

64. Kira Baranova, Sherman Oaks

65. Erik Spencer, Culver City

66. Sabrina Shenker, Los Angeles

67. Sean Hall, Santa Clarita

68. Onye Egbuta, Playa del Rey

69. Dario Sanai, Los Angeles

70. Marina K., Glendale

71. Sam Kennedy, Santa Clarita

72. Jay Allen, Hermosa Beach

73. Oscar Sackaroff, Hawthorne

74. Alex Hernandez, Los Angeles

75. David Teplow, Encino

76. Eric Youngquist, Los Angeles

77. Roman Lyssov, Los Angeles

78. David Franklin, Los Angeles

79. Nathan Nolan, Los Angeles

80. Dante Holly, Los Angeles

81. Alex Saletta, Granada Hills

82. Mathew F, Korea Town

83. Reyansh Varma, Torrance

84. CJ Dunnick, Hawthorne

85. Adam Matthew, Hollywood

86. Reed Bernet, South Pasadena

87. Kevin Kim, Santa Clarita

88. Mike Giampa, Valencia

89. Timothy Sowers, Aliso Viejo

90. Babak Farahvashy, Sherman Oaks

91. Lindsey Newhall, Death Valley

92. Jose Suchite, Los Angeles

93. Mike Dubkin, Canyon Country

94. Nick Marks, Long Beach

95. Hieu Nguyen, Los Angeles

96. Harry Waters, Santa Monica

97. Ivan Thieu, Los Angeles

98. Sai Mahika Chenna, Los Angeles

99. Ahyan Lalani, Santa Clarita 

100. Aaryan Mahajan, Woodland Hills

101. Charlie Solomon, Mar Vista

102. Jordan Blake, San Fernando Valley

103. Sai Anirudh Chenna, Los Angeles

104. Matthew Klinkel, Echo Park

105. Sol Rosenthal, Century City

106. Andrew Deutsch, Pasadena

107. Franky Ortega, Los Angeles

108. Mary Lynn, Los Angeles

109. Leah Taguinin, Northridge

110. Gabriel Madrid, Los Angeles

111. Kirsten Taylor, Santa Monica

112. Mauricio Solis, Los Angeles

113. Yash Chawla, Torrance

114. Elvin Liu, Torrance

115. Peter Lopez, South Gate

116. Gareth Evans, Los Angeles

117. Duane Ganther, Santa Clarita

118. Robert Tapaltsyan, Encino

119. Aseem Lalani, Santa Clarita

120. Emmy Taguinin, Northridge

121. Alexnadr Lyssov, Los Angeles

122. Alex Frish, Long Beach

123. Jules Habtamu, Los Angeles

124. Raphael Chestang, Los Angeles

125. Ariel Mazzarelli, Glendale

126. Anthony Saletta, Granada Hills

127. Mike Saletta, Granada Hills

128. Robert Romano, Woodland Hills

129. Chris Domenick, Santa Clarita

130. Stephen Blake, Los Angeles

131. Levi Ortega, Los Angeles

132. Rishi Ramesh, Canoga Park

133. Alexander Winnett, Culver City

134. Elise Hartley, Redondo Beach

135. Joel Hartley, Redondo Beach

136. George Flores, Long Beach

137. Rosemary Ringwald, West Hollywood

138. Randall Baker, Los Angeles

139. Zohrab Ashikyan, North Hollywood

140. Zachary Fernandez, Long Beach

141. Tyler Wenzel, Los Angeles

142. Robin Vyas, Los Angeles

143. Ajith Roshan de Silva, Inglewood

144. Henry Dayan, Los Angeles

145. Eric Getzoff, Westwood

146. Eric Moss, Sylmar

147. Pleas Seals, Los Angeles

148. Honor Manthei, Canyon Country

149. Christopher Abrego, Los Angeles

150. Eric Upton, Westchester

151. Kaven Bal, Los Angeles

152. Vincent Pineda, Santa Clarita

153. Daved Sweis, Los Angeles

154. Norman Abadilla, Santa Clarita

155. Noah Tan, Santa Clarita

156. Colin Gaffney, Culver City

157. Garrett Gilliam, San Marcos

158. Cesar Carrillo, Los Angeles

159. Peter Griffiths, Marina Del Rey

160. Justin Jimenez, Baldwin Park

161. Jonah Sabeti, Westwood

162. Sebastian Hacegaba, Los Angeles

163. Andres-Eloy Padin, Santa Monica

164. Lou Rovner, Woodland Hills

165. Anthony Onuoha, Los Angeles

166. Samik Patnaikuni, Torrance

167. Fernando Garnica, Redondo Beach

168. Markeese Jones, Los Angeles

169. Eduardo Gutierrez, Los Angeles

170. William Perez, Los Angeles

171. Todd Cronan, Sherman Oaks

172. Nicholas Cronan, Sherman Oaks

173. Jack Samuels, Los Angeles

174. Ishay Haykeen, Los Angeles

175. Abraham Moreno, Los Angeles

176. Edwin Guillen, Pacoima

177. Lee-kai Wang, Korea Town

178. Adrian Ulloa, Camarillo

179. Peter Augros, Coast Mesa

180. Luciano Sanchez, Torrance

181. Rachana Kshirsagar, Los Angeles

182. Victoria Torres, Hollywood

183. Jessie Munoz, Winnetka 

184. Miles Aaronson, Los Angeles

185. Joshua Chang, Los Angeles

186. Andrew Roth, Los Angeles

187. Rudy Benjamin, Los Angeles

188. Elishaua Symington, Los Angeles

189. Ariella Morik, Los Angeles

190. Owen Petherbridge, Altadena

191. Natalie Gonzalez, Los Angeles

192. Jason Colbert, Los Angeles

193. Jarro Thomas, Los Angeles

194. Bill Wood, Los Angeles

195. Pranessh Ganesan, Torrance

196. William Hu, Los Angeles

197. Gaurik Patnaikuni, Torrance

198. Austin Machuca, Hawthorne

199. Srinivas Chenna, Los Angeles

200. Kavitha Sama, Los Angeles

201. Sashreek Vemula, Los Angeles

202. Nathan Burke, Redondo Beach

203. Sonya Garibova, Sherman Oaks

204. Jamila Bensalem, Sawtelle

205. Ether Biswas, Los Angeles

206. Marcel Lee, Long Beach

207. Daniel Peterson, Santa Clarita

208. Robinson Rutherford, Los Angeles

209. Salil Surendran, Los Angeles

210. Mendy Rafi, Palms

211. Omar Cabrales, Panorama City

212. Al Majidi, Los Angeles

213. Prince Kumar, Beverly Hills

214. Ragesh Nair, Thousand Oaks

215. Pryce Postas, Canoga Park

216. Connor Hundertmark, Los Angeles

217. Sam Cea, Los Angeles

218. Jess Rodriguez, Los Angeles

219. Orion Thomas, Pasadena

220. Michael Wasney, Los Angeles

221. Brandon Montes-Nguyen, Los Angeles

222. Devontae Johnson, Compton

223. Michael Cardenas, South Gate

224. Leonardo Lopez, Los Angeles

225. Aaryav Tripathi, Torrance

226. Dalmat Gjoci, Hollywood

227. Evan Green, Studio City

228. Tory Blake, Sherman oaks

229. Kalki Narmada, Santa Clarita

230. Jesse Van Patten, Malibu

231. Anthony Cooper, Los Angeles

232. Jacob Cooper, Valley Village

233. Shann Wright, Los Angeles

234. Zachary Hunsinger, Burbank

235. Donald Jackson, Los Angeles

236. Anthony Bell, Los Angeles

237. Zhumaaly Bakbolotov, Los Angeles

238. Trey Curran, Los Angeles

239. Danni Tuch, Los Angeles

240. Andrew Hostler, Woodland Hills

241. Antonella Purton, Los Angeles

242. Yuri Killianov, 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