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 3/16/2024

1. Carlos Chavez, Los Angeles

2. Yaroslav Baranov, Sherman Oaks

3. Arnel Odero, Los Angeles

4. Stephen Morelock, Northridge

5. Diego Monroy, Lakewood

6. Riccarlo Porter, Los Angeles

7. Darren Himeles, Santa Clarita

8. Micah Margolin, Los Angeles

9. Rob Rosenberg, Los Angeles

10. Taja Delijani, Los Angeles

11. Angel Navedo, Redondo Beach

12. Forest Sherwood, Manhattan Beach

13. Laurence Hall, Long Beach

14. Sid Potukuchi, Los Angeles

15. Bryce McIntyre, Torrance

16. Dave Matson, Pasadena

17. Russell Balcom, Los Angeles

18. Jackson Colbert, Los Angeles

19. Raphael Mimoun, Korea Town

20. Glenn Cravens, Los Angeles

21. Tim Estle, West Hills

22. Richard Ahorro, Santa Clarita

23. Yashveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

24. Joseph Gurrola, Hawthorne

25. Sergei Mateorov, Hollywood

26. Bryan Rivera, Downtown L.A.

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. Jay Stallings, Santa Clarita

33. Tim Abadilla, Tujunga

34. Harold Pierre, Santa Clarita

35. Vincent Amaya, Hollywood  

36. Vadim Plotkin, West Hollywood

37. Harinandh Nair, Thousand Oaks

38. Jackson Lin, Monterey Park

39. Kyle McBride, Los Angeles

40. Joshua Ulloa, Los Angeles

41. Erik Gober, Compton

42. Cristian Jaime, Los Angeles

43. Donzell Taylor, Carson

44. Gibson Buffa, Los Angeles

45. Artur Gevorgyan, Los Angeles

46. Owen Hawxhurst, Los Angeles

47. Peymon Nasseri, Sherman Oaks

48. Shu Wang, Los Angeles

49. Poojitha Gorumutchu, Los Angeles

50. Anthony Allonardo, Sherman Oaks

51. Rajveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

52. Houton Delijani, Los Angeles

53. Drake Valles, Los Angeles

54. Jovan Radenkovic, Encino

55. Matthew Picinic, Valencia

56. Alex Gilad, Los Angeles

57. Jim Castro, Santa Clarita

58. Mark Goleski, Los Angeles

59. Peter Selvin, Los Angeles

60. Jordan Vasseur, Hollywood

61. Kira Baranova, Sherman Oaks

62. Rox Osados, Van Nuys

63. Erik Spencer, Culver City

64. Sabrina Shenker, Los Angeles

65. Sean Hall, Santa Clarita

66. Onye Egbuta, Playa del Rey

67. Dario Sanai, Los Angeles

68. Marina K., Glendale

69. Sam Kennedy, Santa Clarita

70. Jay Allen, Hermosa Beach

71. Oscar Sackaroff, Hawthorne

72. Alex Hernandez, Los Angeles

73. David Teplow, Encino

74. Eric Youngquist, Los Angeles

75. Roman Lyssov, Los Angeles

76. David Franklin, Los Angeles

77. Nathan Nolan, Los Angeles

78. Dante Holly, Los Angeles

79. Alex Saletta, Granada Hills

80. Mathew F, Korea Town

81. Reyansh Varma, Torrance

82. CJ Dunnick, Hawthorne

83. Adam Matthew, Hollywood

84. Reed Bernet, South Pasadena

85. Kevin Kim, Santa Clarita

86. Mike Giampa, Valencia

87. Timothy Sowers, Aliso Viejo

88. Babak Farahvashy, Sherman Oaks

89. Lindsey Newhall, Death Valley

90. Jose Suchite, Los Angeles

91. Mike Dubkin, Canyon Country

92. Nick Marks, Long Beach

94. Hieu Nguyen, Los Angeles

95. Harry Waters, Santa Monica

96. Ivan Thieu, Los Angeles

97. Sai Mahika Chenna, Los Angeles

98. Ahyan Lalani, Santa Clarita 

99. Aaryan Mahajan, Woodland Hills

100. Charlie Solomon, Mar Vista

101. Jordan Blake, San Fernando Valley

102. Sai Anirudh Chenna, Los Angeles

103. Matthew Klinkel, Echo Park

104. Sol Rosenthal, Century City

105. Andrew Deutsch, Pasadena

106. Franky Ortega, Los Angeles

107. Mary Lynn, Los Angeles

108. Leah Taguinin, Northridge

109. Gabriel Madrid, Los Angeles

110. Mauricio Solis, Los Angeles

111. Yash Chawla, Torrance

112. Elvin Liu, Torrance

113. Peter Lopez, South Gate

114. Gareth Evans, Los Angeles

115. Duane Ganther, Santa Clarita

116. Robert Tapaltsyan, Encino

117. Aseem Lalani, Santa Clarita

118. Emmy Taguinin, Northridge

119. Alexnadr Lyssov, Los Angeles

120. Alex Frish, Long Beach

121. Jules Habtamu, Los Angeles

122. Raphael Chestang, Los Angeles

123. Ariel Mazzarelli, Glendale

124. Anthony Saletta, Granada Hills

125. Mike Saletta, Granada Hills

126. Robert Romano, Woodland Hills

127. Chris Domenick, Santa Clarita

128. Stephen Blake, Los Angeles

129. Levi Ortega, Los Angeles

130. Rishi Ramesh, Canoga Park

131. Alexander Winnett, Culver City

132. Elise Hartley, Redondo Beach

133. Joel Hartley, Redondo Beach

134. George Flores, Long Beach

135. Rosemary Ringwald, West Hollywood

136. Randall Baker, Los Angeles

137. Zohrab Ashikyan, North Hollywood

138. Zachary Fernandez, Long Beach

139. Tyler Wenzel, Los Angeles

140. Robin Vyas, Los Angeles

141. Ajith Roshan de Silva, Inglewood

142. Henry Dayan, Los Angeles

143. Eric Getzoff, Westwood

144. Eric Moss, Sylmar

145. Pleas Seals, Los Angeles

146. Honor Manthei, Canyon Country

147. Christopher Abrego, Los Angeles

148. Eric Upton, Westchester

149. Kaven Bal, Los Angeles

150. Vincent Pineda, Santa Clarita

151. Daved Sweis, Los Angeles

152. Norman Abadilla, Santa Clarita

153. Noah Tan, Santa Clarita

154. Colin Gaffney, Culver City

155. Garrett Gilliam, San Marcos

156. Cesar Carrillo, Los Angeles

157. Peter Griffiths, Marina Del Rey

158. Justin Jimenez, Baldwin Park

159. Jonah Sabeti, Westwood

160. Sebastian Hacegaba, Los Angeles

161. Andres-Eloy Padin, Santa Monica

162. Lou Rovner, Woodland Hills

163. Anthony Onuoha, Los Angeles

164. Samik Patnaikuni, Torrance

165. Fernando Garnica, Redondo Beach

166. Markeese Jones, Los Angeles

167. Eduardo Gutierrez, Los Angeles

168. William Perez, Los Angeles

169. Todd Cronan, Sherman Oaks

170. Nicholas Cronan, Sherman Oaks

171. Jack Samuels, Los Angeles

172. Ishay Haykeen, Los Angeles

173. Abraham Moreno, Los Angeles

174. Edwin Guillen, Pacoima

175. Lee-kai Wang, Korea Town

176. Adrian Ulloa, Camarillo

177. Peter Augros, Coast Mesa

178. Luciano Sanchez, Torrance

179. Rachana Kshirsagar, Los Angeles

180. Victoria Torres, Hollywood

181. Leor Kaminski, Los Angeles

182. Jessie Munoz, Winnetka 

183. Miles Aaronson, Los Angeles

184. Joshua Chang, Los Angeles

185. Andrew Roth, Los Angeles

186. Rudy Benjamin, Los Angeles

187. Elishaua Symington, Los Angeles

188. Ariella Morik, Los Angeles

189. Owen Petherbridge, Altadena

190. Natalie Gonzalez, Los Angeles

191. Jason Colbert, Los Angeles

192. Jarro Thomas, Los Angeles

193. Bill Wood, Los Angeles

194. Pranessh Ganesan, Torrance

195. William Hu, Los Angeles

196. Gaurik Patnaikuni, Torrance

197. Austin Machuca, Hawthorne

198. Srinivas Chenna, Los Angeles

199. Kavitha Sama, Los Angeles

200. Sashreek Vemula, Los Angeles

201. Nathan Burke, Redondo Beach

202. Sonya Garibova, Sherman Oaks

203. Jamila Bensalem, Sawtelle

204. Ether Biswas, Los Angeles

205. Marcel Lee, Long Beach

206. Daniel Peterson, Santa Clarita

207. Robinson Rutherford, Los Angeles

208. Salil Surendran, Los Angeles

209. Mendy Rafi, Palms

210. Omar Cabrales, Panorama City

211. Al Majidi, Los Angeles

212. Prince Kumar, Beverly Hills

213. Ragesh Nair, Thousand Oaks

214. Pryce Postas, Canoga Park

215. Connor Hundertmark, Los Angeles

216. Sam Cea, Los Angeles

217. Jess Rodriguez, Los Angeles

218. Orion Thomas, Pasadena

219. Michael Wasney, Los Angeles

220. Brandon Montes-Nguyen, Los Angeles

221. Devontae Johnson, Compton

222. Michael Cardenas, South Gate

223. Leonardo Lopez, Los Angeles

224. Kirsten Taylor, Santa Monica

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, Santa Clarita

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