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 4/25/2024
Rank
Player
City
1
Kyle Barry
Cedarpines Park
2
Arnel Odero
Los Angeles
3
Joshua Woods
North Hollywood
4
Taja Delijani
Los Angeles
5
Joseph Gurrola
Hawthorne
6
Yaroslav Baranov
Sherman Oak
7
Rob Rosenberg
Los Angeles
8
Sergei Mateorov
Hollywood
9
Bryan Rivera
Downtown L.A.
10
Dolev Kravitz
Los Angeles
11
Russell Balcom
Los Angeles
12
Gerald Ruiz
Burbank
13
Darren Himeles
Santa Clarita
14
Dave Matson
Pasadena
15
Tim Estle
West Hills
16
Jonathan Cooper
Los Angeles
17
Jose Estrada
Van Nuys
18
Micah Margolin
Los Angeles
19
Ryan Tanner
Woodland Hills
20
Aman Madhav
Los Angeles
21
Carlos Chavez
Los Angeles
22
Jay Stallings
Santa Clarita
23
Pedram Malek
Los Angeles
24
Tim Abadilla
Tujunga
25
Elliot Murokh
Los Angeles
26
Harold Pierre
Santa Clarita
27
Kia Mirnoori
Woodland Hills
28
Stephen Morelock
Northridge
29
Jovan Radenkovic
Encino
30
Matthew Picinic
Valencia
31
Raphael Mimoun
Korea Town
32
Neil Arnett
West Hills
33
Alex Gilad
Los Angeles
34
Jim Castro
Santa Clarita
35
Mark Goleski
Los Angeles
36
Richard Ahorro
Santa Clarita
37
Peter Selvin
Los Angeles
38
Peymon Nasseri
Sherman Oaks
39
Jordan Vasseur
Hollywood
40
Alfredo Simbajon
Los Angeles
41
Kira Baranova
Sherman Oaks
42
Rox Osados
Van Nuys
43
Vincent Amaya
Hollywood
44
Amit Bhagwat
Mar Vista
45
Erik Spencer
Culver City
46
Landon Hu
Santa Clarita
47
Forest Sherwood
Manhattan Beach
48
Sabrina Shenker
Los Angeles
49
Sean Hall
Santa Clarita
50
Rasa Mirnoori
Woodland Hills
51
Onye Egbuta
Playa del Rey
52
Dario Sanai
Los Angeles
53
Quinn Madaus
Korea Town
54
Eric Carlson
Korea Town
55
Phil Warther
Downtown L.A.
56
Marina K.
Glendale
57
Sam Kennedy
Los Angeles
58
Anthony Householder
Los Angeles
59
Jay Allen
Hermosa Beach
60
Ulises Garcia
Los Angeles
61
Oscar Sackaroff
Hawthorne
62
Angel Navedo
Redondo Beach
63
David Teplow
Encino
64
Eric Youngquist
Los Angeles
65
Drake Phillips
Venice
66
Waylon Ford
Los Angeles
67
Yamin Rashid
Los Angeles
68
Massimo Risquez
Los Angeles
69
Benjamin Hananel
Chatsworth
70
Cooper Chenn
Los Angeles
71
Roman Lyssov
Los Angeles
72
David Franklin
Los Angeles
73
Nathan Nolan
Los Angeles
74
Diego Monroy
Los Angeles
75
Houtan Delijani
Los Angeles
76
Matthew Arcilla
North Hills
77
Dante Holly
Los Angeles
78
Alex Saletta
Granada Hills
79
Kumar Venkataramani
Pasadena
80
Manny Perez
Los Angeles
81
Mathew F
Korea Town
82
Reyansh Varma
Torrance
83
Glenn Cravens
Los Angeles
84
CJ Dunnick
Hawthorne
85
Nick White
Los Angeles
86
Adam Matthew
Hollywood
87
Aidan Casey
Los Angeles
88
Reed Bernet
South Pasadena
89
Nathan Mosher
Los Angeles
90
Kevin Kim
Santa Clarita
91
Mike Giampa
Valencia
92
Sai Chikati
Santa Clarita
93
Victor Oliveira
El Segundo
94
Timothy Sowers
Aliso Viejo
95
James Carr
Silver Lake
96
Raphie Cantor
Hancock Park
97
Babak Farahvashy
Sherman Oaks
98
Lindsey Newhall
Death Valley
99
Ruby Williams
Los Angeles
100
Francesco Brighenti
Hollywood
101
Jose Suchite
Los Angeles
102
Mike Dubkin
Canyon Country
103
Nick Marks
Long Beach
104
Riccarlo Porter
Los Angeles
105
Hieu Nguyen
Los Angeles
106
Harry Waters
Santa Monica
107
Ivan Thieu
Los Angeles
108
Will Bostwick
Los Feliz
109
Max Levenstein
Manhattan Beach
110
Sai Mahika Chenna
Los Angeles
111
Ahyan Lalani
Santa Clarita
112
Rafeed Khleif
Los Angeles
113
Bodhi Wong
Los Angeles
114
Aaryan Mahajan
Woodland Hills
115
Charlie Solomon
Mar Vista
116
Jordan Blake
San Fernando Valley
117
Sai Anirudh Chenna
Los Angeles
118
Bibi Kramer
Los Angeles
119
Omkar Kanse
Glendale
120
Jack Maroun
Glassell Park
121
David Kim
Koreatown
122
Poojitha Gorumutchu
Los Angeles
123
Viresh Kanse
Glendale
124
Sara Nunez
Los Angeles
125
Blake Joseph
West L.A
126
Matthew Klinkel
Echo Park
127
Jeffrey Liu
Canoga Park
128
Sol Rosenthal
Century City
129
Jackson Glinski
Cheviot Hills
130
Saverio La Cava
Los Angeles
131
Andrew Deutsch
Pasadena
132
Franky Ortega
Los Angeles
133
Mary Lynn
Los Angeles
134
Timothy Pak
Highland Park
135
Leah Taguinin
Northridge
136
Justin Lane
South Pasadena
137
Gabriel Madrid
Los Angeles
138
Andre Torres
Northridge
139
Max Stein-Golenbock
Los Angeles
140
Mauricio Solis
Los Angeles
141
Hesam Fadaifar
Westwood
142
Damian Flores
Los Angeles
143
Mark Ferreira
Los Angeles
144
Elvin Liu
Torrance
145
Andrea Coronado
Los Angeles
146
Sean Doherty
Sherman Oaks
147
William Provinziano
Los Angeles
148
Conor Whalen
Santa Monica
149
Shray Myneni
Los Angeles
150
Sadiki Jordan
Torrance
151
Peter Lopez
South Gate
152
Gareth Evans
Los Angeles
153
Duane Ganther
Santa Clarita
154
Sid Potukuchi
Los Angeles
155
Robert Tapaltsyan
Encino
156
Maya Sahafi
Los Angeles
157
Jonathan Yoon
Sierra Madre
158
Henry Yoon
Sierra Madre
159
Justice Washington
Los Angeles
160
Alan Tan
Los Angeles
161
Ryan Brakey
Los Angeles
162
David Choi
Los Angeles
163
Hyung Kim
Los Angeles
164
Asher Kim
Los Angeles
165
Aseem Lalani
Santa Clarita
166
Augusto Ochoa
Los Angeles
167
Anthony Guarnieri
Los Angeles
168
Bobby Cerekovic
Tarzana
169
Emmy Taguinin
Northridge
170
Jafedt Martinez
Santa Clarita
171
Damian Ramos
Santa Clarita
172
James Pham
Los Angeles
173
Jordan Alan
Los Angeles
174
Knox Alan
Los Angeles
175
Dylan Weissman
Hollywood
176
Alexnadr Lyssov
Los Angeles
177
Andrew Howard
Los Angeles
178
Richard Woo
Los Angeles
179
Robert Woo
Los Angeles
180
Jimin Choi
Los Angeles
181
Abi Nav
Mid City
182
Alex Frish
Long Beach
183
Tyler Shepherd
Malibu
184
Telma Robles
Los Angeles
185
Cem Atli
Sierra Madre
186
Ryder Curtis-Bregman
Los Angeles
187
Jules Habtamu
Los Angeles
188
Raphael Chestang
Los Angeles
189
Ariel Mazzarelli
Glendale
190
Jack Seibert
Echo Park
191
Laura Lopez-Sandoval
Los Angeles
192
Anthony Saletta
Granada Hills
193
Kale Sanders
Woodland Hills
194
Mike Saletta
Granada Hills
195
Chris Mojica
North Hollywood
196
Francis He
Beverly Hills
197
Nathan Jimenez
Los Angeles
198
Garrett Couto
Calabasas
199
Sophia Perez
Los Angeles
200
Leilani Perez
Los Angeles
201
Ethan Chang
Westlake Village
202
Nathaniel Chang
Westlake Village
203
Devon Chang
Westlake Village
204
Yoanna Nedyalkova
Los Angeles
205
Ken Cornutt
Los Angeles
206
Douglas Wong
Hollywood
207
Miles Washington
Los Angeles
208
Everett Yu
Mar Vista
209
Vadim Plotkin
West Hollywood
210
Eleuterio Pacheco
Gleneale
211
Shehab Heddaya
Downtown LA
212
Daron Karayan
Los Angeles
213
Lawrence Charles
Long Beach
214
Theodore Sieving
Long Beach
215
Yashveer Jashnani
Santa Clarita
216
Elijah Tipton
Westwood
217
Devin Alvarenga
Los Angeles
218
Sam Bain
Los Feliz
219
Sydney Baloue
Los Angeles
220
Robert Romano
Woodland Hills
221
Chris Domenick
Santa Clarita
222
Jorge Palma
Los Angeles
223
Damilola Eyitayo
Fresno
224
Sam Mattern
Chatsworth
225
Stephen Blake
Los Angeles
226
JJ Foster
Los Angeles
227
Conrad Brittenham
City Terrace
228
D'Angelo Louis
Van Nuys
229
Levi Ortega
Los Angeles
230
Garrett Allen
Los Angeles
231
Elise Hartley
Redondo Beach
232
Joel Hartley
Redondo Beach
233
Luka Kuzmic
Santa Clarita
234
Jade Lyman
Baldwin Park
235
Rajveer Jashnani
Santa Clarita
236
Gurudev Nayak
Los Angeles
237
Kelvin Bynes
Los Angeles
238
Elijah Thornton
Los Angeles
239
Amanda Smith
Santa Monica
240
Xander Maugh
Los Angeles
241
George Flores
Long Beach
242
Benjamin Samuel
Los Angeles
243
Rosemary Ringwald
West Hollywood
244
Randall Baker
Los Angeles
245
Zohrab Ashikyan
North Hollywood
246
Zachary Fernandez
Long Beach
247
Tyler Wenzel
Los Angeles
248
Robin Vyas
Los Angeles
249
Ajith Roshan de Silva
Inglewood
250
Henry Dayan
Los Angeles
251
Eric Getzoff
Westwood
252
Eric Moss
Sylmar
253
Pleas Seals
Los Angeles
254
Honor Manthei
Canyon Country
255
Christopher Abrego
Los Angeles
256
Eric Upton
Westchester
257
Kaven Bal
Los Angeles
258
Vincent Pineda
Santa Clarita
259
Daved Sweis
Los Angeles
260
Norman Abadilla
Santa Clarita
261
Noah Tan
Santa Clarita
262
Colin Gaffney
Culver City
263
Garrett Gilliam
San Marcos
264
Cesar Carrillo
Los Angeles
265
David Wilnai
Beverlywood
266
Peter Griffiths
Marina Del Rey
267
Justin Jimenez
Baldwin Park
268
Jonah Sabeti
Westwood
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
