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 9/27/2026

1. Aleks Gevorgyan, Los Angeles

2. Rob Rosenberg, Los Angeles

3. Arnel Odero, Los Angeles

4. Carlos Chavez, Los Angeles

5. Harinandh Nair, Thousand Oaks

6. Yashveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

7. Yaroslav Baranov, Sherman Oaks

8. Darren Himeles, Santa Clarita

9. Vadim Poltkin, West Hollywood

10. Gerald Ruiz, Burbank

11. Alex Frish, Long Beach

12. Taja Delijani, Los Angeles

13. Vincent Amaya, Hollywood  

14. Forest Sherwood, Manhattan Beach

15. Ryan McCloskey, Westwood

16. Riccarlo Porter, Los Angeles

17. Antonio Cantor, Los Angeles

18. Jackson Colbert, Los Angeles

19. Jose Estrada, Ontario

20. Bryce McIntyre, Torrance

21. Babak Farahvashy, Sherman Oaks

22. Lukas Selesnick, Los Angeles

23. Jason Javier, Burbank

24. Frank Gerolmo, Marina del Rey

25. Cristian Jaime, Los Angeles

26. Zhumaaly Bakbolotov, Los Angeles

27. Braden Javier, Burbank

28. Gibson Buffa, Los Angeles

29. Jose Suchite, Los Angeles

30. Bill Wood, Los Angeles

31. Poojitha Gorumutchu, Los Angeles

32. Aitegin Muratbekov, Los Angeles

33. Al Lee, Los Angeles

34. Rox Osados, Van Nuys

35. Joaquin Cantor, Los Angeles

36. Stephen Morelock, Northridge

37. Diego Monroy, Lakewood

38. Micah Margolin, Los Angeles

39. Angel Navedo, Redondo Beach

40. Laurence Hall, Long Beach

41. Dave Matson, Pasadena

42. Glenn Cravens, Los Angeles

43. Tim Estle, West Hills

44. Richard Ahorro, Santa Clarita

45. Bryan Rivera, Norwalk

46. Ryan Tanner, Woodland Hills

47. Jonathan Cooper, Los Angeles

48. Aman Madhav, Los Angeles

49. Mark Goleski, Los Angeles

50. Nick Marks, Long Beach

51. Jackson Lin, Monterey Park

52. Kyle McBride, Los Angeles

53. Jovan Radenkovic, Encino

54. Brian Havey, Santa Clarita

55. Joshua Ulloa, Los Angeles

56. Ivan Thieu, Los Angeles

57. Shann Wright, Los Angeles

58. Erik Gober, Compton

59. Jason Colbert, Los Angeles

60. Ashot Voskanyan, Los Angeles

61. Milan Vashistha, Santa Clarita

62. Aaryan Mahajan, Woodland Hills

63. Peymon Nasseri, Sherman Oaks

64. Rajveer Jashnani, Santa Clarita

65. Ragesh Nair, Thousand Oaks

66. Levi Ortega, Los Angeles

67. Julian Lopez, East Los Angeles

68. James Robbins, North Hollywood

69. Chiara Biribicchi, Los Angeles

70. Mary Lynn, Los Angeles

71. Ansh Kumar, Glendale

72. Andrew Hostler, Woodland Hills

73. Michael Williams, Los Angeles

74. Daniel Cho, Redondo Beach

75. Donzell Taylor, Carson

76. Artur Gevorgyan, Los Angeles

77. Owen Hawxhurst, Los Angeles

78. Anthony Allonardo, Sherman Oaks

79. Houton Delijani, Los Angeles

80. Kira Baranova, Sherman Oaks

81. Erik Spencer, Culver City

82. Onye Egbuta, Playa del Rey

83. Oscar Sackaroff, Hawthorne

84. Alex Hernandez, Los Angeles

85. Adam Matthew, Hollywood

86. Reed Bernet, South Pasadena

87. Kevin Kim, Santa Clarita

88. Mike Dubkin, Canyon Country

89. Hieu Nguyen, Los Angeles

90. Harry Waters, Santa Monica

91. Ahyan Lalani, Santa Clarita 

92. Charlie Solomon, Mar Vista

93. Matthew Klinkel, Echo Park

94. Sol Rosenthal, Century City

95. Andrew Deutsch, Pasadena

96. Franky Ortega, Los Angeles

97. Gabriel Madrid, Los Angeles

98. Kirsten Taylor, Santa Monica

99. Mauricio Solis, Los Angeles

100. Arjun Roshan, Los Angeles

101. Tyler Mallory, Redondo Beach

102. Elise Hartley, Redondo Beach

103. Arturo Legorreta, Los Angeles

104. Elvin Liu, Torrance

105. Peter Lopez, South Gate

106. Robert Tapaltsyan, Encino

107. Aseem Lalani, Santa Clarita

108. Ariel Mazzarelli, Glendale

109. Rishi Ramesh, Canoga Park

110. Alexander Winnett, Culver City

111. Joel Hartley, Redondo Beach

112. Ajith Roshan de Silva, Inglewood

113. Kaven Bal, Los Angeles

114. Cesar Carrillo, Los Angeles

115. Andres-Eloy Padin, Santa Monica

116. Anthony Onuoha, Los Angeles

117. Markeese Jones, Los Angeles

118. Abraham Moreno, Los Angeles

119. Lee-kai Wang, Korea Town

120. Adrian Ulloa, Camarillo

121. Elishaua Symington, Los Angeles

122. Ariella Morik, Los Angeles

123. William Hu, Los Angeles

124. Austin Machuca, Hawthorne

125. Sonya Garibova, Sherman Oaks

126. Robinson Rutherford, Los Angeles

127. Salil Surendran, Los Angeles

128. Mendy Rafi, Palms

129. Omar Cabrales, Panorama City

130. Al Majidi, Los Angeles

131. Prince Kumar, Beverly Hills

132. Pryce Postas, Canoga Park

133. Connor Hundertmark, Los Angeles

134. Sam Cea, Los Angeles

135. Jess Rodriguez, Los Angeles

136. Orion Thomas, Pasadena

137. Michael Wasney, Los Angeles

138. Brandon Montes-Nguyen, Los Angeles

139. Devontae Johnson, Compton

140. Michael Cardenas, South Gate

141. Leonardo Lopez, Los Angeles

142. Aaryav Tripathi, Torrance

143. Dalmat Gjoci, Hollywood

144. Evan Green, Studio City

145. Tory Blake, Sherman oaks

146. Kalki Narmada, Santa Clarita

147. Jesse Van Patten, Malibu

148. Anthony Cooper, Los Angeles

149. Jacob Cooper, Valley Village

150. Sam Linson, North Hollywood

151. Zachary Hunsinger, Burbank

152. Donald Jackson, Los Angeles

153. Anthony Bell, Los Angeles

154. Danni Tuch, Los Angeles

155. Antonella Purton, Los Angeles

156. Yuri Killianov, Los Angeles

157. Saverio La Cava, Los Angeles

158. Krish Bhasin, Los Angeles

159. Telma Robles, South Los Angeles

160. Victor Alarcon, Los Angeles

161. Gregory Sifuentes, Los Angeles

162. Joe Quintiliano, Los Angeles

163. Teo Kashper, La Crescenta

164. Kevin Wright, Los Angeles

165. Ofer Litman, Woodland Hills

166. Eve Jablonkay, Los Angeles

167. Asher Tovar, Palms

168. Ari Tovar, Palms

169. Kira Leach, Los Angeles

170. Douglas Hughey, Pasadena

171. Carlos Suarez, Los Angeles

172. Brooke Loesby, Los Angeles

173. Kenny Gruber, Los Angeles

174. Marcos Lizarraga, Boyle Heights

175. Anna Ho, Los Angeles

176. Philip Gatt, West LA

177. Leon Courtois, Beverly Hills

178. Michael Lin, Downtown LA

179. Bill Wilkin, Glendora

180. Danny Jorda, Carson

181. Oak Soe Khant, Culver City

182. Danny Duryee, San Fernando

183. James Duryee, San Fernando

184. Ishaan Reddy, Santa Clarita

185. Luyen Tran, Los Angeles

186. Richard Pugh, Rancho Cucamonga

187. Ido Sohn, Silverlake

188. Arsenii Ivanovich, Los Angeles

189. Steve Moyer, Korea Town

190. Alan Brenner, Los Angeles

191. Joshua Wang, Manhattan Beach

192. Abdulsabur Jinadu, Los Angeles

193. Jacquelyn Deloatch, Los Angeles

194. Aedan Danehy, Hollywood

195. Will McCloud, Los Angeles

196. Yashar Glasker, Los Angeles

197. Willy Clark, Redondo Beach

198. Nailah Watts-Harper, Hollywood

199. Edward Lai, Mar Vista

200. Deric Too, Los Angeles

201. Michael Petrosyan, Los Angeles

202. Maziar Ghods, Los Angeles

203. Andre Bland, West Hollywood

204. Meng Wang, Los Angeles

205. Nicholas Pulido, Eagle Rock

206. Kyle Roundtree, Cypress Park

207. Ekene Akpati, San Fernando

208. Miriam Morris, Los Angeles

209. Delia Alexander, Los Angeles

210. Andrew Bower, Westwood

211. Craig April, Sherman Oaks

212. Andreas Pappas, Los Angeles

213. David Salomon, Los Angeles

214. Stephen Bishop, Simi Valley

215. Anthony D’Eredita, Koreatown

216. Alex Ambrose, Woodland Hills

217. Paul Longstaffe, Glendale

218. Sanam Sabooni, Simi Valley

219. Naomi Ross, Beverly Hills

220. Ean Brown, Los Angeles

221. Ruth Zeger, Los Angeles

222. Michael Sadio, Los Angeles

223. Jocelyn 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. Isaiah Bowman, Los Angeles

229. Tammy Wong, Cerritos

230. Dushyant Sharma, Loma Linda

231. Jesse Moya, Los Angeles

232. Sukyoung Won, Pasadena

233. Josh Ariel, Los Angeles

234. Jee Won Yang, Los Angeles

235. Damont Hampton, Los Angeles

236. TJ Funches, Los Angeles

237. Ben Tiernan, Beverly Hills

238. Julian Smith, Los Angeles

239. Matthew DiGloria, Glendale

240. Tanner Hampton, Los Angeles

241. Mike Bravo, Los Angeles

242. Fernando Acuna, Korea Town

243. Sharvil Biradar, Chatsworth

244. Arya Vashistha, Santa Clarita

245. Jamie Kook, 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