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 9/5/2026

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. Aidan Casey, Los Angeles

70. Chiara Biribicchi, Los Angeles

71. Mary Lynn, Los Angeles

72. Ansh Kumar, Glendale

73. Andrew Hostler, Woodland Hills

74. Michael Williams, Los Angeles

75. Daniel Cho, Redondo Beach

76. Donzell Taylor, Carson

77. Artur Gevorgyan, Los Angeles

78. Owen Hawxhurst, Los Angeles

79. Anthony Allonardo, Sherman Oaks

80. Houton Delijani, Los Angeles

81. Kira Baranova, Sherman Oaks

82. Erik Spencer, Culver City

83. Onye Egbuta, Playa del Rey

84. Oscar Sackaroff, Hawthorne

85. Alex Hernandez, Los Angeles

86. Adam Matthew, Hollywood

87. Reed Bernet, South Pasadena

88. Kevin Kim, Santa Clarita

89. Mike Dubkin, Canyon Country

90. Hieu Nguyen, Los Angeles

91. Harry Waters, Santa Monica

92. Ahyan Lalani, Santa Clarita 

93. Charlie Solomon, Mar Vista

94. Matthew Klinkel, Echo Park

95. Sol Rosenthal, Century City

96. Andrew Deutsch, Pasadena

97. Franky Ortega, Los Angeles

98. Gabriel Madrid, Los Angeles

99. Kirsten Taylor, Santa Monica

100. Mauricio Solis, Los Angeles

101. Arjun Roshan, Los Angeles

102. Tyler Mallory, Redondo Beach

103. Elise Hartley, Redondo Beach

104. Arturo Legorreta, Los Angeles

105. Elvin Liu, Torrance

106. Peter Lopez, South Gate

107. Robert Tapaltsyan, Encino

108. Aseem Lalani, Santa Clarita

109. Ariel Mazzarelli, Glendale

110. Rishi Ramesh, Canoga Park

111. Alexander Winnett, Culver City

112. Joel Hartley, Redondo Beach

113. Ajith Roshan de Silva, Inglewood

114. Kaven Bal, Los Angeles

115. Cesar Carrillo, Los Angeles

116. Andres-Eloy Padin, Santa Monica

117. Anthony Onuoha, Los Angeles

118. Markeese Jones, Los Angeles

119. Abraham Moreno, Los Angeles

120. Lee-kai Wang, Korea Town

121. Adrian Ulloa, Camarillo

122. Elishaua Symington, Los Angeles

123. Ariella Morik, Los Angeles

124. William Hu, Los Angeles

125. Austin Machuca, Hawthorne

126. Sonya Garibova, Sherman Oaks

127. Robinson Rutherford, Los Angeles

128. Salil Surendran, Los Angeles

129. Mendy Rafi, Palms

130. Omar Cabrales, Panorama City

131. Al Majidi, Los Angeles

132. Prince Kumar, Beverly Hills

133. Pryce Postas, Canoga Park

134. Connor Hundertmark, Los Angeles

135. Sam Cea, Los Angeles

136. Jess Rodriguez, Los Angeles

137. Orion Thomas, Pasadena

138. Michael Wasney, Los Angeles

139. Brandon Montes-Nguyen, Los Angeles

140. Devontae Johnson, Compton

141. Michael Cardenas, South Gate

142. Leonardo Lopez, Los Angeles

143. Aaryav Tripathi, Torrance

144. Dalmat Gjoci, Hollywood

145. Evan Green, Studio City

146. Tory Blake, Sherman oaks

147. Kalki Narmada, Santa Clarita

148. Jesse Van Patten, Malibu

149. Anthony Cooper, Los Angeles

150. Jacob Cooper, Valley Village

151. Sam Linson, North Hollywood

152. Zachary Hunsinger, Burbank

153. Donald Jackson, Los Angeles

154. Anthony Bell, Los Angeles

155. Danni Tuch, Los Angeles

156. Antonella Purton, Los Angeles

157. Yuri Killianov, Los Angeles

158. Saverio La Cava, Los Angeles

159. Krish Bhasin, Los Angeles

160. Telma Robles, South Los Angeles

161. Victor Alarcon, Los Angeles

162. Gregory Sifuentes, Los Angeles

163. Joe Quintiliano, Los Angeles

164. Teo Kashper, La Crescenta

165. Kevin Wright, Los Angeles

166. Ofer Litman, Woodland Hills

167. Eve Jablonkay, Los Angeles

168. Asher Tovar, Palms

169. Ari Tovar, Palms

170. Kira Leach, Los Angeles

171. Douglas Hughey, Pasadena

172. Carlos Suarez, Los Angeles

173. Brooke Loesby, Los Angeles

174. Kenny Gruber, Los Angeles

175. Marcos Lizarraga, Boyle Heights

176. Anna Ho, Los Angeles

177. Philip Gatt, West LA

178. Leon Courtois, Beverly Hills

179. Michael Lin, Downtown LA

180. Bill Wilkin, Glendora

181. Danny Jorda, Carson

182. Oak Soe Khant, Culver City

183. Danny Duryee, San Fernando

184. James Duryee, San Fernando

185. Ishaan Reddy, Santa Clarita

186. Luyen Tran, Los Angeles

187. Richard Pugh, Rancho Cucamonga

188. Ido Sohn, Silverlake

189. Arsenii Ivanovich, Los Angeles

190. Steve Moyer, Korea Town

191. Alan Brenner, Los Angeles

192. Joshua Wang, Manhattan Beach

193. Abdulsabur Jinadu, Los Angeles

194. Jacquelyn Deloatch, Los Angeles

195. Aedan Danehy, Hollywood

196. Will McCloud, Los Angeles

197. Yashar Glasker, Los Angeles

198. Willy Clark, Redondo Beach

199. Nailah Watts-Harper, Hollywood

200. Edward Lai, Mar Vista

201. Deric Too, Los Angeles

202. Michael Petrosyan, Los Angeles

203. Maziar Ghods, Los Angeles

204. Andre Bland, West Hollywood

205. Meng Wang, Los Angeles

206. Nicholas Pulido, Eagle Rock

207. Kyle Roundtree, Cypress Park

208. Ekene Akpati, San Fernando

209. Miriam Morris, Los Angeles

210. Delia Alexander, Los Angeles

211. Andrew Bower, Westwood

212. Craig April, Sherman Oaks

213. Andreas Pappas, Los Angeles

214. David Salomon, Los Angeles

215. Stephen Bishop, Simi Valley

216. Anthony D’Eredita, Koreatown

217. Alex Ambrose, Woodland Hills

218. Paul Longstaffe, Glendale

219. Sanam Sabooni, Simi Valley

220. Naomi Ross, Beverly Hills

221. Ean Brown, Los Angeles

222. Ruth Zeger, Los Angeles

223. Michael Sadio, Los Angeles

224. Jocelyn Lopez, East Los Angeles

225. Ezra Gonzalez, Los Angeles

226. Shiri Gonzalez, Los Angeles

227. Dylan Mich, Santa Monica

228. Liana Soroudi, Los Angeles

229. Isaiah Bowman, Los Angeles

230. Tammy Wong, Cerritos

231. Dushyant Sharma, Loma Linda

232. Jesse Moya, Los Angeles

233. Sukyoung Won, Pasadena

234. Josh Ariel, Los Angeles

235. Jee Won Yang, Los Angeles

236. Damont Hampton, Los Angeles

237. TJ Funches, Los Angeles

238. Ben Tiernan, Beverly Hills

239. Julian Smith, Los Angeles

240. Matthew DiGloria, Glendale

241. Tanner Hampton, 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