CalChess FIDE Top 20

(Two-time CalChess State Champion IM Josh Friedel poses before a round at the 2007 US Championship in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Photo by MonRoi.)

The following list includes the top 20 players presently living in Northern California who played in at least one FIDE rated event in California or Nevada during the past year. Source: April 2008 FIDE rating list.

1. IM Josh Friedel 2484
2. IM Vinay Bhat 2481
3. GM Walter Browne 2444
4. IM David Pruess 2425
5. IM John Donaldson 2414
6. IM Vladimir Mezentsev 2411
7. IM Dmitry Zilberstein 2411
8. FM Vladimir Strugatsky 2400
9. IM Ricardo DeGuzman 2389
10. IM John Grefe 2377
11. FM Craig Mar 2372
12. FM Tigran Ishkanov 2350
13. FM Shiv Shivaji 2308
14. NM Sam Shankland 2296
15. NM Nicolas Yap 2278
16. WIM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2278
17. Erik Kislik 2278
18. NM Andy Lee 2258
19. NM Michael Aigner 2249
20. FM Daniel Naroditsky 2242