CalChess FIDE Top 20

(Top local players GM-elect Josh Friedel and IM David Pruess posed at the now-defunct East Bay Chess Club. Someone needs to teach Josh how to smile.)

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

1. IM Josh Friedel 2524 (GM-elect)
2. IM Vinay Bhat 2483 (GM-elect)
3. IM David Pruess 2438
4. GM Walter Browne 2435
5. IM John Donaldson 2411
6. IM Vladimir Mezentsev 2400
7. FM Vladimir Strugatsky 2397
8. IM Ricardo DeGuzman 2389
9. IM Dmitry Zilberstein 2388
10. FM Craig Mar 2372
11. IM John Grefe 2369
12. NM Sam Shankland 2368 (FM-elect)
13. FM Danya Naroditsky 2313
14. FM Shiv Shivaji 2308
15. WIM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2288
16. NM Nicolas Yap 2279
17. NM Andy Lee 2240
18. NM Michael Aigner 2234
19. NM Gregory Young 2233
20. IM Walter Shipman 2224