CalChess Top 20 Adults -- August 2009

(Photos of the top three players in Bay Area: GM Friedel, IM Shankland and GM Kraai.)

Check out the USCF website for a list of the top 200 active players in Northern California based on the August 2009 rating supplement. If you are rated 1870 or above, you can look up your official state ranking! This census includes 10 senior masters, a total of 50 masters and 59 experts.

I took into account several players who no longer live here plus a couple who have not played since summer 2008 to generate the following list of CalChess Top 20 Adults. I also included top rated and two-time state champion GM Josh Friedel, who resides in El Cerrito but remains registered under New Hampshire.

1			GM JOSH FRIEDEL	2612
2			IM SAM SHANKLAND	2564
3			GM JESSE KRAAI	2552
4			GM VINAY BHAT	2504
5			IM ANDREI FLOREAN	2487
6			IM DMITRY ZILBERSTEIN	2437
7			IM RICARDO DEGUZMAN	2419
8			IM DAVID PRUESS	2418
9			FM VLADIMIR STRUGATSKY	2414
10			IM JOHN DONALDSON	2408
11			IM VLADIMIR MEZENTSEV	2392
12			IM EMORY TATE	2372
13			FM DANIEL NARODITSKY	2371
14			FM RONALD CUSI	2325
15			IM GANBOLD ODONDOO	2322
16			DANIEL SCHWARZ	2313
17			STEVEN ZIERK	2312
18			RICHARD LOBO	2299
19			MICHAEL PEARSON	2290
20			FM BELA EVANS	2282