Sunday, July 26

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

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