2026 Governance Delegates

2026-2027 Delegate Allocations by State

 

ALABAMA (Alabama Chess Federation)

  • Ranae Bartlett (16771043) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Frank Camaratta (10064953) Additional Alternate
  • Todd Guthrie (16389217) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027

ALASKA (Alaska Chess Federation)

  • Benjamin Eibert (12821124) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027

ARIZONA (Arizona Chess Federation, Inc)

  • Frank B Elley Jr (10368162) Additional Alternate
  • Michelle Martinez (14966162) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Martha Underwood (14383723) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027

ARKANSAS (Arkansas Chess Association)

  • Steve Elkins (12827561) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Nicholas Jaeger (14895238) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • David Morgankamp (16058892) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

CALIFORNIA (N) (CALCHESS)

  • Salman Azhar (12448551) Delegate (6) until 4-30-2027
  • Jim Eade (10001455) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2027
  • Richard Koepcke (10493269) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Jordan Langland (12998998) Delegate (5) until 4-30-2027
  • Dana Langland (14629492) Delegate (4) until 4-30-2027
  • Tom Langland (11236219) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Chris Torres (12767336) Delegate (7) until 4-30-2027

CALIFORNIA (S) (Southern California Chess Federation)

  • Dewain Barber (10467454) Delegate at Large until 8-8-2027
  • Randall Hough (10461138) Delegate at Large until 8-8-2027
  • Alaa-addin Moussa (12641188) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Oren Porat (16884602) Delegate (4) until 4-30-2027
  • Paul Rohwer (12488602) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2027
  • John Wright (10462185) Delegate (5) until 4-30-2027

COLORADO (Colorado State Chess Association)

  • Dean W. Brown (10224098) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Duwayne Langseth (11197175) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Earle Wikle (12126030) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027

CONNECTICUT (Connecticut State Chess Association)

  • Molly Coy (16046767) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027
  • Alex Lumelsky (12656022) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027

DELAWARE (Delaware Chess Association)

  • Ken Milutin (10702500) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027
  • Phillip Simpkins (12409855) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC Chess League)

  • Robin Ramson (16228766) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027

FLORIDA (Florida Chess Association)

  • Anthony P Cottell (10047498) Additional Alternate
  • George Foote (16161536) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2027
  • Charles Hatherill (12215430) Delegate (6) until 4-30-2027
  • Julio Morella (31577261) Delegate (5) until 4-30-2027
  • Kevin Pryor (12544760) Executive Board until 8-5-2029
  • Andrew Rea (11052452) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Sue Samuels (3055074) Delegate (7) until 4-30-2027
  • Daniel Smith (12684427) Delegate (4) until 8-6-2027
  • Lawrence Storch (10227208) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

GEORGIA (Georgia Chess Association)

  • Anna Baumstark (15219866) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027
  • Fun Fong (12565083) Additional Delegate until 8-6-2027
  • Charles German (30574102) Delegate (3) until 8-6-2027
  • David Hater (12334630) Executive Board until 8-8-2027
  • Mohua Maity (16760200) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027

  • Keith Sewell (13315125) Alternate (1) until 8-6-2027

     

HAWAII (Hawaii Chess Federation)

 

IDAHO (Idaho Chess Association)

 

ILLINOIS (Illinois Chess Association)

  • Lawrence Cohen (10341841) Delegate (5) until 8-6-2027
  • Tim Just (10334471) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027
  • Jeff Smith (12816225) Delegate (6) until 8-6-2027
  • Peter Spizzirri (12894941) Delegate (3) until 8-6-2027
  • Edwin Walker (12002850 Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027
  • Helen E Warren (10344514) Additional Alternate

  • Jeff Wiewel (10336015) Delegate (4) until 8-6-2027

     

INDIANA (Indiana State Chess Association)

  • Robert Banta (12598593) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • John Fallon (12813262) Alternate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Nikhil Murugan (15962917) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Lester VanMeter (10301165) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2027

IOWA (Iowa State Chess Association)

  • Randy Bauer (10320372) Delegate at Large until 8-4-2029
  • James Neal (12884217) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Eric Vigil (12706124) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027

KANSAS (Kansas Chess Association)

 

KENTUCKY (Kentucky Chess Association)

  • Benoy Abraham (3129481) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027
  • Allen Priest (12874976) Delegate at Large until 8-8-2027
  • Joan Priest (13214522) Delegate until 8-6-2027

LOUISIANA (Louisiana Chess Association)

  • Austin Janusa (16531240) Alternate (1) until 8-6-2027
  • Anh Le (32436233) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027
  • Adriana Schneider (16013684) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027

MAINE (Maine Chess Association)

  • Wyatt Hendrix (15400865) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Aaron Spencer (13424483) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

MARYLAND (Maryland Chess Association)

  • Chris Y. Kim (12084660) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Brent Howard Layer (14127035) Alternate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Michael Regan (12914087) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • John Rockefeller (14001447) Executive Board until 8-5-2029
  • Grishmeshwar Prasad Sinha (14381952) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027

MASSACHUSETTS (Massachusetts Chess Association)

  • Robert Messenger (12418118) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Colin Scheriff (30331716) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Mike Urbonas (11015328) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027

MICHIGAN (Michigan Chess Association)

  • Jeff Aldrich (12448994) Alternate (1) until 8-6-2027
  • Stan J. Jarosz Jr (12230660) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027
  • Anthony Nichols (12753902) Alternate (2) until 8-6-2027
  • Priya Ramdas (31101298) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027

MINNESOTA (Minnesota State Chess Association)

  • Shanti Krishna (32690808) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • David Kuhns (10320291) Additional Delegate until 8-7-2026

MISSISSIPPI (Mississippi Chess Association)

  • Gerald McDonald (12939491) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027
  • Douglas Stewart (20109893) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027

MISSOURI (Missouri Chess Association)

  • John Fernandez (12633862) Executive Board until 8-8-2027

     

MONTANA (Montana Chess Association)

  • Richard Hobbs (10487757) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027

 

NEBRASKA (Nebraska State Chess Association)

  • Nicholas Lacroix (144455638) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Abhinav Suresh (14319361) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Michael E. Nolan (10339324) Delegate at Large until 8-4-2029

NEVADA (Silver State Chess)

  • Tom Brownscombe Delegate (2) until 8-7-2027
  • Alan Losoff (10311110) Alternate (1) until 8-7-2027
  • Fred Roscher (12500860) Delegate (1) until 8-7-2027

NEW HAMPSHIRE (New Hampshire Chess Association) 

  • Henry Terrie (10025265) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027

NEW JERSEY (New Jersey State Chess Federation)

  • Nicholas Carlson (17114650) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Alessandro de Marchi-Blumstein (14043070) Delegate (3) 4-30-2027
  • Edward Steven Doyle (10066701) Additional Alternate
  • Leroy W. Dubeck (10061083) Additional Alternate
  • Matthew Iacoviello [15718066] Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Aaron Kiedes (12897595) Delegate (4) until 4-30-2027
  • Kenneth Sloan (10163561) Delegate at Large until 8-4-2029

NEW MEXICO (New Mexico Chess Organization)

  • Mariah Chavez-Graham (32219004) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Ron Farrar (11342612) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Daniel Serna (30169514) Executive Board 8-5-2029
  • Kevin Zemko (13306363) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027

NEW YORK (New York State Chess Association)

  • Natasha Christiansen (11366805) Delegate (9) until 8-6-2027
  • Kimberly Doo (16085728) Delegate (6) until 8-6-2027
  • Michael Ellenbogen (12499818) Delegate (7) until 8-6-2027
  • Gregory Keener (137780064) Delegate (8) until 8-6-2027
  • Steve Immitt (10125391) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027
  • Albert J. Lawrence (10367158) Delegate at Large until 8-8-2027
  • Beatriz Marinello (12537449) Delegate at Large 8-8-2027
  • Daniel Rohde (12622575) Delegate (3) until 8-6-2027
  • Sophia Rohde (12455001) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027
  • Tony Seto (32599063) Delegate (10) until 8-6-2027
  • Harold Stenzel (10095824) Delegate (4) until 8-6-2027
  • Sunil Weeramantry (11155189) Delegate (5) until 8-6-2027

NORTH CAROLINA (North Carolina Chess Association)

  • Grant Oen (12926610) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2027
  • Bruce Roth (12691661) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Jonathan Schroer (10118131) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Riddick Smiley (12418390) Delegate ((4) until 4-30-2027

NORTH DAKOTA (North Dakota Chess Association)

  • Jason Schoenack (12625229) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

OHIO (Ohio Chess Association)

  • Calvin Marshall (10261465) Delegate (3) until 8-6-2027
  • Dennis Normile (14992085) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027
  • Will Thomas (14223621) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027

OKLAHOMA (Oklahoma Chess Association)

  • Jim Berry (10384885) Additional Alternate
  • Tom Braunlich (10386161) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Paul Covington (12044640) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Chuck Unruh (12474516) Delegate at Large until 8-4-2029

OREGON (Oregon Chess Federation)

  • Carl Haessler (10503892) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • David Murray (12678095) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

PENNSYLVANIA (Pennsylvania State Chess Federation)

  • Karl Dehmelt (10164176) Delegate (1) 8-6-27
  • Maxim Dlugy (11435629) Additional Alternate
  • Kavita Pendyala (30286112) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027
  • Nathan Zeigler (17328765) Delegate (3) until 8-6-2027

RHODE ISLAND (Ocean State Chess Association)

  • Frank DelBonis (12639903) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Wayne Powers (12842342) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027

SOUTH CAROLINA (South Carolina Chess Association)

  • David Grimaud (12529854) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027
  • Maureen Grimaud (13552285) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027
  • Jim Hodina (12335280) Additional Delegate until 8-6-2027
  • Robert J. McCrary (10219761) Delegate at Large until 8-8-2027
  • Ernest Nix (12407332) Alternate (1) until 8-6-2027

SOUTH DAKOTA (South Dakota Chess Association)

  • Jordan Esmay (30234561) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027

TENNESSEE (Tennessee Chess Association)

  • Danny Mullinax (12852015) Alternate (2) until 8-6-2027
  • Chris Prosser (12604225) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027

  • Michael Shuey (15876355) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027

     

TEXAS (Texas Chess Association Inc)

  • Caleb Brown (14842235) Delegate (1) until 8-6-2027
  • Peter Craney (12479067) Delegate (9) until 8-6-2027
  • Franc Guadalupe (12421314) Delegate At Large until 8-5-2028
  • Dora Jara (32410594) Delegate (7) until 8-6-2027
  • Satya Maddipati (31401752) Delegate (6) until 8-6-2027
  • Alex Onischuk (12625186) Additional Delegate 8-6-2027
  • Venkata Pullabhotla (15472194) Delegate (2) until 8-6-2027
  • Ty Ramirez (15115431) Delegate (8) until 8-6-2027
  • Timothy P Redman (10346061) Additional Alternate
  • Lori Riley (14849348) Delegate (10) until 8-6-2027
  • Cole Speicher (32598589) Delegate (3) until 8-6-2027
  • Jarred Tetzlaff (17182870) Delegate (4) until 8-6-2027
  • Sweta Upadrasta (32387309) Delegate (5) until 8-6-2027
  • Lakshmana Viswanath (12777105) Executive Board until 8-8-2027

UTAH (Utah Chess Association)

  • Christopher Cole (13321265) Delegate (1) until 8-7-2027
  • David Day (1256705) Additional Delegate (1) until 8-7-2027
  • Benjamin Watanabe (1557021) Delegate (2) until 8-7-2027

VERMONT (Vermont Chess Association)

 

VIRGINIA (Virginia Chess Federation)

  • Anand Dommalapati (13778420) Executive Board 8-5-2029
  • Robert Getty (20069095) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Mike Hoffpauir (12682999) Delegate at Large until 8-4-2029
  • Adam Weissbarth (12486098) Delegate (3) 4-30-2027

WASHINGTON (Washington Chess Federation)

  • Salome Jacob (30740580) Delegate (3) until 8-4-2028
  • Dwight Barber (30622466) Delegate (2) until 8-4-2028
  • Josh Sinanan (12826891) Delegate (1) until 8-4-2028

WEST VIRGINIA (West Virginia Chess Federation)

  • Robert L. Greer (13937687) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Lewis F. Sanders (14236387) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027

WISCONSIN (Wisconsin Chess Association)

  • John De Mastri (12580948) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2027
  • Guy Hoffman (10314402) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2027
  • Sandra Hoffman (10318033) Additional Delegate until 8-7-2026
  • Mike Nietman (11135480) Delegate at Large until 8-4-2029
  • Andrew Schley (12898142) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027

WYOMING (Wyoming Chess Association)

  • Brian Walker (12406768) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2027