2025 Governance Delegates

2025-2026 Delegate Allocations by State

 

ALABAMA (Alabama Chess Federation)

  • Frank Camaratta (10064953) Additional Alternate
  • Todd Guthrie (16389217) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Michael Porcelli (13314357) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

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

     

ARIZONA (Arizona Chess Federation, Inc)

  • Frank B Elley Jr (10368162) Additional Alternate
  • Michelle Martinez (14966162) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Martha Underwood (14383723) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

CALIFORNIA (N) (CALCHESS)

  • Salman Azhar (12448551) Delegate (6) until 4-30-2026
  • Jim Eade (10001455) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026
  • Richard Koepcke (10493269) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Jordan Langland (12998998) Delegate (5) until 4-30-2026
  • Dana Langland (14629492) Delegate (4) until 4-30-2026
  • Tom Langland (11236219) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Chris Torres (12767336) Delegate (7) until 4-30-20026

CALIFORNIA (S) (Southern California Chess Federation)

  • Dewain Barber (10467454) Delegate at Large until 8-8-2027
  • Summer Dylan (12857725) Delegate (5) until 5-1-2026
  • Dedian Guo (30024592) Delegate (6) until 4-30-2026
  • Randall Hough (10461138) Delegate at Large until 8-8-2027
  • Esther Jou (15754295) Delegate (4) until 4-30-2026
  • Frank Lee (12853548) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026
  • Jim Mennella (11066241) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Alaa-addin Moussa (12641188) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

COLORADO (Colorado State Chess Association)

  • Duwayne Langseth (11197175) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Earle Wikle (12126030) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

CONNECTICUT (Connecticut State Chess Association)

  • Mikhail Koganov (12656022) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Alex Lumelsky (12656022) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

DELAWARE (Delaware Chess Association)

  • Sumit Bose (30696965) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Garry Quell (31074638) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC Chess League)

  • Robin Ramson (16228766) Delegate (1)  until 4-30-2026
  • Oladapo Adu (12778089) Delegates (2) until 4-30-2026 

  • FLORIDA (Florida Chess Association)

  • Anthony P Cottell (10047498) Additional Alternate
  • George Foote (16161536) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026
  • Charles Hatherill (12215430) Delegate (4) until 4-30-2026 
  • Matt Kolcz (15278821) Delegate (4) until 4-30-2026
  • Julio Morella (31577261) Delegate (5) until 4-30-2026
  • Kevin Pryor (12544760) Executive Board until  8-3-2025
  • Andrew Rea (11052452) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Lawrence Storch (10227208) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

GEORGIA (Georgia Chess Association)

  • James Altucker (12447432) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026
  • Maria Blanco (12777021) Alternate (3) until 4-30-2026
  • Tiffany Harris (12814109) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • David Hater (12334630) Executive Board until  8-8-2027
  • Mohua Maity (16760200) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • L. Thad Rogers (10220882) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Keith Sewell (13315125) Alternate (2) until 4-30-2026

HAWAII (Hawaii Chess Federation)

 

IOWA (Iowa State Chess Association)

  • Randy Bauer (10320372) Executive Board until 8-3-2025     
  • Eric Vigil (12706124) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

IDAHO (Idaho Chess Association)

  • Adam Porth (13362690) Delegate (1) 4-30-2026

ILLINOIS (Illinois Chess Association)

  • Lawrence Cohen (10341841) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026
  • Emily Dawson (16258662) Delegate (6) until 4-30-2026
  • Tim Just (10334471) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Peter Spizzirri (12894941) Delegate (5) until 4-30-2026
  • Edwin Walker (12002850)  Delegate (4) until 4-30-2026
  • Helen E Warren (10344514) Additional Alternate
  • Jeff Wiewel (10336015) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Danial Wilson (13364538) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

INDIANA (Indiana State Chess Association)

  • Robert Banta (12598593)  Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • John Fallon (12813262) Alternate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Nikhil Murugan (15962917) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Lester VanMeter (10301165) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026

KANSAS (Kansas Chess Association)

 

KENTUCKY (Kentucky Chess Association)

  • Daro Mott (13262430) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Allen Priest (12874976) Delegate at Large until 8-8-2027
  • Joan Priest (13214522) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Benoy Abraham (3129481) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

LOUISIANA (Louisiana Chess Association)

  • Leila D'Aquin (14194534) Executive Board until 8-9-2026
  • Anh Le (32436233) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

  • Adriana Schneider (16013684) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

     

MASSACHUSETTS (Massachusetts Chess Association)

  • Robert Messenger (12418118) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Rob King (12681247) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Mike Urbonas (11015328) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026

MARYLAND (Maryland Chess Association)

  • Chris Y. Kim (12084660) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Brent Howard Layer (14127035) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026
  • Sathish R. Nath (12425121) Alternate (3) until 4-30-2026
  • John Rockefeller (14001447) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Grishmeshwar Prasad Sinha (14381952) Alternate (2) until 4-30-2026

MAINE (Maine Chess Association)

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

MICHIGAN (Michigan Chess Association)

  • Jeff Aldrich (12448994) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Stan J. Jarosz Jr (12230660) Alternate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Anthony Nichols (12753902) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Priya Ramdas (31101298) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

MINNESOTA (Minnesota State Chess Association)

  • Sandeep Jain (31957159) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

MISSOURI (Missouri Chess Association)

  • Doug Eckert (12107920) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Bob Howe (12870683) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • John Fernandez (12633862) Executive Board until 8-8-2027

  • Thomas Rehmeier (12863508) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

     

MISSISSIPPI (Mississippi Chess Association)

  • Mark Nicholas (12847193) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Douglas Stewart (20109893) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

MONTANA (Montana Chess Association)

 

NORTH CAROLINA (North Carolina Chess Association)

  • Grant Oen (12926610) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026
  • Bruce Roth (12691661) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Jonathan Schroer (10118131) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Riddick Smiley (12418390) Delegate ((4) until 4-30-2026

NORTH DAKOTA (North Dakota Chess Association)

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

     

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 8-9-2026

NEW HAMPSHIRE (New Hampshire Chess Association) 

  • Henry Terrie (10025265) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

NEW JERSEY (New Jersey State Chess Federation)

  • Nicholas Carlson (17114650)  Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Edward Steven Doyle (10066701) Additional Alternate
  • Leroy W. Dubeck (10061083)  Additional Alternate
  • Kenneth Sloan (10163561) Delegate at Large until 8-9-2026

  • Mike Somers (10036933) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

     

NEW MEXICO (New Mexico Chess Organization)

  • Kaitlyn Klein-Sutton (31382017) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Steve Perea (12549707) Alternate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Daniel Serna (30169514) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Kevin Zemko (13306363) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

NEVADA (Silver State Chess)

  • Alan Losoff (10311110) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Janelle Losoff (12650923) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Marvin Raab (30570378) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

NEW YORK (New York State Chess Association)

  • Kimberly Doo (16085728) Delegate (6) until 4-30-2026
  • William Goichberg (10088887) Additional Alternate
  • Steve Immitt (10125391) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • 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 4-30-2026
  • Sophia Rohde (12455001)  Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Harold Stenzel (10095824)  Delegate (5) until 4-30-2026

  • Sunil Weeramantry (11155189)  Delegate (4) until 4-30-2026

     

OHIO (Ohio Chess Association)

  • Kalanithi Bagley (15231670) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026
  • Dennis Normile (14992085) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

  • Grant Perks (11020607) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

     

OKLAHOMA (Oklahoma Chess Association)

  • Jim Berry (10384885) Additional Alternate
  • Paul Covington (12044640) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Chuck Unruh (12474516) Executive Board until 8-3-2025

OREGON (Oregon Chess Federation)

  • Carl Haessler (10503892) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Mike Morris (10505798) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

PENNSYLVANIA (Pennsylvania State Chess Federation)

  • Bradley Crable (12872743) Delegate (4) until 4-30-2026
  • Karl Dehmelt (10164176) Delegate (1) 4-30-2026
  • Maxim Dlugy (11435629) Additional Alternate Delegate
  • Tom M. Martinak (10140447) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Leteef Z. Street (12567673) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026

RHODE ISLAND (Ocean State Chess Association)

  • Frank DelBonis (12639903) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Wayne Powers (12842342) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

SOUTH CAROLINA (South Carolina Chess Association)

  • David Grimaud (12529854) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Maureen Grimaud (13552285) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Robert J. McCrary (10219761) Delegate at Large until 8-8-2027
  • Ernest Nix (12407332) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026

SOUTH DAKOTA (South Dakota Chess Association)

  • Jordan Esmay (30234561) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

     

TENNESSEE (Tennessee Chess Association)

  • Danny Mullinax (12852015) Alternate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Chris Prosser (12604225) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

  • Michael Shuey (15876355) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

     

TEXAS (Texas Chess Association Inc)

  • Dhiraj Adya (32454113) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026
  • Cole Blakeman (14130588) Delegate (5) until 4-30-2026
  • Caleb Brown (14842235) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Dora Jara (32410594) Delegate (8) until 4-30-2026
  • Venkata Pullabhotla (15472194) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Timothy P Redman (10346061) Additional Alternate
  • Alexey Root (10374651) Delegate (10) until 4-30-2026
  • Lakshmana Viswanath (12777105) Executive Board until 8-8-2027
  • Ambica Yellamraju (15105036) Delegate (4) until 4-30-2026
  •  Aparna Yellamraju (15105042 Delegate (6) until 4-30-2026 
  •  Vicky Yu (30711065) Delegate (9) until 4-30-2026

UTAH (Utah Chess Association)

  • Christopher Cole (13321265) Alternate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Matthew Crosette (16449732) Alternate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • David Day (1256705) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Bryan Leano (12973804) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

VIRGINIA (Virginia Chess Federation)

  • Adam Chrisney (12914776) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Anand Dommalapati (13778420) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

  • Robert Getty (20069095) Delegate (3) until 4-30-2026

    Mike Hoffpauir (12682999) Executive Board until 8-3-2025

     

VERMONT (Vermont Chess Association)

 

WASHINGTON (Washington Chess Federation)

  • Dwight Barber (30622466) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Josh Sinanan (12826891) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

WISCONSON (Wisconsin Chess Association)

  • Guy Hoffman (10314402) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026
  • Mike Nietman (11135480) Delegate at Large until 8-9-2026
  • Andrew Schley (12898142) Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026

WEST VIRGINIA (West Virginia Chess Federation)

  • John Boylin (17016141)  Delegate (2) until 4-30-2026
  • Lewis F. Sanders (14236387) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026

WYOMING (Wyoming Chess Association)

  • Brian Walker (12406768) Delegate (1) until 4-30-2026