102 Illinois Players Up Their Ratings 100+ from December; Three Are From the Same Family (Any Guesses Who?)

 

A whopping 102 players achieved rating enhancements of 100 rating points or more as of the January 2017 official USCF ratings!  Folks, that's one for every county in the state (not that rated chess is played in every Illinois county -- although that would be my dream for 2017!)

At the top of the list was Samuel Langdon whose rating bump was 296 -- playing in his fourth Kumbaya event.

Elijah Berry saw his rating go up 295 points playing in the St. John's tournament in November -- too late in the month to be included in the December official ratings. 

All totalled, 23 players had ratings growth of 200 or more as of January 1, 2017.

For the first time I can remember since I started doing these compilations, THREE members of the same family made the list: Hili, Aya and Nimrod Bareket! A family that improves their chess together... well I'm not quite sure how to end that quote -- but keep it up Barekets. (Astute readers of this site may remember that Tom Bareket was featured as hitting 2000 last month -- and I'm lead to believe that a fifth family member has his own milestone in sight.)

 

Illinois Player Name	Old Rating	New Rating (Jan 2017)	Difference
SAMUEL LANGDON	360	656	296
ELIJAH PAUL BERRY	748	1043	295
LUKE ALDEN OSTERHOLM	447	732	285
DANIEL WANG	188	465	277
ABIGAIL ELIZABETH GRANDY	248	523	275
LUDOVICO GALLINA	107	381	274
EKANSH MEHROTRA	899	1172	273
ELTON HUANG	297	549	252
SHISHIR BHATTA	324	568	244
SIDDHANTH RAO	184	427	243
HUDSON LUTFIYYA	664	906	242
JUSTINE WEKSEL	174	413	239
SOFIA PASHYAN	215	454	239
SAANVI ADUSUMALLI	956	1185	229
RYAN WILLIAM KARSTEN	560	789	229
JAMES WILLIAM SHASTEEN	106	334	228
DANIEL A MCCRANE	277	502	225
REGINALD JACKSON JR	1056	1271	215
VIKRAM OBERAI	1106	1317	211
KAVIN ANUP BENDRE	496	700	204
SAMUEL AMANTE	336	539	203
CHRISTOPHER KIRILOV SAKALIYSKI	165	367	202
PAUL ANDREI CHICOS	704	904	200
ZACH SCOTT WARSH	1327	1525	198
FRANCESCA SCHNEIDER	283	481	198
MAYA CAHILL	434	624	190
BENJAMIN CHEN	899	1085	186
ADAM ABREU	507	690	183
RACHEL ABRAHAM	105	286	181
JULIAN CZYSZ	325	506	181
STEFAN DENNI MUELLER	1183	1361	178
CARTER JOSEPH CLARK	616	793	177
GEORGIA WOLF	1322	1495	173
MAXWELL FORD BURKE	370	542	172
HARSHVARDHAN BHANGALE	463	634	171
ANTHONY MU	1241	1411	170
NISHA SALIAN	951	1118	167
AKSHAY BHARADWAJ	109	276	167
TRECHELLE WILLIAMS	105	271	166
NICHOLAS SEBASTIAN RONDON	897	1060	163
JOEL GEORGE	252	414	162
ETHAN JIARUI DING	886	1047	161
ABHIRAM BATCHU	736	896	160
DAVID WANG	413	571	158
RYAN REEDY	125	280	155
YUVRAJ RUDRA CHENNAREDDY	852	1007	155
GERALD B TURNER III	539	693	154
CAMDEN KIRCHGESSNER	569	721	152
CLYDE WHITING	360	508	148
HILI BAREKET	109	257	148
SAMUEL ESSEX	822	968	146
ANTHONY BERTUCA	347	490	143
ARNAV BATTA	1330	1473	143
MATTHEW P BASTIANEN	482	625	143
JAKUB MALYSA	743	884	141
PRANAV SWAMINATHAN	752	893	141
SEAN ALLEN CLOUSE	316	457	141
CALEB CALHOUN	440	578	138
OXANA MALEVANAIA	779	917	138
NIKHIL V PATEL	962	1097	135
LINDA PHAM	803	937	134
SUDHARSH SRIRAMAN	600	733	133
RITUL NAGAMANICKAM	859	992	133
SHRIKAR BHATTA	270	403	133
AYA BAREKET	323	454	131
SIYA CHIRAG JARIWALA	650	779	129
NIMROD BAREKET	833	962	129
SUSHANT KESAVAN	146	272	126
ERICK ALBARRAN	105	231	126
PRANAV SARAVANAKUMAR	866	991	125
JACOB MICHAEL MENDEZ	105	229	124
EMMA K WANG	1636	1759	123
OWEN ZHANG	1332	1454	122
JULIAN WANG	885	1006	121
KEN KITAMURA	854	974	120
JOSEPH H BEUSSINK	234	349	115
VARUN MURALI	201	315	114
JOSHUA SHANAHAN	225	338	113
AARON A ANDINO	363	476	113
LAYLA RODRIGUEZ	1022	1134	112
GEORGE A SCOTT	1017	1129	112
DERRICK RED	1258	1370	112
SRUTHI BHARATH KUMAR	845	957	112
PERRY J ZHAO	1410	1521	111
JACK OWEN ROSCOE	281	392	111
SOPHIE HONG	726	837	111
HANFEI HE	214	324	110
DAVID LIU	490	599	109
ETHAN SALAZAR-SOBIN	991	1100	109
AKSHITH NARAVA	522	631	109
COLTON KANDRAK	105	214	109
SAIMAK MAITRA	592	701	109
JASON YE LI	470	578	108
AAKASH ADHIA	939	1046	107
SHANE SHORES	217	320	103
RIA RAJ	741	844	103
DONALD VALENCIA	836	939	103
JAMES W WEBB	1428	1531	103
DAVID O HARRISON	1161	1263	102
KAUSHAL DHUMAL	1111	1213	102
NICHOLAS LIMBERS	685	787	102