Wheaton's Sarah Grandy, an ICA Rising Star, tops the Illinois list of US Chess Junior Grand Prix point earners as of May 2, 2017.

Sarah is the only Illinois player in the top 45 in the country, participating in five events.

Aren Emrikian and Arthur Xu, both heading to Brazil as World Cadet qualifiers, are also among the top 10 point earners from Illinois as of the one-third mark on the year. Both have also played in five JGP events thus far in 2017, and both are ICA Warren Scholars.

The complete top 10 for Illinois are listed below.

Name JGP Points   Events
GRANDY, SARAH RUTH 2591   5
PLOTNICK, JACOB 2493   3
XU, ARTHUR 2476   5
SCHNEIDER, ROSALI 2006   1
EMRIKIAN, AREN C 1982   5
DAUM, MATTHEW 1816   2
BUDIMAN, MATTHEW 1794   1
CHIFLIKYAN, MICHAEL 1750   1
PHAM, LINDA 1571   2
FEYGIN, ALEC 1570   2