The new set of lists published by US Chess features exactly 50 female players from the State of Lincoln, ranging from a rating of 486 by 6-year old Olivia Lee to 2137 by 15-year old expert Shreya Mangalam.

Three girls—Ankaa Gantulga, Anujin Namuunbayar and Stella Pashyan—had temporarily dropped off the lists but have recently improved substantially to make the cut again.

Sixth-grader Shakira Luster from St. Ethelreda in Chicago made her first appearance on the list. Well done, Shakira!

The ‘Age 13’ group led by Sarah Lin and Margarita Tsyganova was the most improved age bracket. Both girls continue to impress with excellent achievements and climbed up 12 ranking spots each.

A shout-out also to others who increased their rating over the previous month. Just to name a few: Fox Valley Chess Club members Mehak Jiandani, Chaitra Madugula, Ria Raj and Anisha Oberai; Egshiglen Cady Munkhbayar; Saanvi Adusumalli; Sophie Hong; Wenjing Han; and Louisa Zhang.

Congratulations to all of the girls mentioned on the lists below, which are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the prior month, in this case December 19, 2018.

 

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US Rank                   Player (US Chess ID)                 December ’18 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
42 Mittal, Amaira (16163878) 670
66 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 610
81 Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) 550
92 Lee, Olivia (16643743) 486
     
Age 8    
7 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1529
66 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 767
71 Lkhavgajav, Bolor Sarah (16235187) 747
72 Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) 746
85 Gantulga, Ankaa (16232481) 688
     
Age 9    
23 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1315
76 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 919
90 Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035) 858
     
Age 10    
22 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1464
66 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 1112
76 Munkhbayar, Egshiglen Cady (16416004) 1082
95 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1013
     
Age 11    
26 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1485
48 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1341
49 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1328
55 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1280
74 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1180
75 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1169
94 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1073
96 Pashyan, Sofia (15844997) 1068
     
Age 12    
9 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1804
15 Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904) 1582
60 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1283
86 Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) 1126
98 Luster, Shakira (15641127) 1091
     
Age 13    
20 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1622
30 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1530
55 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1301
67 Han, Wenjing (15882830) 1204
84 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1110
     
Age 14    
16 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1865
58 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1366
68 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1262
     
Age 15    
3 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2137
8 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 1950
63 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1125
     
Age 16    
10 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2061
70 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1140
76 Thadani, Lavina (14686878) 1064
     
Age 17    
6 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2020
61 Isaac, Faith (14994563) 856
63 Kafer, Tori Elizabeth (13852885) 790
     
Age 18    
11 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1850
13 Provine, Shayna (14137968) 1818
15 Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1761
28 Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457) 1507