US Chess has compiled the most recent Top 100 lists for girls (with a cutoff date of May 15) and the results of female players from Illinois can be found below.

Two girls stood out this month with noteworthy performances: Mehak Jiandani, age 7, who increased her rating from 803 to 939 and climbed 14 ranks to reach a spot in the top 20 nationwide. The second one is 8-year old Angela Hu, who went from rank 79 to rank 50 in the country with a USCF rating gain of 165 points. Congratulations to both!

Others who crossed a major ratings milestone for the first time include Nandini Prakash (now a 1700 player) and Ria Raj (achieving a 1600 rating)—both of whom, like Mehak, are members of the Fox Valley Chess Club—as well as Whitney Young student Maggie Tsyganova, likewise a 1600 player now.

Morgan Riley and Sophia Zhao had their first mention in the Top 100 lists. Well done!

Improvement is naturally slower in the higher echelons but Expert Aria Hoesley, also from Whitney Young, who scored well at the 2019 National Junior High, is now sitting at 5th in the country in the ‘Age 15’ group.

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US Rank                   Player (US Chess ID)                 May ’19 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
19 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 939
63 Lee, Olivia (16643743) 703
70 Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) 673
     
Age 8    
39 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 926
50 Hu, Angela (16747812) 865
     
Age 9    
5 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1701
24 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1298
     
Age 10    
12 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1601
58 Munkhbayar, Egshiglen Cady (16416004) 1187
66 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1149
69 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 1129
     
Age 11    
23 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1493
27 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1467
47 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1308
61 Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) 1229
70 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1201
76 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1188
78 Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) 1181
     
Age 12    
14 Kumar, Sruthi Bharath (15879904) 1615
28 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1508
54 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1323
56 Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) 1293
58 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1290
     
Age 13    
8 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1837
57 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1343
100 Luster, Shakira (15641127) 1107
     
Age 14    
10 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1945
35 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1624
40 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1586
55 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1430
73 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1300
91 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1219
99 Han, Wenjing (15882830) 1155
     
Age 15    
5 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 2046
54 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1302
98 Schwegel, Bernadette Olivia (15128161) 871
     
Age 16    
4 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2142
8 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2079
34 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1527
42 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1435
62 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1120
65 Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) 1083
     
Age 17    
8 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2054
65 Thadani, Lavina (14686878) 1022
81 Pankov, Michelle (14224844) 654
86 Riley, Morgan V (15404544) 599
     
Age 18    
12 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1847