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 |