IL Top 100 Lists for Girls: Shakira, Mehak, Ria, Rebecca, Anisha and Sophia up a combined 800 points
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
- Published: 23 September 2019 23 September 2019
48 female players from Illinois (including newcomer Neelotpala Nerella) clinched a spot on one of the Top 100 lists for September, which were generated on the third Wednesday of the previous month, i.e. August 21, 2019. This number should actually be higher but US Chess only posts current US Chess members with established ratings and ratings activity in the last year.
Counting Miranda Liu, Illinois has a trio of female Experts (rated 2000 or higher) and a trio of Class A players (1800 – 2000). Class B players include 9-year old Nandini Prakash, 11-year old Ria Raj, 12-year old Anisha Oberai, 13-year old Sruthi Bharath Kumar, and 14-year old Maggie Tsyganova. Shakira Luster, who is improving by leaps and bounds (a gain of 227 rating points over last month!), will probably join their ranks soon.
Major rating milestones were reached by Mehak Jiandani, who is only eight years old (1000); Sophia Zhao (1400), Anisha Oberai (1600), Shakira Luster (1500), and Rebecca Phillips (1200). Way to go, Ladies!
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US Rank Player (US Chess ID) August ’19 Cutoff
| Age 7 and Under | ||
| 47 | Lee, Olivia (16643743) | 717 |
| 62 | Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) | 649 |
| Age 8 | ||
| 25 | Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) | 1030 |
| 39 | Hu, Angela (16747812) | 926 |
| Age 9 | ||
| 7 | Prakash, Nandini (16085871) | 1661 |
| 85 | Lkhavgajav, Bolor Sarah (16235187) | 895 |
| Age 10 | ||
| 33 | Pham, Linda (15464538) | 1343 |
| 66 | Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) | 1146 |
| 67 | Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) | 1129 |
| 80 | Munkhbayar, Egshiglen Cady (16416004) | 1070 |
| Age 11 | ||
| 13 | Raj, Ria (15844590) | 1678 |
| 27 | Lee, Merrill (15703571) | 1504 |
| 29 | Salian, Nisha (15767306) | 1493 |
| 40 | Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) | 1403 |
| 59 | Hong, Sophie (15947555) | 1289 |
| 91 | Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) | 1126 |
| Age 12 | ||
| 20 | Oberai, Anisha (15794814) | 1600 |
| 66 | Musku, Himani (15932133) | 1226 |
| 74 | Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) | 1192 |
| 76 | Liu, Catherine (15277304) | 1170 |
| 97 | Pashyan, Sofia (15844997) | 1094 |
| Age 13 | ||
| 5 | Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) | 1912 |
| 20 | Kumar, Sruthi Bharath (15879904) | 1611 |
| 31 | Luster, Shakira (15641127) | 1518 |
| 44 | Pashyan, Stella (15575165) | 1437 |
| 70 | Fan, Alice (14935236) | 1290 |
| Age 14 | ||
| 31 | Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) | 1610 |
| 34 | Lin, Sarah (15376582) | 1587 |
| 78 | Zhang, Louisa (15746981) | 1300 |
| 86 | Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) | 1219 |
| 96 | Han, Wenjing (15882830) | 1153 |
| Age 15 | ||
| 6 | Hoesley, Aria (14631046) | 2080 |
| 12 | Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) | 1963 |
| 47 | Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) | 1381 |
| 79 | Kothari, Devanshi (14707882) | 1063 |
| 100 | Schwegel, Bernadette Olivia (15128161) | 871 |
| Age 16 | ||
| 5 | Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) | 2101 |
| 30 | Shklover, Diana (14672010) | 1527 |
| 40 | Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) | 1412 |
| 52 | Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) | 1279 |
| 54 | Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) | 1259 |
| 61 | Bates, Jade (15332430) | 1120 |
| Age 17 | ||
| 8 | Li, Marissa (14468490) | 2074 |
| 53 | Nerella, Neelotpala (16755702) | 1054 |
| 56 | Thadani, Lavina (14686878) | 1022 |
| 59 | Pankov, Michelle (14224844) | 984 |
| 76 | Riley, Morgan V (15404544) | 643 |
| Age 18 | ||
| 15 | Wang, Emma K (13797242) | 1847 |