Illinois with 3 Girls in 5th Position in US Ranking
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
- Published: 24 February 2020 24 February 2020
Along with Shreya Mangalam, WCM Natalie Wisniowski and Nandini Prakash now also rank 5th in the nation among girls of their age as shown in the most recent Top 100 Girls lists. These lists compiled by US Chess are based on ratings achieved and processed by January 15, 2020. Both Natalie and Nandini had 50+ rating gains. In fact, a few days after the cut-off date, the Woman Candidate Master moved into Expert territory – but that will be covered next month.
Moving up a class or crossing the threshold to a higher bracket is always applaudable. There were at total eight girls who managed to improve their hundreds digit over the last month:
Ria Raj – from 1582 to 1613;
Shakira Luster – from 1587 to 1606;
Rebecca Phillips – from 1195 to 1219;
Angela Hu – from 988 to 1044;
Enkhjin Namuunbayar – from 1190 to 1244;
Saanvi Adusumalli – from 1552 to 1629;
Maggie Tsyganova – from 1565 to 1619;
Natalie Wisniowski – from 1884 to 1948.
Additionally, 10-year old Linda Pham and 7-year old Olivia Lee, who both sat at 36th last month, jumped to rank 31 and 25, respectively.
I also want to recognize Trechelle Williams from St. Ethelreda, whose rating earned her a spot in the Top 100 for the first time, and Emily Hu, who improved enough to be featured on the prestigious list again.
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US Rank Player (US Chess ID) January 2020 Cutoff
| Age 7 and Under | ||
| 25 | Lee, Olivia (16643743) | 860 |
| 48 | Govindarajan, Mythreyi (16801573) | 682 |
| Age 8 | ||
| 20 | Hu, Angela (16747812) | 1044 |
| 32 | Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) | 955 |
| 49 | Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) | 856 |
| Age 9 | ||
| 5 | Prakash, Nandini (16085871) | 1750 |
| 72 | Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) | 968 |
| Age 10 | ||
| 31 | Pham, Linda (15464538) | 1362 |
| 67 | Girish, Niyathi (16221570) | 1057 |
| Age 11 | ||
| 16 | Raj, Ria (15844590) | 1613 |
| 66 | Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) | 1244 |
| 74 | Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) | 1210 |
| 98 | Hu, Emily (16385785) | 1121 |
| Age 12 | ||
| 24 | Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) | 1629 |
| 40 | Salian, Nisha (15767306) | 1493 |
| 47 | Musku, Himani (15932133) | 1445 |
| 48 | Lee, Merrill (15703571) | 1439 |
| 56 | Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) | 1371 |
| 70 | Hong, Sophie (15947555) | 1266 |
| 94 | Liu, Catherine (15277304) | 1143 |
| 99 | Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) | 1126 |
| Age 13 | ||
| 5 | Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) | 1948 |
| 16 | Kumar, Sruthi Bharath (15879904) | 1670 |
| 25 | Luster, Shakira (15641127) | 1606 |
| 34 | Oberai, Anisha (15794814) | 1534 |
| 77 | Fan, Alice (14935236) | 1290 |
| 98 | Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) | 1168 |
| Age 14 | ||
| 22 | Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) | 1619 |
| 23 | Lin, Sarah (15376582) | 1600 |
| 53 | Pashyan, Stella (15575165) | 1347 |
| 72 | Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) | 1219 |
| 74 | Han, Wenjing (15882830) | 1186 |
| 96 | Williams, Trechelle (15637011) | 1101 |
| Age 15 | ||
| 10 | Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) | 1963 |
| 50 | Zhang, Louisa (15746981) | 1417 |
| 53 | Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) | 1381 |
| 90 | Kothari, Devanshi (14707882) | 1063 |
| Age 16 | ||
| 5 | Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) | 2110 |
| 7 | Hoesley, Aria (14631046) | 2096 |
| 24 | Shklover, Diana (14672010) | 1527 |
| 34 | Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) | 1412 |
| 45 | Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) | 1277 |
| 54 | Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) | 1219 |
| Age 17 | ||
| 8 | Li, Marissa (14468490) | 2074 |
| 61 | Bates, Jade (15332430) | 1120 |
| 66 | Pankov, Michelle (14224844) | 1009 |
| Age 18 | ||
| 49 | Riley, Morgan V (15404544) | 643 |