Louisa Zhang – 1st place in U1500 at Chicago Open
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
- Published: 22 July 2021 22 July 2021
Check out our strong group of 16-year-olds:
- Louisa Zhang jumped from 1417 to 1588 (!!) by winning the U1500 section at the Chicago Open with 6.5 out of 7 points.
- Sarah Lin went from 1565 to 1612 with an excellent performance at the Illinois Youth Invitational.
- Maggie Tsyganova had outstanding results at both of those tournaments and achieved a big milestone by crossing into 1700 territory.
In the “Age 18” category, Rebecca Phillips also scored 80 rating points at the Chicago Open.
All of these improvements reflect in higher rankings on the US Chess top 100 lists for girls. Also, Joanna Marsten and Priya Nandish Dhananjaya achieved their first mention this month. Way to go!
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US Rank Player (US Chess ID) June ’21 Cutoff
| Age 7 and Under | ||
| 22 | Bothe, Devaanshi (17073438) | 229 |
| Age 8 | ||
| 67 | Berkey, Rebekah (16585623) | 481 |
| Age 9 | ||
| 42 | Varadan, Vijayalakshmi (16801573) | 725 |
| 73 | Ranjan, Nysa (16761560) | 533 |
| Age 10 | ||
| 38 | Hu, Angela (16747812) | 1031 |
| 41 | Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) | 1025 |
| Age 11 | ||
| 30 | Pham, Linda (15464538) | 1339 |
| 76 | Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) | 953 |
| 93 | Sheridan, Wayra (16974060) | 873 |
| Age 12 | ||
| 55 | Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) | 1217 |
| 69 | Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) | 1114 |
| 77 | Girish, Niyathi (16221570) | 1058 |
| 100 | Marsten, Joanna (16138168) | 933 |
| Age 13 | ||
| 18 | Raj, Ria (15844590) | 1656 |
| 25 | Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) | 1510 |
| 30 | Salian, Nisha (15767306) | 1493 |
| 37 | Lee, Merrill (15703571) | 1439 |
| 41 | Musku, Himani (15932133) | 1401 |
| 70 | Hong, Sophie (15947555) | 1189 |
| 77 | Liu, Catherine (15277304) | 1143 |
| 88 | Hu, Emily (16385785) | 1083 |
| Age 14 | ||
| 15 | Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) | 1648 |
| 26 | Oberai, Anisha (15794814) | 1516 |
| 67 | Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) | 1157 |
| Age 15 | ||
| 5 | Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) | 1994 |
| 22 | Luster, Shakira (15641127) | 1652 |
| 61 | Williams, Trechelle (15637011) | 1182 |
| 73 | Hill, Imani (16214855) | 1115 |
| Age 16 | ||
| 13 | Yan, Ashley (14957435) | 1912 |
| 28 | Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) | 1702 |
| 31 | Lin, Sarah (15376582) | 1612 |
| 33 | Zhang, Louisa (15746981) | 1590 |
| 45 | Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) | 1381 |
| 56 | Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) | 1219 |
| 72 | Varadharajan, Saigeetha (16773343) | 965 |
| 85 | Kuricheti, Umika (14579770) | 822 |
| 88 | Dhananjaya, Priya Nandish (15473924) | 694 |
| Age 17 | ||
| 5 | Hoesley, Aria (14631046) | 2077 |
| 36 | Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) | 1264 |
| 58 | Schwegel, Bernadette Olivia (15128161) | 871 |
| Age 18 | ||
| 5 | Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) | 2142 |
| 22 | Shklover, Diana (14672010) | 1527 |
| 24 | Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) | 1468 |
| 26 | Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) | 1446 |