With newcomer Amy Zhan (age 8), Illinois is again represented in every age bracket. We also welcome back on these prestigious lists Suhana Sharad (age 10) and Joanna Marsten (age 12).
Players of note this month include Shivani Manimaran, who climbed from rank 84 to rank 60, as well as Ria Raj and Shakira Luster, who are also moving up.
The cutoff date for this month’s lists was September 15, so the Midwest Class results are not yet included.
This is my last compilation of these lists. After writing about the Top 100 Girls in Illinois for the past 5 years, I am passing the baton to Megan Chen, who will continue these articles next month. So, for the last time from this author: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
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US Rank Player (US Chess ID) September ’21 Cutoff
| Age 7 and Under | ||
| 32 | Bothe, Devaanshi (17073438) | 229 |
| Age 8 | ||
| 28 | Zhan, Amy (17073114) | 734 |
| Age 9 | ||
| 46 | Varadan, Vijayalakshmi (16801573) | 725 |
| 77 | Ranjan, Nysa (16761560) | 540 |
| 88 | Berkey, Rebekah (16585623) | 479 |
| Age 10 | ||
| 34 | Hu, Angela (16747812) | 1057 |
| 40 | Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) | 1025 |
| 93 | Sharad, Suhana (16943553) | 738 |
| Age 11 | ||
| 59 | Gansukh, Megan (16231843) | 1054 |
| 60 | Manimaran, Shivani (16614018) | 1047 |
| 75 | Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) | 953 |
| 91 | Sheridan, Wayra (16974060) | 873 |
| Age 12 | ||
| 43 | Pham, Linda (15464538) | 1325 |
| 62 | Girish, Niyathi (16221570) | 1162 |
| 100 | Marsten, Joanna (16138168) | 933 |
| Age 13 | ||
| 20 | Raj, Ria (15844590) | 1667 |
| 34 | Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) | 1510 |
| 41 | Lee, Merrill (15703571) | 1465 |
| 85 | Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) | 1092 |
| Age 14 | ||
| 25 | Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) | 1538 |
| 30 | Oberai, Anisha (15794814) | 1516 |
| 34 | Salian, Nisha (15767306) | 1493 |
| 40 | Musku, Himani (15932133) | 1401 |
| 72 | Liu, Catherine (15277304) | 1143 |
| 81 | Pashyan, Sofia (15844997) | 1059 |
| Age 15 | ||
| 5 | Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) | 1987 |
| 21 | Luster, Shakira Makayla (15641127) | 1666 |
| 55 | Pashyan, Stella (15575165) | 1312 |
| 71 | Williams, Trechelle (15637011) | 1163 |
| Age 16 | ||
| 31 | Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) | 1639 |
| 32 | Lin, Sarah (15376582) | 1620 |
| 33 | Zhang, Louisa (15746981) | 1584 |
| 84 | Varadharajan, Saigeetha (16773343) | 965 |
| 88 | Dhananjaya, Priya Nandish (15473924) | 846 |
| 89 | Kuricheti, Umika (14579770) | 822 |
| Age 17 | ||
| 6 | Hoesley, Aria (14631046) | 2105 |
| 13 | Yan, Ashley (14957435) | 1912 |
| 37 | Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) | 1336 |
| Age 18 | ||
| 3 | Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) | 2169 |
| 24 | Shklover, Diana (14672010) | 1527 |
| 26 | Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) | 1467 |
| 28 | Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) | 1446 |
| 36 | Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) | 1264 |