Happy Thanksgiving! This past month saw quite a few leaps and bounds amongst some of our talented young chess queens from Illinois. Congratulations to all 45 ladies for gaining/maintaining a spot on this list. Special kudos to the Namuunbayar sisters, Enkhjin (13) and Anujin (14), for coming back to the Top 100 Girls lists, and to Rosali Schneider (14) for her first time appearance!
Congratulations also to Linda Pham (12) for climbing over a hundred points to Class C rating territory, crossing the 1400 mark thanks to her stellar 3.5/5 performance in the 1200-1499 section of the Midwest Class!
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US Rank Player (US Chess ID) October ’21 Cutoff
| Age 7 and Under | ||
| 36 | Bothe, Devaanshi (17073438) | 229 |
| Age 8 | ||
| 29 | Zhan, Amy (17073114) | 734 |
| Age 9 | ||
| 50 | Varadan, Vijayalakshmi (16801573) | 725 |
| 55 | Ranjan, Nysa (16761560) | 693 |
| 93 | Berkey, Rebekah (16585623) | 479 |
| Age 10 | ||
| 34 | Hu, Angela (16747812) | 1062 |
| 40 | Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) | 1025 |
| 75 | Sharad, Suhana (16943553) | 834 |
| Age 11 | ||
| 58 | Gansukh, Megan (16231843) | 1054 |
| 71 | Manimaran, Shivani (16614018) | 983 |
| 75 | Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) | 953 |
| Age 12 | ||
| 27 | Pham, Linda (15464538) | 1432 |
| 42 | Girish, Niyathi (16221570) | 1356 |
| 98 | Marsten, Joanna (16138168) | 933 |
| Age 13 | ||
| 13 | Raj, Ria (15844590) | 1704 |
| 29 | Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) | 1510 |
| 37 | Lee, Merrill (15703571) | 1465 |
| 67 | Namuunbayar , Enkhjin (15863824) | 1217 |
| 83 | Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) | 1092 |
| Age 14 | ||
| 28 | Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) | 1538 |
| 32 | Oberai, Anisha (15794814) | 1518 |
| 36 | Salian, Nisha (15767306) | 1493 |
| 42 | Musku, Himani (15932133) | 1401 |
| 74 | Pashyan, Sofia (15844997) | 1173 |
| 78 | Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) | 1157 |
| 79 | Liu, Catherine (15277304) | 1143 |
| 100 | Schneider, Rosali (15552287) | 1005 |
| Age 15 | ||
| 5 | Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) | 1971 |
| 18 | Luster, Shakira Makayla (15641127) | 1666 |
| Age 16 | ||
| 31 | Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) | 1639 |
| 32 | Lin, Sarah (15376582) | 1620 |
| 35 | Zhang, Louisa (15746981) | 1584 |
| 58 | Pashyan, Stella (15575165) | 1249 |
| 64 | Williams, Trechelle (15637011) | 1163 |
| 69 | Hill, Imani (16214855) | 1114 |
| 87 | Varadharajan, Saigeetha (16773343) | 965 |
| 90 | Dhananjaya, Priya Nandish (15473924) | 846 |
| 91 | Kuricheti, Umika (14579770) | 822 |
| Age 17 | ||
| 6 | Hoesley, Aria (14631046) | 2103 |
| 13 | Yan, Ashley (14957435) | 1912 |
| 42 | Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) | 1336 |
| Age 18 | ||
| 3 | Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) | 2167 |
| 19 | Shklover, Diana (14672010) | 1527 |
| 21 | Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) | 1502 |
| 24 | Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) | 1446 |