New names entering (or returning to) the top 100 lists this month include 7-year old William Wang, 14-year old James Wei, 16-year old Philip Parker-Turner and 18-year old Mark Reed. Caeley Harihara has reappeared on the Under 21 year old Girls list.

Jacob Furfine surpassed USCF 2200 to enter Master territory.

Stefan Musikic surpassed 1800 earning Class A distinction.

9-year old downstater Peter Zheng raised his rating 36 points to 1509 which would make him eligible for Warren Junior Scholars status next year under current rules, pending his participation in ten regular-rated games against all-ages competition during 2015.

Posting the highest ratings increments among continuing list members were Adam Bareket 73, George Li 72,Timothy Zhou 69 points, Jason Daniels 68 and Toby Yang 57.

Also with nice rating bumps were David Peng 45, Vrishank Ramnath 43, Ricky Wang and Hanson Hao, both with 41. Additional enhancements were seen from Stefan Musikic 38, Bradley Guan 37, Nikhil Kalghatgi 29, Daniel Bronfeyn 28, Alex Bian 25, Rishi Narayanan 23, and Minkee Lee up 20.

Celebrating birthdays this month were Arthur Xu and Nicholas Bartochowski.

Illinois boasts a remarkable eleven 18-year olds in the top 100 (actually top 90) and there is a rumor that they will be organizing a football team in the fall (April Fools!).

March 18th was the game cut-off date for this ratings compilation.

** Represents ranking in the listing without regard to Federation.

 

April 2015 Top 100 Youth

US RankNameRating
Age 7 and under
16 Dimitar Mardov (age 6) 1434
32 Alex Zhao 1283
58 John Bielobradek 1148
59 Dhruv Malladi 1147
84 William Wang 1066
99T David Yong (age 6) 1028
Age 8
23 Aaron Gan 1692
24 Arthur Xu 1686
65 Vrishank Ramnath 1334
79 Eduard Danilyan 1315
84 Toby Yang 1296
Age 9
7 ** Martin Stukan 1886
19 Patrick Rao 1708
47 David Zimmermann 1560
63T Peter Zheng 1509
Age 10
8 Aydin Turgut 2018
37 Stefan Musikic 1832
54T Adam Bareket 1751
64 Brian Gong 1715
Age 11
2 David Peng 2320
25 Jason Daniels 1951
26 Ricky Wang 1947
50 Siddharth Acharya 1809
58 Advaith Prabu 1786
61 Edward Zhang 1771
66 Shreya Mangalam 1764
Age 12
38 Marissa Li 1926
95 Tom Bareket 1757
Age 13
9 Jacob Furfine 2206
24 Hanson Hao 2065
25 Vincent Do 2046
40 Akhil Kalghatgi 1976
42 Nikhil Kalghatgi 1973
58 Miranda Liu 1908
Age 14
12 Alex Bian 2231
42T Matthew Stevens 2087
55 Daniel Bronfeyn 2032
58T Jack Curcio 2015
85 Rishi Narayanan 1939
96 James Wei 1914
Age 15
11 Zhaozhi (George) Li 2286
40 Anshul Adve 2110
72 Nicolas Bartochowski 1975
83 Andrew Fei 1926
Age 16
54T Spencer Lehmann 2068
65 Jonathan Hrach 2026
92 Philip Parker-Turner 1951
Age 17
71 Bradley Guan 2049
Age 18
3 Sam Schmakel 2419
21 Nate Kranjc 2159
24T Max Zinski 2156
33T Timothy Zhou 2007
40 Gavin McClanahan 2072
65 Penny Xu 1966
69 Eli Goering 1945
72 Minkee Lee 1936
73T Jimi Akintonde 1935
89 Mark Reed 1903
90 Aswath Bommannan 1891
Girls Under 21
42 Penny Xu (18) 1966
50T Marissa Li (12) 1926
55 Miranda Liu (13) 1908
82 Caeley Harihara 1827
Girls Under 16
19T Marissa Li (12) 1926
23 Miranda Liu (13) 1908
54 Shayna Provine (15) 1768
55 Shreya Mangalam (11) 1764
Girls Under 13
7 Marissa Li (12) 1926
20 Shreya Mangalam (11) 1764