Youth News
Rank 4 nationwide for Shreya (15) and Natalie (12)
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
- Published: 26 September 2018 26 September 2018
There has been some movement in the Top 100 Lists for Illinois girls this month. Some female players dropped below the cutoff temporarily (Chaitra, Ankaa, Oyumaa), moved up to the next age bracket (Himani, Catherine, Layla, Miranda), cracked the top 100 for the first time (Niyathi) or simply aged out (Bethany).
But Illinois now has two girls who rank in 4th place in the country for their age: WCM Natalie Wisniowski (12th last month) with an admirable rating of 1851; and Shreya Mangalam, who went from 2118 to 2137. Both young ladies had scored outstanding results at the Chicago Class. Congratulations!
Illinois Girls in the US Top 100 Lists
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
- Published: 21 August 2018 21 August 2018
Congratulations to the 51 young ladies from Illinois who appear on the August 2018 Top 100 lists for their respective age group!
The lists compiled by US Chess are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the previous month, in this case July 18, 2018.
Please excuse the brevity this month but the author of this article is on vacation.
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52 Illinois Juniors in July 2018 US Top 100's
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- Written by Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman
- Published: 22 July 2018 22 July 2018
Hitting the Top 100 lists in the USA is as easy as 1-2-3 for motivated Illinois youth as of the latest month, July. Such ratings include results submitted to US Chess through June 20.
Number 1: Rated 800 points higher than the second-rated Illinois 7-year-old, Chicagoan Raj Chennreddy remains atop all US 7-and-Unders as of the July 2018 ratings.
Number 2: Reigning Under 8 World Champion Aren Emrikian ranks number two nationally for players currently aged 8. The north surbanite is approaching Expert status!
Number 3: Northwest suburbanite Dimitar Mardov is busily preparing to represent Illinois at the National Barber competition beginning this weekend in Middleton, WI. He ranks number three among 9-year-olds in the US this month.
Illinois Girls in the US Top 100 Lists
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
- Published: 20 July 2018 20 July 2018
Thirty-seven female juniors have surpassed the 1000 mark as of the July 2018 ratings... with seven girls rated above 1800 and three above 2000.
Since Sukhi Doddi moved up to the next age bracket, Chaitra Madugula is now Illinois’ highest ranked girl in the ‘Age 7 and Under’ group with an impressive rating of 594 for a 6-year old.
Impressive is also Saruul Ann Uuganbayar’s 150 rating point increase over last month, who jumped from no. 96 in the country to no. 51.
In the ‘Age 9’ group, Enkhjin Namuunbayar continues to improve and has achieved a four-digit rating (1116) for the first time.
June 2018 US Top 100 Lists for Youth
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- Written by Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman
- Published: 23 June 2018 23 June 2018
While a team of statisticians and auditors are pouring over the official US Chess ratings to determine eligibility for the 2018-2019 Classes of Warren Junior Scholars and Rising Stars, the national organization has been nice enough to post the June official ratings.
49 Ilinois juniors are ranked in the top 100 of their respective age group nationwide, with seven in the top 10.
Raj Chennareddy remains number one among US 7 & unders and Dimitar Mardov stays at number two for Age 9.
Raj is more than 150 rating points higher than his number two -- while Dimitar is within 100 points of the New Jersey master currently rated number one in his age group.