Dimitar Mardov is #2 in the country for players Aged 8 in the US as of the June, 2017 Official US Chess Ratings.
Aren Emrikian is #3 in the nation for players Ages 7 and Under. Ranking #6 are George Li for 17-year olds and Aydin Turgut for 12-year olds.
David Peng is the seventh rated 14-year old in the country. Both Alex Bian (16) and Arthur Xu (10) rank #10 in their respective age group.
Complete top 50 lists from the Illinois perspective are listed below.
| Rank | Illinois Player's Name (USCF ID) | Rating | |||
| Ages 7 & Under | |||||
| 3 | Emrikian, Aren C (15766785) | 1786 | |||
| 36 | Shetty, Anshul P (15752957) | 1293 | |||
| 43 | Chennareddy, Yuvraj Rudra (15944053) -- Age 6 | 1257 | |||
| Age 8 | |||||
| 2 | Mardov, Dimitar (15205818) | 2014 | |||
| Age 9 | |||||
| 21 | Wang, William (15270976) | 1783 | |||
| 24 | Yong, David (15273720) | 1742 | |||
| 26 | Zhao, Alex (15335115) | 1717 | |||
| Age 10 | |||||
| 10 | Xu, Arthur (14968896) | 2036 | |||
| 62 | Kaplan, Avi Harrison (15263943) | 1714 | |||
| Age 11 | |||||
| 30 | Rao, Patrick (14855075) | 1913 | |||
| Age 12 | |||||
| 6 | Turgut, Aydin (14284734) | 2217 | |||
| Age 13 | |||||
| 23 | Wang, Ricky (14403974) | 2121 | |||
| 33 | Daniels, Jason Scott (14107163) | 2062 | |||
| Age 14 | |||||
| 7 | Peng, David Tianjian (14195454) | 2325 | |||
| 32 | Li, Marissa (14468490) | 2110 | |||
| Age 15 | |||||
| 11 | Furfine, Jacob (13089315) | 2314 | |||
| 28 |
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2172 | |||
| 34 |
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2132 | |||
| Age 16 | |||||
| 10 | Bian, Alex (13257335) | 2343 | |||
| =26 | Stevens, Matthew James (13788934) | 2219 | |||
| 46 | Bronfeyn, Daniel (13720325) | 2136 | |||
| 49 | Curcio, Jack Thomas (13451367) | 2122 | |||
| Age 17 | |||||
| 6 | Li, Zhaozhi (13646954) | 2423 | |||
| 35 | Adve, Anshul (13296020) | 2194 | |||
| 39 | Bartochowski, Nicholas J (13216472) | 2156 | |||
| Age 18 | |||||
| 12 | Lehmann, Spencer (13457744) | 2295 | |||
| 30 | Hrach, Jonathan (14094872) | 2204 | |||
| 42 | Denby, Caleb Sean (14361200) | 2105 | |||