47 Illinois girls under 18 rank in the top 100 nationwide for their respective ages, 33 holding a rating higher than 1000.

Experts Shreya Mangalam, Marissa Li and Miranda Liu lead the way with ratings over 2000! 

Linda Pham has now moved from the Ages 7 & Under to the Age 8's category ranking #27 in the US. Happy belated birthday, Linda! Enkhjin Namuunbayar (Age 8), Lily Meegoda (Age 9), Stella Pashyan (Age 11) and Zhengxin-Cindy Tang (Age 15) earned their first mentions in the Top 100 Girls lists – keep up the progression!

Two girls from the Land of Lincoln – both 11 – recently saw a single-tournament increase of more than 100 points in their rating: Siya Chirag Jariwala and Sruthi Bharath Kumar.

A shout-out to Ashley Mei Yan who has reached 1700-territory and ranks 19th in the country (Age 13). Shreya Mangalam was able to gain 33 rating points in July, a nice-sized bump given her already impressive rating. She now ranks #5 among US 14-year olds.

Illinois boasts four female juniors in the top 25 of 17-year olds: Bethany Simos (1738), Shayna Provine (1737), Cassie Parent (1726) and Isha Gani (1630).

The lists are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the prior month, in this case July 19, 2017.

Editor's Note: Eva Harrison is an ICA board member and is the designated coordinator for Women's Chess in Illinois. This is her first compilation of the Illinois players on the top 100's nationwide and we look forward to similar lists promoting female chess on a monthly basis. Thank you, Eva!

If you believe your child should be listed -- and is not -- it may be due to US Chess rules regarding permission. They attempt to contact the players' family to confirm permission before using the names on the lists. If they are unable to make contact, the player is not listed. Contact youth@il-chess.org for assistance on connecting with US Chess on these permissions.

 

 US Rank     August
Age 7 and Under   Player (US Chess ID) 17 Rating
21   Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 886
47   Wang, Celina L (15800694) 703
70   Hou, Kristen (15947617) 552
87   Bareket, Hili (15773467) 491
88   Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 490
       
Age 8      
27   Pham, Linda (15464538) 1042
77   Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 759
83   Saravanan, Shanthini (16213261) 706
88   Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 694
       
Age 9      
27   Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1214
35   Raj, Ria (15844590) 1131
79   Liu, Catherine (15277304) 929
98   Meegoda, Lily (15944011) 835
       
Age 10      
55   Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1097
       
Age 11      
17   Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1551
42   Fan, Alice (14935236) 1312
56   Jariwala, Siya Chirag (15980632) 1198
59   Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904) 1170
100   Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1016
       
Age 12      
56   Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1318
61   Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1284
66   Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1247
80   Geiersbach, Annika (14867152) 1192
99   Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1097
       
Age 13      
19   Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1729
21   Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 1690
74   Frieden, Nadia (14748442) 1165
       
Age 14      
5   Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2037
45   Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1329
50   Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1272
72   Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1065
89   Bates, Jade (15332430) 914
       
Age 15      
5   Li, Marissa (14468490) 2098
7   Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2026
61   Tang, Zhengxin-Cindy (15491716) 1105
83   Thadani, Lavina (14686878) 874
       
Age 16      
13   Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1843
28   Mcclanahan, Emily (13661808) 1585
32   Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457) 1519
47   Zhang, Christine (14784748) 1279
       
Age 17      
19   Simos, Bethany Michelle (13520005) 1738
20   Provine, Shayna (14137968) 1737
21   Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1726
25   Gani, Isha (15219798) 1630
       
Age 18      
33   Ross, Maya M (15690023) 1148
45   Roberson, Sydney (15410066) 764
54   Ramirez, Jasmin (15644148) 629