Despite tournament activity, Illinois girls in the lower age groups did not see big shifts in their US chess ranking over the last month.

Josephine Swan from Chicago made the top 100 list for 9 year olds for the first time with a rating of 941. Way to go, Josephine!

With her four draws against higher-rated players in the Cleveland Open last month, Shreya Mangalam managed to gain almost 20 rating points and now ranks 4th in the country for girls aged 14.

Miranda Liu has also moved up — from age 15 to age 16. Happy Birthday, Miranda! While she has not played since April, she improved her US ranking by two spots (from 7th place to 5th place).

The same is true for Bethany Simos who did not play in a tournament last month but rose from 17th to 15th spot in the country. Happy 18th, Bethany!

Overall, 47 appear on one of the Top 100 lists for their respective age group nationwide, with ten young ladies in the top 20.

The lists are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the prior month, in this case August 16, 2017.

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

Player (US Chess ID)

August ’17 Rating

Age 7 and Under

 

22

Prakash, Nandini (16085871)

877

45

Wang, Celina L (15800694)

703

88

Bareket, Hili (15773467)

482

89

Doddi, Sukhi (15850503)

481

96

Hou, Kristen (15947617)

455

     

Age 8

 

33

Pham, Linda (15464538)

1010

72

Chennareddy, Siri (15939163)

750

76

Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824)

708

     

Age 9

 

23

Salian, Nisha (15767306)

1272

38

Raj, Ria (15844590)

1143

73

Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778)

941

77

Liu, Catherine (15277304)

929

99

Hong, Sophie (15947555)

821

     

Age 10

 

56

Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194)

1097

96

Liu, Catherine (15277304)

929

     

Age 11

 

19

Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390)

1537

38

Fan, Alice (14935236)

1312

57

Jariwala, Siya Chirag (15980632)

1172

64

Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904)

1138

     

Age 12

 

56

Lin, Sarah (15376582)

1284

59

Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341)

1270

64

Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160)

1247

78

Geiersbach, Annika (14867152)

1192

     

Age 13

 

17

Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435)

1729

18

Hoesley, Aria (14631046)

1723

68

Frieden, Nadia (14748442)

1201

81

Rodriguez, Layla (15360516)

1097

100

Cai, Sophia (14451751)

1026

     

Age 14

 

4

Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521)

2056

48

Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452)

1329

56

Shklover, Diana (14672010)

1272

84

Brahin, Lizzy (15698350)

1065

     

Age 15

 

5

Li, Marissa (14468490)

2104

62

Tang, Zhengxin-Cindy (15491716)

1076

79

Thadani, Lavina (14686878)

890

     

Age 16

 

5

Liu, Miranda (14042343)

2026

15

Wang, Emma K (13797242)

1812

30

Mcclanahan, Emily (13661808)

1585

35

Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457)

1519

51

Zhang, Christine (14784748)

1279

     

Age 17

 

17

Provine, Shayna (14137968)

1737

18

Parent, Cassie (13591356)

1726

23

Gani, Isha (15219798)

1630

     

Age 18

 

15

Simos, Bethany Michelle (13520005)

1738

34

Ross, Maya M (15690023)

1148

47

Roberson, Sydney (15410066)

764

57

Ramirez, Jasmin (15644148)

629