The most recent lists include 46 young ladies from Illinois with eleven of them ranking in the top 20.

Nandini Prakash and Hili Bareket continued to gain rating points and both climbed 4 ranks in the “Age 7 and Under” list. Second-grader Saruul Ann Uuganbayar, who has only been playing tournament chess for six months, made her first appearance on the list — congratulations!

Eight-year old Siri Chennareddy can also be proud of her achievements, advancing from rank 72 to rank 41 in one month. Niyathi Girish is another newcomer on the list. Well done!

Also new on the list of Illinois girls age 9 is Merrill Lee whose rating was 987 in October and continues to rise.

Higher ratings in the group of 11-year olds were achieved by Alice Fan and Sruthi Bharath Kumar, making Alice the 36th best and Sruthi the 46th best in the country.

Margarita Tsyganova (age 12), Aria Hoesley (age 13) and Ashley Mai Yan (age 13) likewise posted rating improvements over the previous month.

With Jade Bates a year older and above 1100 for the first time, the Top 100 Age 15 group now includes four juniors from this state, with Marissa Li in 5th place boasting an amazing rating of 2100.

5th place is also the rank of Miranda Liu (age 16). Her peer, Emma Wang, who had first reached 1900 in the previous month, continues to improve.

Congratulations to all of the girls featured in the lists below, which are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the prior month, in this case October 18, 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.

 

Age 7 and Under  
19 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 960
76 Bareket, Hili (15773467) 520
79 Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035) 500
89 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 466
93 Hou, Kristen (15947617) 455
     
Age 8    
34 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1003
41 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 916
78 Wang, Celina L (15800694) 703
83 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 681
     
Age 9    
34 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1243
63 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 987
92 Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) 857
     
Age 10    
23 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1325
68 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1077
     
Age 11    
15 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1564
36 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1357
46 Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904) 1282
76 Jariwala, Siya Chirag (15980632) 1111
     
Age 12    
53 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1316
55 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1288
59 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1247
71 Geiersbach, Annika (14867152) 1192
     
Age 13    
6 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 1941
17 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1783
68 Frieden, Nadia (14748442) 1201
71 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1175
     
Age 14    
6 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2048
44 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1337
52 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1272
86 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1034
     
Age 15    
5 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2100
64 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1108
72 Tang, Zhengxin-Cindy (15491716) 1076
93 Thadani, Lavina (14686878) 890
     
Age 16    
5 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2026
11 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1923
49 Zhang, Christine (14784748) 1279
     
Age 17    
16 Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1726
19 Provine, Shayna (14137968) 1706
23 Gani, Isha (15219798) 1630
27 Mcclanahan, Emily (13661808) 1585
31 Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457) 1519
     
Age 18    
13 Simos, Bethany Michelle (13520005) 1738
31 Ross, Maya M (15690023) 1148
44 Roberson, Sydney (15410066) 764
52 Ramirez, Jasmin (15644148) 629