Forty-seven Illinois girls have managed to earn spots on the most recent top 100 lists compiled by US Chess, which include the results of the 2017 Illinois All Grade in Peoria last month.

Almost all of the girls in the 'Age 7 and Under' group improved their ratings over the previous month. A big shout-out to newcomer Mehak Jiandani, who is 6 years old and ranks in 86th place nationwide after only a dozen tournaments.

Kudos also to Merrill Lee, who crossed the 1000 mark with her nice performance at the 143rd Knights Quest.

New additions Anisha Oberai and Sophie Hong represent Illinois in the group of top 100 ten-year old girls. Well done!

There were not many changes in the 'Age 11, 12 and 13' groups with minor rating increases by the 12-year olds and minor rating drops by the 13-year olds over the previous month.

Shreya Mangalam, now ranking 4th in the country, still heads up the list of Illinois girls 14 years of age. Sarah Grandy, Diana Shklover and Lizzy Brahin have also been in the top 100 for several months.

Her first tournament after a long break earned high schooler Tori Elizabeth Kafer a place among the top 100 this month. Bravo!

Emma Wang's rating jumped from 1923 to 1943 making her the 6th best-rated girl her age in the U.S. In fact, all of our 17-year olds continue to stay in the top third of the list.

Happy belated birthday to Zhengxin-Cindy (16), Emma Wang (17) and Isha Gani (18) who moved up one age bracket and are still featured in the top 100 girls lists.

These lists are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the prior month, in this case November 15, 2017.

If you believe your daughter was inadvertently omitted from these lists, it may be due to US Chess rules regarding permission. If US Chess is unable to contact the player's family to confirm permission for using the name on these lists, the player is not listed. Contact youth@il-chess.org  for assistance on connecting with US Chess.

US Rank                     Player (US Chess ID)                                 November ’17 Rating

Age 7 and Under    
8 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1141
66 Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035) 579
78 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 530
82 Bareket, Hili (15773467) 501
86 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 485
     
Age 8    
34 Pham, Linda (15464538) 979
48 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 875
79 Wang, Celina L (15800694) 703
97 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 622
     
Age 9    
34 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1213
47 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1082
     
Age 10    
28 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1306
64 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1073
87 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 965
96 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 924
     
Age 11    
14 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1553
38 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1330
44 Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904) 1282
88 Jariwala, Siya Chirag (15980632) 1062
     
Age 12    
52 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1323
55 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1298
62 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1263
74 Geiersbach, Annika (14867152) 1192
     
Age 13    
8 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 1923
18 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1743
75 Frieden, Nadia (14748442) 1180
78 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1138
     
Age 14    
4 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2035
42 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1337
48 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1272
82 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1034
     
Age 15    
7 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2068
74 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1065
     
Age 16    
5 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2026
45 Zhang, Christine (14784748) 1279
65 Tang, Zhengxin-Cindy (15491716) 1076
87 Kafer, Tori Elizabeth (13852885) 695
     
Age 17    
6 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1943
17 Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1726
19 Provine, Shayna (14137968) 1706
26 Mcclanahan, Emily (13661808) 1585
31 Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457) 1519
     
Age 18    
13 Simos, Bethany Michelle (13520005) 1738
15 Gani, Isha (15219798) 1630
33 Ross, Maya M (15690023) 1148
48 Roberson, Sydney (15410066) 764
55 Ramirez, Jasmin (15644148) 629