With a total of 50 girls, Illinois has a record number of female players in the top 100 lists compiled by US Chess. Thirty-six of the players have a rating above 1000 and three—Experts Marissa, Shreya and Miranda—are rated above 2000.

Nandini Prakash and Sukhi Doddi continue to rise up the ranks, with the seven-year olds now in 5th place and 55th place, respectively. This month, Illinois has 6 girls appearing in the Top 100 Age 7. Welcome back, Hili Bareket!

Our group of 8-year olds is headed up by Linda Pham. Linda’s rank at #24 this month does not yet include her good performance at the Jane Addams Memorial and CCC Plus-Score tournaments.

Congratulations to nine-year old Ria Raj who, with two tournaments, went from 1157 (rank 37) to 1334 (rank 17) in one month. Very impressive, Ria!

Speaking of impressive, Merrill Lee’s rating gain from 1030 to 1294 (!!) at the Tim Just Winter Open now earned her a spot in the top-40 nationwide. An excellent accomplishment!

Anisha Oberai went from rank 77 in the group of 10-year olds to rank 47 in the group of 11-year olds with an increase in rating from 1053 to 1260. Happy belated birthday, Anisha and congratulations on your tournament performance.

Sarah Lin now leads the next-higher age category. Sarah has crossed the 1400 threshold and is in 32nd place nationwide with a rating of 1450.

In our small group of 13-year olds, Bateman’s Layla Rodriguez had her rating climb over 1300 for the first time. Ashley Mei Yan (rank 16) is still Illinois’ highest ranked 13-year old female player.

A new teenager in the Top 100 Age 16 group is Faith Isaac. Welcome to the list, Faith!

These lists are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the prior month, in this case January 17, 2018.

 

If you believe your daughter was inadvertently omitted from these lists, it may be due to US Chess rules regarding permission. If the player's family cannot be contacted to confirm permission for using the name on one of 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)                         January ’18 Rating

Age 7 and Under    
5 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1289
55 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 634
84 Gantulga, Ankaa (16232481) 514
89 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 485
95 Lkhavgajav, Bolor Sarah (16235187) 456
100 Bareket, Hili (15773467) 427
     
Age 8    
24 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1092
64 Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035) 720
68 Wang, Celina L (15800694) 703
72 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 695
     
Age 9    
17 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1334
92 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 860
99 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 837
     
Age 10    
38 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1301
40 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1294
73 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1084
86 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1017
     
Age 11    
7 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1721
32 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1327
44 Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904) 1287
47 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1260
     
Age 12    
32 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1450
40 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1405
56 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1265
68 Geiersbach, Annika (14867152) 1192
90 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1073
     
Age 13    
16 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1756
69 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1260
78 Frieden, Nadia (14748442) 1180
     
Age 14    
4 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2064
8 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 1927
35 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1441
58 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1272
87 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1034
     
Age 15    
8 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2067
79 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1063
98 Thadani, Lavina (14686878) 885
     
Age 16    
4 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2026
47 Zhang, Christine (14784748) 1279
61 Tang, Zhengxin-Cindy (15491716) 1076
80 Isaac, Faith (14994563) 856
89 Kafer, Tori Elizabeth (13852885) 695
     
Age 17    
9 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1886
13 Provine, Shayna (14137968) 1783
21 Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1712
25 Mcclanahan, Emily (13661808) 1585
29 Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457) 1519
     
Age 18    
11 Simos, Bethany Michelle (13520005) 1749
15 Gani, Isha (15219798) 1630
49 Roberson, Sydney (15410066) 764