The new Top 100 lists are out and again Illinois’ highest achievers are our three female experts – Shreya Mangalam, Miranda Liu, and Marissa Li – occupying ranks 5, 6 and 9, respectively, for their age groups. Closely behind is 1959-rated Aria Hoesley, the 10th best 14-year girl in the country, and four other Class A players: Ashley Yan, Emma Wang, Natalie Wisniowski and Shayna Provine.

Eight-year old Fox Valley Chess Club member Nandini Prakash has moved up to rank 5 in the country with a new personal best of 1554. Both Nandini (from Naperville) and aforementioned WCM Natalie (from Chicago) represented the U.S. in the World Cadet Championship in Spain earlier this month (cf. the separate ICA article).

Nisha Salian also deserves to be mentioned: After her excellent performance at the most recent Knights Quest, Nisha is now a solid 1400 player and leads our Age-11 group, followed by Anisha Oberai, who improved her rating from 1287 to 1333 over last month.

Many girls saw rating jumps at the Midwest Class, for example, Margarita Tsyganova, Layla Rodriguez and Linda Pham, who all played in the 1300–1699 section. With a 99-point rating gain, Margarita is currently at the top of the Age-13 category, moving up 9 ranks and overtaking Sarah Lin. The biggest improvement, however, was achieved by her peer Louisa Zhang, who went into the tournament with a 1064 rating and came out with a 1229 rating after winning her section undefeated!

Congratulations to all!

The lists compiled by US Chess are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the previous month, in this case October 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)                 October ’18 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
58 Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) 580
70 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 558
87 Mittal, Amaira (16163878) 501
95 Lee, Olivia (16643743) 449
     
Age 8    
5 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1554
36 Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035) 944
59 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 783
66 Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) 739
70 Gansukh, Megan (16231843) 732
72 Lkhavgajav, Bolor Sarah (16235187) 730
     
Age 9    
12 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1404
34 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 1144
57 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 1031
     
Age 10    
19 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1502
34 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1394
74 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1130
78 Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) 1103
98 Hu, Emily (16385785) 985
     
Age 11    
33 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1403
41 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1333
64 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1173
69 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1157
77 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1135
92 Pashyan, Sofia (15844997) 1091
     
Age 12    
9 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1818
23 Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904) 1515
60 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1283
     
Age 13    
40 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1446
44 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1434
56 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1301
66 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1229
     
Age 14    
10 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 1959
12 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1865
44 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1442
72 Frieden, Nadia (14748442) 1180
     
Age 15    
5 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2139
38 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1441
66 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1179
     
Age 16    
9 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2061
65 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1108
69 Thadani, Lavina (14686878) 1064
     
Age 17    
6 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2020
14 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1850
66 Isaac, Faith (14994563) 856
68 Kafer, Tori Elizabeth (13852885) 790
     
Age 18    
10 Provine, Shayna (14137968) 1818
13 Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1761
23 Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457) 1507