Let me start out by wishing Chaitra Madugula (7), Josephine Swan (11), and Emma Wang (18) - the three girls who have moved up to the next age group and stayed in the Top 100 - a happy belated birthday.

The biggest improvements over last month were achieved by seven-year old Amaira Mittal, who was ranked 87th in the country and now is in 42nd place, and thirteen-year old Sarah Lin, who jumped from her ranking of 44 to 32 (and will climb even higher next month!).

Illinois currently boasts a total of eight female players in the age-11 bracket, where Nisha Salian extended her lead to 1485 (rank 23), Saanvi Adusumalli crossed the 1200-mark, and Catherine Liu moved up to rank 85.

Kudos also to Egshiglen Cady Munkhbayar, age 10, and Wenjing Han, age 13, who are featured in the Top 100 lists for the first time and are improving at a fast rate.

Congratulations and Happy Holidays!

The lists compiled by US Chess are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the previous month, in this case November 21, 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)                 November ’18 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
42 Mittal, Amaira (16163878) 683
79 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 534
84 Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) 514
97 Lee, Olivia (16643743) 486
     
Age 8    
6 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1554
47 Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035) 886
57 Lkhavgajav, Bolor Sarah (16235187) 803
59 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 783
65 Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) 759
     
Age 9    
17 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1362
43 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 1112
69 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 957
     
Age 10    
25 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1453
28 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1394
81 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1092
98 Munkhbayar, Egshiglen Cady (16416004) 1011
     
Age 11    
23 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1485
39 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1336
51 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1235
61 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1184
68 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1143
85 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1069
86 Pashyan, Sofia (15844997) 1068
93 Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) 1045
     
Age 12    
9 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1804
15 Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904) 1603
61 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1283
     
Age 13    
32 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1530
42 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1448
60 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1301
68 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1232
80 Han, Wenjing (15882830) 1172
     
Age 14    
11 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 1959
15 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1865
52 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1399
     
Age 15    
3 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2139
32 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1441
62 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1179
     
Age 16    
11 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2061
68 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1135
73 Thadani, Lavina (14686878) 1064
     
Age 17    
5 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2020
63 Isaac, Faith (14994563) 856
64 Kafer, Tori Elizabeth (13852885) 790
     
Age 18    
9 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1850
12 Provine, Shayna (14137968) 1818
15 Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1761
29 Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457) 1507