Three new girls from Illinois made the Top 100 lists compiled by US Chess this month: Ashvika Lokesh, age 7 with a rating of 528; Devanshi Kothari, age 14 with a rating of 1084; and Bernadette Schwegel, age 15 with a rating of 872. Well done!

There were also three female players who managed to add more than 100 points to their rating over last month: Louisa Zhang, who went from 1210 (rank 78) to 1391 (rank 52); Sukhi Doddi, who was 767 (rank 66) and now boasts a rating of 878 (rank 49); and Anujin Namuunbayar, whose rating jumped from 1126 (rank 90) to 1241 (rank 69). Very impressive!

Other players of note this month include Joyce Zheng, Niyathi Girish, Sophia Hong, Stella Pashyan, and the unstoppable Ria Raj, who is now a solid 1500 player. Congratulations!

Since the cutoff date was February 20, 2019, the National High School Championship results are not yet included.

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)                 February ’19 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
24 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 827
64 Lee, Olivia (16643743) 630
67 Dhumal, Harshali (16770851) 611
90 Lokesh, Ashvika (16806187) 528
     
Age 8    
3 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1599
49 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 878
62 Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) 820
     
Age 9    
21 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1329
94 Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035) 858
96 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 855
     
Age 10    
15 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1539
74 Munkhbayar, Egshiglen Cady (16416004) 1090
87 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 1023
98 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 993
     
Age 11    
31 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1493
33 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1463
55 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1284
57 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1266
78 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1145
     
Age 12    
6 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1811
17 Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904) 1617
52 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1345
60 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1290
69 Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) 1241
93 Luster, Shakira (15641127) 1101
     
Age 13    
25 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1568
29 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1529
61 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1293
68 Han, Wenjing (15882830) 1233
74 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1190
     
Age 14    
12 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1865
52 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1391
54 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1366
95 Kothari, Devanshi (14707882) 1084
     
Age 15    
3 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2108
7 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 1999
56 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1285
77 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1110
95 Schwegel, Bernadette Olivia (15128161) 872
     
Age 16    
8 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2046
66 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1140
76 Thadani, Lavina (14686878) 1022
84 Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) 935
     
Age 17    
7 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2020
65 Kafer, Tori Elizabeth (13852885) 790
     
Age 18    
11 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1847
14 Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1761
22 Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457) 1507