The new lists reflect the rating changes after the 2019 National High School Championship, where many of our top-rated girls - Miranda Liu, Aria Hoesley, Shreya Mangalam, Marissa Li, Nandini Prakash and others - performed well.

Several female players from Illinois had such a good tournament that they crossed a major threshold for the first time:

  • Ashley Mei Yan entered 1900 territory, her new rating putting her in the top-10 nationwide for her age group.
  • Anisha Oberai gained more than 100 points bringing her rating well above 1400.
  • Payton’s Lizzy Brahin went from 1110 to 1290 and her US ranking from 77 to 60.
  • Catherine Liu’s rating surged from 1088 to 1210.
  • Enkhjin Namuunbayar jumped 117 points over last month to 1110.
  • Niles North sophomore Diana Shklover had by far the biggest improvement: more than 250 points – from a rating of 1285 (rank 56) to 1527 (rank 30). Absolutely amazing, Diana!

I should also point out that our two highest-rated girls in the ‘Age 7 and Under’ category keep improving fast: Mehak Jiandani gained almost 100 points and is now the 19th best female player in the US. Six-year old Olivia Lee topped her old rating by 120 points, switching out her former rank 64 with her new rank 40.

Congratulations to all! The lists, compiled by US Chess, are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the prior month, in this case March 20, 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)                 March ’19 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
19 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 921
40 Lee, Olivia (16643743) 750
52 Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) 691
76 Dhumal, Harshali (16770851) 570
98 Lokesh, Ashvika (16806187) 461
     
Age 8    
40 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 926
61 Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) 824
     
Age 9    
6 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1637
24 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1286
91 Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035) 858
     
Age 10    
14 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1559
77 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1110
84 Munkhbayar, Egshiglen Cady (16416004) 1054
92 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 1026
     
Age 11    
25 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1502
26 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1493
51 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1298
52 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1290
60 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1227
65 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1210
71 Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) 1175
     
Age 12    
3 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1814
15 Kumar, Sruthi Bharath (15879904) 1628
35 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1447
62 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1290
66 Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) 1269
     
Age 13    
23 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1590
62 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1293
76 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1203
88 Luster, Shakira (15641127) 1139
     
Age 14    
10 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1924
43 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1506
55 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1366
61 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1300
78 Han, Wenjing (15882830) 1233
97 Kothari, Devanshi (14707882) 1084
     
Age 15    
3 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2131
7 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 2024
30 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1527
38 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1435
60 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1289
     
Age 16    
9 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2056
66 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1140
80 Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) 973
     
Age 17    
5 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2054
54 Thadani, Lavina (14686878) 1022
     
Age 18    
12 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1847
13 Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1761
24 Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457) 1507