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:
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 |