Congratulations to the 50 girls from Illinois, who are in the top 100 for their age group this month, including our first-timer Angela Hu.

Four girls started the month with ratings in the 1200s and have now crossed to the 1300s: Saanvi Adusumalli and Sophie Hong (11), Stella Pashyan (13) after having an excellent performance at the All-Girls Championship, and Lizzy Brahin (15), who gained almost 100 rating points at the Hales Corners Challenge.

Our 10-year-olds Ria, Egshiglen, Siri and Enkhjin climbed a combined 69 ranks (or 325 USCF rating points) over last month, even topping the group of 11-year-olds, which continues to hold our largest number of female players, namely 7.

12-year old Anisha’s rating is now above 1500 and she advanced her ranking from 35 to 25. Her fellow Fox Valley Chess Club member, Nandini Prakash, as well as Linda Pham and the teenagers Ashley, Maggie and Devanshi all had great tournaments and added to their ratings.

Happy 16th birthday to Shreya, who boasts a USCF rating of 2142 -– the highest among young ladies in Illinois!! Incidentally, she is also featured in the ICA’s current Meet Our Members section. Check it out.

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)                 April ’19 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
33 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 803
55 Lee, Olivia (16643743) 683
56 Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) 673
98 Lokesh, Ashvika (16806187) 461
     
Age 8    
39 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 926
59 Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) 812
79 Hu, Angela (16747812) 700
     
Age 9    
6 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1696
19 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1345
98 Lkhavgajav, Bolor Sarah (16235187) 820
     
Age 10    
13 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1588
44 Munkhbayar, Egshiglen Cady (16416004) 1267
66 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 1129
75 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1090
     
Age 11    
27 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1502
28 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1493
52 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1321
53 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1308
60 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1235
67 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1201
71 Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) 1192
     
Age 12    
5 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1831
14 Kumar, Sruthi Bharath (15879904) 1595
25 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1508
58 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1290
70 Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) 1232
     
Age 13    
26 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1576
61 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1343
81 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1219
99 Luster, Shakira (15641127) 1099
     
Age 14    
8 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1945
37 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1566
60 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1347
65 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1300
80 Han, Wenjing (15882830) 1233
96 Kothari, Devanshi (14707882) 1113
     
Age 15    
6 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 2034
31 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1527
40 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1435
51 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1384
99 Schwegel, Bernadette Olivia (15128161) 871
     
Age 16    
8 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2142
10 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2079
62 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1120
64 Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) 1083
     
Age 17    
6 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2054
56 Thadani, Lavina (14686878) 1022
70 Pankov, Michelle (14224844) 654
     
Age 18    
14 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1847
16 Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1761