The most recent lists are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the previous month, so the Midwest Class tournament is included in this compilation.
Natalie Wisniowski is now less than 60 points shy of reaching the elite mark of 2000. Furthermore, four female juniors changed the hundreds digit of their rating last month, namely:
I applaud all the Illinois girls who worked hard to break into the Top 100. Way to go!
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) October ’19 Cutoff
| Age 7 and Under | ||
| 7 | Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) | 985 |
| 38 | Lee, Olivia (16643743) | 789 |
| Age 8 | ||
| 48 | Hu, Angela (16747812) | 911 |
| 51 | Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) | 902 |
| 95 | Mittal, Amaira (16163878) | 653 |
| Age 9 | ||
| 8 | Prakash, Nandini (16085871) | 1643 |
| 79 | Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) | 926 |
| 79 | Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) | 926 |
| Age 10 | ||
| 41 | Pham, Linda (15464538) | 1260 |
| 71 | Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) | 1087 |
| 98 | Girish, Niyathi (16221570) | 962 |
| Age 11 | ||
| 15 | Raj, Ria (15844590) | 1632 |
| 39 | Lee, Merrill (15703571) | 1424 |
| 43 | Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) | 1389 |
| 89 | Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) | 1173 |
| 96 | Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) | 1126 |
| 99 | Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) | 1106 |
| Age 12 | ||
| 26 | Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) | 1544 |
| 27 | Oberai, Anisha (15794814) | 1534 |
| 29 | Salian, Nisha (15767306) | 1493 |
| 41 | Musku, Himani (15932133) | 1437 |
| 58 | Hong, Sophie (15947555) | 1297 |
| 85 | Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) | 1168 |
| 90 | Liu, Catherine (15277304) | 1143 |
| Age 13 | ||
| 5 | Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) | 1942 |
| 20 | Kumar, Sruthi Bharath (15879904) | 1621 |
| 34 | Luster, Shakira (15641127) | 1509 |
| 71 | Fan, Alice (14935236) | 1290 |
| Age 14 | ||
| 28 | Lin, Sarah (15376582) | 1630 |
| 31 | Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) | 1610 |
| 61 | Pashyan, Stella (15575165) | 1366 |
| 75 | Zhang, Louisa (15746981) | 1300 |
| 84 | Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) | 1219 |
| 91 | Han, Wenjing (15882830) | 1177 |
| Age 15 | ||
| 5 | Hoesley, Aria (14631046) | 2078 |
| 10 | Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) | 1963 |
| 47 | Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) | 1381 |
| 86 | Kothari, Devanshi (14707882) | 1063 |
| Age 16 | ||
| 6 | Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) | 2103 |
| 24 | Shklover, Diana (14672010) | 1527 |
| 39 | Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) | 1412 |
| 51 | Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) | 1277 |
| 52 | Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) | 1273 |
| Age 17 | ||
| 7 | Li, Marissa (14468490) | 2074 |
| 56 | Bates, Jade (15332430) | 1120 |
| 64 | Thadani, Lavina (14686878) | 1022 |
| 69 | Pankov, Michelle (14224844) | 962 |
| 87 | Riley, Morgan V (15404544) | 643 |
| Age 18 | ||
| 12 | Wang, Emma K (13797242) | 1847 |