Along with Shreya Mangalam, WCM Natalie Wisniowski and Nandini Prakash now also rank 5th in the nation among girls of their age as shown in the most recent Top 100 Girls lists. These lists compiled by US Chess are based on ratings achieved and processed by January 15, 2020. Both Natalie and Nandini had 50+ rating gains. In fact, a few days after the cut-off date, the Woman Candidate Master moved into Expert territory – but that will be covered next month.

Moving up a class or crossing the threshold to a higher bracket is always applaudable. There were at total eight girls who managed to improve their hundreds digit over the last month:

Ria Raj – from 1582 to 1613;

Shakira Luster – from 1587 to 1606;

Rebecca Phillips – from 1195 to 1219;

Angela Hu – from 988 to 1044;

Enkhjin Namuunbayar – from 1190 to 1244;

Saanvi Adusumalli – from 1552 to 1629;

Maggie Tsyganova – from 1565 to 1619;

Natalie Wisniowski – from 1884 to 1948.

Additionally, 10-year old Linda Pham and 7-year old Olivia Lee, who both sat at 36th last month, jumped to rank 31 and 25, respectively.

I also want to recognize Trechelle Williams from St. Ethelreda, whose rating earned her a spot in the Top 100 for the first time, and Emily Hu, who improved enough to be featured on the prestigious list again.

 

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)            January 2020 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
25 Lee, Olivia (16643743) 860
48 Govindarajan, Mythreyi (16801573) 682
     
Age 8    
20 Hu, Angela (16747812) 1044
32 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 955
49 Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) 856
     
Age 9    
5 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1750
72 Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) 968
     
Age 10    
31 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1362
67 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 1057
     
Age 11    
16 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1613
66 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1244
74 Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) 1210
98 Hu, Emily (16385785) 1121
     
Age 12    
24 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1629
40 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1493
47 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1445
48 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1439
56 Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) 1371
70 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1266
94 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1143
99 Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) 1126
     
Age 13    
5 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1948
16 Kumar, Sruthi Bharath (15879904) 1670
25 Luster, Shakira (15641127) 1606
34 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1534
77 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1290
98 Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) 1168
     
Age 14    
22 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1619
23 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1600
53 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1347
72 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1219
74 Han, Wenjing (15882830) 1186
96 Williams, Trechelle (15637011) 1101
     
Age 15    
10 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1963
50 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1417
53 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1381
90 Kothari, Devanshi (14707882) 1063
     
Age 16    
5 Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) 2110
7 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 2096
24 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1527
34 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1412
45 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1277
54 Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) 1219
     
Age 17    
8 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2074
61 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1120
66 Pankov, Michelle (14224844) 1009
     
Age 18    
49 Riley, Morgan V (15404544) 643