Illinois boasts another female expert: Congrats, Natalie!
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
- Published: 22 March 2020 22 March 2020
The Illinois girls who made the most recent Top 100 Lists for Girls are listed below. These lists are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the prior month, in this case February 19, 2020, and do not yet include rating changes following the US Amateur Team North.
A big shoutout to WCM Natalie Wisniowski, who made expert, gaining almost 60 points with her two wins over 2100-rated opponents at the CCC Jane Addams tournament. She now sits at third place for girls age 13, behind Rianne Ke and Rochelle Wu, both from California. The same tournament helped Sruthi Bharath Kumar cross back into 1700 territory, earning her rank 13 in the same age group.
Happy belated birthday and congrats on the great tournament performance to Angela Hu from Naperville, who went from 1044 to 1147, and to Rebecca Phillips, who posted a 50+ rating improvement.
The past month also showed excellent rating gains by Mythreyi Govindarajan (from 682 to 815, rank 36) and Sophia Zhao (from 1371 to 1496, rank 40), a few reappearances on the list as well as three new additions: 7-year old Rebekah Berkey, and 8-year old Suhana Sharad, and 18-year old Neelotpala Nerella.
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) February 2020 Cutoff
Age 7 and Under | ||
27 | Lee, Olivia (16643743) | 875 |
36 | Govindarajan, Mythreyi (16801573) | 815 |
96 | Berkey, Rebekah (16585623) | 476 |
Age 8 | ||
26 | Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) | 955 |
68 | Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) | 764 |
87 | Sharad, Suhana (16943553) | 634 |
Age 9 | ||
4 | Prakash, Nandini (16085871) | 1771 |
36 | Hu, Angela (16747812) | 1147 |
75 | Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) | 952 |
95 | Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) | 870 |
Age 10 | ||
29 | Pham, Linda (15464538) | 1385 |
71 | Girish, Niyathi (16221570) | 1082 |
94 | Gansukh, Megan (16231843) | 963 |
Age 11 | ||
16 | Raj, Ria (15844590) | 1610 |
69 | Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) | 1219 |
78 | Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) | 1177 |
96 | Hu, Emily (16385785) | 1108 |
Age 12 | ||
24 | Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) | 1606 |
40 | Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) | 1496 |
46 | Musku, Himani (15932133) | 1445 |
47 | Lee, Merrill (15703571) | 1439 |
86 | Hong, Sophie (15947555) | 1189 |
93 | Liu, Catherine (15277304) | 1143 |
Age 13 | ||
3 | Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) | 2006 |
13 | Kumar, Sruthi Bharath (15879904) | 1746 |
20 | Luster, Shakira (15641127) | 1625 |
33 | Oberai, Anisha (15794814) | 1534 |
86 | Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) | 1186 |
Age 14 | ||
24 | Lin, Sarah (15376582) | 1600 |
25 | Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) | 1596 |
53 | Pashyan, Stella (15575165) | 1347 |
77 | Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) | 1219 |
81 | Han, Wenjing (15882830) | 1186 |
95 | Williams, Trechelle (15637011) | 1127 |
Age 15 | ||
8 | Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) | 1963 |
56 | Zhang, Louisa (15746981) | 1417 |
60 | Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) | 1381 |
96 | Kothari, Devanshi (14707882) | 1063 |
Age 16 | ||
4 | Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) | 2110 |
5 | Hoesley, Aria (14631046) | 2096 |
24 | Shklover, Diana (14672010) | 1527 |
32 | Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) | 1412 |
46 | Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) | 1268 |
87 | Schwegel, Bernadette Olivia (15128161) | 871 |
Age 17 | ||
8 | Li, Marissa (14468490) | 2074 |
47 | Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) | 1270 |
60 | Bates, Jade (15332430) | 1120 |
65 | Pankov, Michelle (14224844) | 1009 |
Age 18 | ||
37 | Nerella, Neelotpala (16755702) | 1054 |
52 | Riley, Morgan V (15404544) | 643 |