Amid Covid-19, when all tournaments are cancelled and players look to online instead of over-the-board chess, US Chess just published their most recent Top 100 Lists for Girls. This compilation has a cut-off date of March 18, 2020, i.e. predates the restrictions in place due to the coronavirus. Sure enough, many of the female chess players from Illinois featured on these prestigious lists have moved up the rankings since last month.

Just a few highlights:

 

  • Eight-year old Mehak Jiandani’s rating went from 955 to 997;
  • Sukhi Doddi improved her rank from 95 to 71 and rating from 870 to 953;
  • Megan Gansukh gained almost 100 rating points at the Amateur Team North and Oak Park Public Library Free Chess tournaments;
  • Fox Valley Chess Club member Ria Raj now sits in 15th place for girls age 11;
  • Sophia Zhao broke 1,500 at the Amateur Team North event;
  • Trechelle Williams, one of the triad of girls from St. Ethelreda who have been in local news recently, achieved her highest ranking to date (1184);
  • Sarah Ruth Grandy from Wheaton North reached 1446, also her personal best to date;
  • Barrington’s Shreya Mangalam increased her impressive rating from 2110 to 2132 with standout wins at the team event and Illinois Youth Invitational and remains Illinois’ highest-rated female player;
  • And last but not least: Check out WCM Natalie Wisniowski’s amazing new rank!

A big shoutout to all, and to Mythreyi, Nandini, Shakira, Maggie and Wenjing who moved to the next higher age bracket.

 

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 2020 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
31 Lee, Olivia (16643743) 815
     
Age 8    
25 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 997
72 Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) 764
79 Govindarajan, Mythreyi (16801573) 725
     
Age 9    
47 Hu, Angela (16747812) 1077
71 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 953
72 Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) 952
     
Age 10    
8 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1717
30 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1375
76 Gansukh, Megan (16231843) 1054
     
Age 11    
15 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1630
75 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1217
85 Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) 1177
     
Age 12    
22 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1608
34 Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) 1510
41 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1439
48 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1401
82 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1189
88 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1143
96 Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) 1107
100 Pashyan, Sofia (15844997) 1094
     
Age 13    
1 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 2006
9 Kumar, Sruthi Bharath (15879904) 1739
33 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1516
87 Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) 1157
     
Age 14    
33 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1565
35 Luster, Shakira (15641127) 1543
58 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1347
80 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1219
86 Williams, Trechelle (15637011) 1184
     
Age 15    
11 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1912
36 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1617
51 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1417
58 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1381
78 Han, Wenjing (15882830) 1186
95 Kothari, Devanshi (14707882) 1063
     
Age 16    
4 Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) 2132
5 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 2091
31 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1446
45 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1268
84 Schwegel, Bernadette Olivia (15128161) 871
     
Age 17    
9 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2074
47 Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) 1270
60 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1120
65 Pankov, Michelle (14224844) 1009
     
Age 18    
32 Nerella, Neelotpala (16755702) 1054
45 Riley, Morgan V (15404544) 643