While no tournaments were played and no ratings increased or decreased, minor changes in ranking still occurred. How come? US Chess drops players from the lists if their USCF membership expires or if they have not played in a tournament in the last 12 months. Some players have birthdays and move up one age group {a shoutout to Shreya, Michelle and Anusha}, making room for others who were previously not listed. All of this causes small fluctuations in rankings and, in the case of Illinois, led to the most recent addition of Shanthini Saravanan, Siri Chennareddy (welcome back), and Jade Eowyn Deess in the “Age 11” group and Isabela Maiewski in the “Age 15” group.

The above is not quite true because one rating change did in fact occur: The 2020 Championship of the St. Charles Chess Club was underway when the cancellations went into effect. It was cut short and rated after two rounds with Saanvi Adusumalli then being in 2nd place. The 12-year old, first in her age category, increased her rating from 1608 to 1649 with her two wins. Congrats, Saanvi! And a Happy Memorial Day to all!

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 2020 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
31 Lee, Olivia (16643743) 815
     
Age 8    
24 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 997
68 Madugula, Chaitra (16587196) 764
76 Govindarajan, Mythreyi (16801573) 725
     
Age 9    
42 Hu, Angela (16747812) 1077
62 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 953
63 Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) 952
     
Age 10    
8 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1717
29 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1375
77 Gansukh, Megan (16231843) 1054
     
Age 11    
14 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1630
70 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1217
79 Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) 1177
95 Saravanan, Shanthini (16213261) 1093
96 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 1087
97 Deess, Jade Eowyn (15514946) 1086
     
Age 12    
21 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1649
35 Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) 1510
41 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1439
49 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1401
83 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1189
92 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1143
100 Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) 1107
     
Age 13    
1 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 2006
8 Kumar, Sruthi Bharath (15879904) 1739
30 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1516
85 Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) 1157
     
Age 14    
35 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1565
38 Luster, Shakira (15641127) 1543
63 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1347
87 Williams, Trechelle (15637011) 1184
     
Age 15    
11 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1912
35 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1617
51 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1417
58 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1381
77 Han, Wenjing (15882830) 1186
96 Maiewski, Isabela (15151805) 1009
     
Age 16    
4 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 2091
30 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1446
44 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1264
     
Age 17    
8 Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) 2132
9 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2074
40 Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) 1270
     
Age 18    
30 Nerella, Neelotpala (16755702) 1054
31 Pankov, Michelle (14224844) 1009
39 Riley, Morgan V (15404544) 643