While neither the results of the ICA’s Youth Invitational nor those of the prestigious 2021 Chicago Open made the cutoff for the most recent rankings for Top 100 Girls from Illinois, there was some fluctuation on the lists due to birthdays, as a result of which Illinois now boasts 5 young ladies in the Age 18 group—a first since 2017.

Of those 18-year-olds, Shreya Mangalam has achieved the highest rating of 2132 in the Illinois chess community of female players. Natalie Wisniowski (age 15) and Aria Hoesley (age 17) both sit at 4th on the ranking lists nationwide for their respective age groups. Congratulations to our top-rated players and all the others mentioned below on their amazing accomplishments. Keep competing!

The lists compiled by US Chess are based on regular ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the previous month, in this case May 19, 2021. Only current US Chess members with established ratings and ratings activity in the last year are shown.

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)                 May ’21 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
25 Bothe, Devaanshi (17073438) 229
     
Age 8    
63 Berkey, Rebekah (16585623) 476
     
Age 9    
15 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 997
48 Varadan, Vijayalakshmi (16801573) 725
80 Ranjan, Nysa (16761560) 533
     
Age 10    
35 Hu, Angela (16747812) 1077
50 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 953
77 Bothe, Nysa (17073423) 815
     
Age 11    
26 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1375
100 Sheridan, Wayra (16974060) 873
     
Age 12    
16 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1630
60 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1217
65 Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) 1177
88 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 1054
     
Age 13    
26 Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) 1510
29 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1493
33 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1439
37 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1401
68 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1189
75 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1143
84 Hu, Emily (16385785) 1083
89 Zheng, Kaylee (16232261) 1056
     
Age 14    
15 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1649
28 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1516
66 Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) 1157
     
Age 15    
4 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 2006
14 Luster, Shakira (15641127) 1743
54 Williams, Trechelle (15637011) 1253
72 Hill, Imani (16214855) 1119
     
Age 16    
13 Yan, Ashley (14957435) 1912
32 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1630
36 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1565
46 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1417
49 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1381
60 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1219
73 Varadharajan, Saigeetha (16773343) 965
86 Kuricheti, Umika (14579770) 822
91 Ananthakrishnan, Aparnaa (16253335) 634
     
Age 17    
4 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 2091
31 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1264
57 Schwegel, Bernadette Olivia (15128161) 871
     
Age 18    
5 Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) 2132
22 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1527
25 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1446
26 Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) 1388
33 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1120