Check out our strong group of 16-year-olds:

  • Louisa Zhang jumped from 1417 to 1588 (!!) by winning the U1500 section at the Chicago Open with 6.5 out of 7 points.
  • Sarah Lin went from 1565 to 1612 with an excellent performance at the Illinois Youth Invitational.
  • Maggie Tsyganova had outstanding results at both of those tournaments and achieved a big milestone by crossing into 1700 territory.

In the “Age 18” category, Rebecca Phillips also scored 80 rating points at the Chicago Open.

All of these improvements reflect in higher rankings on the US Chess top 100 lists for girls. Also, Joanna Marsten and Priya Nandish Dhananjaya achieved their first mention this month. Way to go!

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)                 June ’21 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
22 Bothe, Devaanshi (17073438) 229
     
Age 8    
67 Berkey, Rebekah (16585623) 481
     
Age 9    
42 Varadan, Vijayalakshmi (16801573) 725
73 Ranjan, Nysa (16761560) 533
     
Age 10    
38 Hu, Angela (16747812) 1031
41 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 1025
     
Age 11    
30 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1339
76 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 953
93 Sheridan, Wayra (16974060) 873
     
Age 12    
55 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1217
69 Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) 1114
77 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 1058
100 Marsten, Joanna (16138168) 933
     
Age 13    
18 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1656
25 Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) 1510
30 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1493
37 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1439
41 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1401
70 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1189
77 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1143
88 Hu, Emily (16385785) 1083
     
Age 14    
15 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1648
26 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1516
67 Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) 1157
     
Age 15    
5 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1994
22 Luster, Shakira (15641127) 1652
61 Williams, Trechelle (15637011) 1182
73 Hill, Imani (16214855) 1115
     
Age 16    
13 Yan, Ashley (14957435) 1912
28 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1702
31 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1612
33 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1590
45 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1381
56 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1219
72 Varadharajan, Saigeetha (16773343) 965
85 Kuricheti, Umika (14579770) 822
88 Dhananjaya, Priya Nandish (15473924) 694
     
Age 17    
5 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 2077
36 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1264
58 Schwegel, Bernadette Olivia (15128161) 871
     
Age 18    
5 Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) 2142
22 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1527
24 Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) 1468
26 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1446