A big round of applause to the 42 young ladies who represent the state of Illinois on US Chess’ most recent Top 100 Lists for Girls—from Shreya (rank 2), Natalie (rank 4) and Aria (rank 7) to 7-year old Devaanshi Bothe, our youngest candidate. These lists are generated on the third Wednesday of the previous month based on the players’ regular ratings for over-the-board play. Last year, US Chess added top 100 lists for online rating systems (blitz and quick), which can be found at their website.

Only current US Chess members with established ratings and ratings activity in the last year are mentioned. Please contact youth@il-chess.org if you have questions about these lists.

 

        US Rank              Player (US Chess ID)               August ’21 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
25 Bothe, Devaanshi (17073438) 229
     
Age 9    
43 Varadan, Vijayalakshmi (16801573) 725
75 Ranjan, Nysa (16761560) 533
83 Berkey, Rebekah (16585623) 481
     
Age 10    
34 Hu, Angela (16747812) 1057
40 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 1025
     
Age 11    
57 Gansukh, Megan (16231843) 1054
79 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 953
84 Manimaran, Shivani (16614018) 937
97 Sheridan, Wayra (16974060) 873
     
Age 12    
41 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1380
66 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 1162
     
Age 13    
23 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1602
28 Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) 1510
31 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1493
37 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1465
85 Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) 1092
     
Age 14    
22 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1538
27 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1516
38 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1401
70 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1143
74 Pashyan, Sofia (15844997) 1094
     
Age 15    
4 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 2001
23 Luster, Shakira (15641127) 1624
50 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1347
72 Williams, Trechelle (15637011) 1163
83 Hill, Imani (16214855) 1114
     
Age 16    
30 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1648
31 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1620
33 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1584
57 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1219
81 Varadharajan, Saigeetha (16773343) 965
87 Dhananjaya, Priya Nandish (15473924) 846
88 Kuricheti, Umika (14579770) 822
     
Age 17    
7 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 2113
13 Yan, Ashley (14957435) 1912
37 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1336
     
Age 18    
2 Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) 2169
22 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1527
24 Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) 1467
27 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1446
31 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1264