Happy Thanksgiving! This past month saw quite a few leaps and bounds amongst some of our talented young chess queens from Illinois. Congratulations to all 45 ladies for gaining/maintaining a spot on this list. Special kudos to the Namuunbayar sisters, Enkhjin (13) and Anujin (14), for coming back to the Top 100 Girls lists, and to Rosali Schneider (14) for her first time appearance!

Congratulations also to Linda Pham (12) for climbing over a hundred points to Class C rating territory, crossing the 1400 mark thanks to her stellar 3.5/5 performance in the 1200-1499 section of the Midwest Class!

 

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)               October ’21 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
36 Bothe, Devaanshi (17073438) 229
     
Age 8    
29 Zhan, Amy (17073114) 734
     
Age 9    
50 Varadan, Vijayalakshmi (16801573) 725
55 Ranjan, Nysa (16761560) 693
93 Berkey, Rebekah (16585623) 479
     
Age 10    
34 Hu, Angela (16747812) 1062
40 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 1025
75 Sharad, Suhana (16943553) 834
     
Age 11    
58 Gansukh, Megan (16231843) 1054
71 Manimaran, Shivani (16614018) 983
75 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 953
     
Age 12    
27 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1432
42 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 1356
98 Marsten, Joanna (16138168) 933
     
Age 13    
13 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1704
29 Zhao, Sophia Ziyan (16763001) 1510
37 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1465
67 Namuunbayar , Enkhjin (15863824) 1217
83 Erdenebileg, Oyumaa (16243234) 1092
     
Age 14    
28 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1538
32 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1518
36 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1493
42 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1401
74 Pashyan, Sofia (15844997) 1173
78 Namuunbayar, Anujin (15863872) 1157
79 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1143
100 Schneider, Rosali (15552287) 1005
     
Age 15    
5 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1971
18 Luster, Shakira Makayla (15641127) 1666
     
Age 16    
31 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1639
32 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1620
35 Zhang, Louisa (15746981) 1584
58 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1249
64 Williams, Trechelle (15637011) 1163
69 Hill, Imani (16214855) 1114
87 Varadharajan, Saigeetha (16773343) 965
90 Dhananjaya, Priya Nandish (15473924) 846
91 Kuricheti, Umika (14579770) 822
     
Age 17    
6 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 2103
13 Yan, Ashley (14957435) 1912
42 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1336
     
Age 18    
3 Mangalam, Shreya (14385521) 2167
19 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1527
21 Phillips, Rebecca (16628621) 1502
24 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1446