A huge thank you to Smitha Acharya for compiling these lists of Illinois girls among the top 100 of their respective age group nationwide.

US Chess recently started publishing these lists in hopes of rewarding and motivating more girls to thrive in chess competition.

If the recently-held National All-Girls is any indication, it's working!  The Chicago competition saw 89 additional entries this year, approximately 25% more than in 2015.

Marissa Li, age 13, leads all girls with a remarkable 1939 rating. Li won the National All-Girls U14's this past weekend.

Shreya Mangalam is the highest-ranked girl in her respective age group, the fourth-rated 12-year old in the US.

Ratings used are as of the third Wednesday of the prior month, in this case, March 16.

If you feel you -- or your child -- should be listed on this list, please contact editor@il-chess.org for assistance in making sure you are registered with US Chess. Due to privacy concerns, specific authorization must be provided to the national organization. I am aware of some of the communications not occuring, leaving certain names off these lists. 

Based on population one would expect about 20% more Illinois girls would have been found on these lists.

    April 2016
US Rank Girl's Name Rating
     
Ages 7 and Under   
34 Ria Raj 638
79 Sukhi Doddi 410
97T Aarti Srinivasan 317
     
Age 8    
34 Catherine Liu 880
44 Nisha Salian 820
59 Kate Lin 713
64 Aya Yasumoto 690
65 Saanvi Adusumalli 681
     
Age 9    
28 Natalie Wisniowski 1123
51T Alice Fan   983
87 Megan Wong   797
94 Esma Frieden   767
99 Sahitya Maheswaran   745
     
Age 10    
33T Anusha Nadkarni 1200
65 Sarah Lin 1021
96 Mengzhu Cai   866
     
Age 11    
24 Ashley Yan 1435
67 Devanshi Kothari 1114
     
Age 12    
4 Shreya Mangalam 1931
17 Aria Hoesley  1640
42 Nadia Frieden 1309
47 Diana Shklover 1258
81T  Sophia Cai 1059
84 Sarah Grandy 1045
     
Age 13    
10 Marissa Li 1939
85 Elizabeth Peterson 1109
98 Amanda Carlson    940
     
Age 14    
7 Miranda Liu 1901
46 Christine Zhang 1287
79 Lavina Thadani   918
     
Age 15    
24 Cassie Parent 1657
43 Emma Wang 1464
44 Shvetali Thatte 1459
48 Emily McClanahan 1390
80 Rithika Kyaw     976
     
Age 16    
12 Shayna Provine   1794
24 Bethany Simos 1529
51T Kiana Hobbs 1052
     
Age 17    
47 Bailey Baker  1012
     
Age 18    
18 Victoria Bian 1633