Youth News
June 2018 US Top 100 Lists for Youth
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- Written by Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman
- Published: 23 June 2018 23 June 2018
While a team of statisticians and auditors are pouring over the official US Chess ratings to determine eligibility for the 2018-2019 Classes of Warren Junior Scholars and Rising Stars, the national organization has been nice enough to post the June official ratings.
49 Ilinois juniors are ranked in the top 100 of their respective age group nationwide, with seven in the top 10.
Raj Chennareddy remains number one among US 7 & unders and Dimitar Mardov stays at number two for Age 9.
Raj is more than 150 rating points higher than his number two -- while Dimitar is within 100 points of the New Jersey master currently rated number one in his age group.
June 2018 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
- Published: 23 June 2018 23 June 2018
What do Chaitra Madugula, Megan Gansukh, Oyumaa Erdenebileg, Anujin Namuunbayar, and Michelle Pankov have in common? All five girls from Illinois have earned a spot on the US Chess Top 100 lists for the first time. Congratulations!
The cutoff date for this month’s lists was May 17, so the Chicago Open is not yet included.
Marissa Li, winner of the Girls Invitational in April, now ranks 7th in the country among 15-year olds, one place behind Shreya Mangalam.
Other impressive ranks are held by Nandini Prakash (#10 – age 8), Ashley Mei Yan (#9 – age 13), Aria Hoesley (#10 – age 14), Miranda Liu (#9 – age 16), Emma Wang (#10 – age 17), Bethany Simos (#9 – age 18), and Shayna Provine (#8 – age 18), who is back above 1800.
May 2018: 52 Illinois Youth Among US Top 100's
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- Written by Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman
- Published: 26 May 2018 26 May 2018
52 Illinois youth are listed in the top 100 of their respective age nationwide as of May 2018 US Chess ratings. "Raj" Chennareddy is #1 in the age 7 and under classification, Dimitar Mardov #2 in age 9 and six others in top 10 positions: Aren Emrikian (age 8), Aydin Turgut (age 13), David Peng (age 15), Jacob Furfine (age 16), Alex Bian (age 17) and George Li (age 18).
Excitingly, six Illinois girls are on this month's US Top 100's -- irrespective of gender -- Nandini Prakash (age 8), Natalie Wisniowski (age 11), Aria Hoesley (age 14), Shreya Mangalam & Marissa Li (age 15), and Miranda Liu (age 16).
USChess Names 2018 World Youth & Cadets, 15 Illinois Juniors Qualify: Mardov & Chennareddy Are Official Reps
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- Written by Rose Grandy Rose Grandy
- Published: 21 May 2018 21 May 2018
USCF has announced the qualifiers for both the World Youth Chess Championships 2018 and World Cadet Chess Championships 2018 tournaments. Nine Illinois players have qualified for World Youth and 6 have qualified for World Cadet. These players qualified by meeting the minimum required rating for their age group, based on the May 2018 rating supplement.
Dimitar Mardov was the highest rated of the qualified players in the open U10 section of the World Cadet tournament and so is named the Official Representative from the US Chess Federation for that section. Likewise, Yuvraj Chennareddy was the highest rated of the qualified players in the open U8 section of the World Cadet tournament and is the Official Representative from the US Chess Federation for that section.
May 2018 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
- Published: 20 May 2018 20 May 2018
I’m always happy to see new names on the list of Illinois’ top 100 girls. This month, in the ‘Age 7 and Under’ category, Joyce Zheng received her first mention with a rating of 753 and a ranking of 34 nationwide. Congratulations, Joyce! Her sister Kaylee missed the list by a whisker.
Nine-year old Siri Chennareddy of Decatur Classical School jumped from 94th place to 54th place over last month and her tournament performances have now earned her a well-deserved four-digit rating. Way to go, Siri!