Youth in the US Top 100

Illinois Chess Association Update

The Illinois Chess Association is pleased to provide an update on our latest developments and
introduce our forthcoming enhanced website. Earlier this year, we successfully launched the
updated ICA tour, which stands out as one of the premier program among all US Chess affiliate
associations, featuring an exceptional prize fund. We invite you to visit our website to explore
our exciting updated program.

At the beginning of the year, we approached Jacob Plotnick to assume the role of our editor,
which had been vacant for several years. He graciously accepted the position and has since
produced a commendable body of work, authoring numerous articles on tournaments and
publishing interviews to recognize notable individuals within the Illinois Chess community. If you
wish to have an article written, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Our Warren Junior Scholar director, Edwin Walker, has been diligently overseeing the program,
ensuring the success of the youth tournament, and is currently in the process of revamping the
program. Collaborating with several board members, he will soon present his innovative ideas,
which we hope to share with you in the near future.

Our new website is currently undergoing testing and is being developed from scratch. It will
retain all the categories featured on the previous site. As a frequently asked question from both
affiliates and members revolves around the value of joining the ICA, we aim for the new website
to provide an array of compelling reasons beyond the mere benefit of a five-dollar discount on
select tournaments or participation in the ICA tour.

The upcoming tournaments will showcase a fresh and modern look. The events page will
remain the same, with the Open and Scholastic categories intact. Additionally, we will introduce
new categories for the ICA tour and ICA Championship events. Notably, each category will
feature a carousel with prominent buttons, displaying the next ten tournaments in each
respective category. Simply click on a button to access the event details, conveniently located
on the main page.

In addition, we will implement an email blast system to inform you of upcoming tournaments,
similar to the approach used by US Chess. Weekly, a single email will be sent, encompassing
all upcoming tournaments organized by our affiliates. Rest assured, you will receive only one
email per week, preventing an influx of multiple messages.

We are also excited to introduce a free section on our website, where the ICA will post videos,
PGN games, and other related content. This section will provide a glimpse of the resources
available to our members, albeit on a limited scale.

Membership benefits will include access to an exclusive member area, offering PGN games for
analysis, PGN endgames for study, PGN puzzles, training videos, and the revival of the Illinois
Chess Bulletins (ICB). Furthermore, members will enjoy a five-dollar discount on select events.
For affiliates, the dedicated area will grant the ability to create and publish their own events on
our website, upload PGN games for publication, have their tournaments highlighted on the
home page, and advertise their tournaments in our weekly email sent to members. Additionally,
affiliates will have the option to have articles published about their tournaments.

National and state events will continue to receive prominent exposure, while the ICA Club Tour,
designed to support membership and affiliates, will reward members who participate in
tournaments organized by ICA affiliates. Points will be awarded for wins, losses, or draws, and

prizes, including trophies for Scholastic players, are currently being determined. Although no
monetary rewards will be provided, the prizes will hold significant value. A progress tracker will
also be available on our website.
We look forward to unveiling the new website and its enhanced features, providing our
members and affiliates with an improved online experience.

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Jonathan Kogen crowned state champion at 2024 Illinois Open State Championship

The Illinois Chess Association is proud to congratulate Danial Wilson from Wilson Chess and Bill Buklis from King Registration for their amazing job at organizing our 2024 Illinois Open State Championship, at the Doubletree Hotel in Lisle, from August 30, 2024 to September 2, 2024.

The tournament consisted of six sections: Major, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1300. This tournament exceeded previous years with a record of over 250 participants playing, as well as additional players in the scholastic tournament, of which there is a separate article. From there, the Illinois Chess Association wants to thank all the players for playing in the tournament and supporting our organization.

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Image of the main playing hall (Regency Ballroom) during the final round. By Abdallah Aldweik

The State Champion title goes to the Illinois resident with the highest point total. The player with the highest point total was Awonder Liang with 6.5 out of 7. Alexander Velikanov tied for second with Jonathan Kogen with 5.5 points. But, because Awonder and Alexander are both not Illinois residents they are not eligible to be the State Champion, therefore Jonathan Kogen is this year's state champion.

Major

Awonder Liang won the section with 6.5 points out of 7. Then, as previously mentioned, Alexander Velikanov and Jonathan Kogen tied for second with 5.5 points. After that, Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts and Spencer Lahmann tied for fourth with 5 points.

Linked here are the top games from the 6th round.

Under 2100

Andrei Skorobogatykh and Aradh Kaur tied for first place with 5.5 points. For third place, four players, Rebecca Cortez, Dario Pjevic, Gurugrahan Gurumoorthi and Gaofei Wang, tied with 5 points.

Under 1900

Adam Walker was the outwrite winner with 6.5/7 points. His only draw came in the last round against Elizabeth Xia who finished uncontested in second with 5.5 points. After that, Amarjargal Ganbaatar and Shivani Manimaran tied for third with 5 points.

Under 1700

In an exciting finish in the U1700 there were two players, Joshua Flores and Nomay Piparia played each other in a tie for first place with 5 points out of 6. They drew and ended up tied for first place with 5.5 out of 7 points. Four other players tied for third with 5 points: Lucas Silverstre, Alex Giris, Christian Walls and Sanjay Advani

Under 1500

Four players tied for first place with 5.5 points: Amy Zhan, Patrick McDonnell, Sean Gao and Jack Witman.

Under 1300

Joseph Rozenblat won outright with 6.5/7 points. Aarnav Sheth finished uncontested in second with 6/7 points. Jim Alop and Anthony Dimonte tied for third place with 5.5 points.

Linked here is a complete cross-table for the event, courtesy of King Registration, and the US rating report.

Once again, we want to congratulate everybody who participated and gave their best in the tournament and to congratulate Wilson Chess and King Registration for running the tournament so smoothly on behalf of the Illinois Chess Association.

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2024 Illinois Scholastic Tournament

The Illinois Chess Association is happy to congratulate Danial Wilson from Wilson Chess and Bill Buklis from King Registration for their amazing job at organizing our Illinois Scholastic Tournament, at the Doubletree Hotel in Lisle last week, on August 31, 2024.

The tournament had three sections: Under 1200, Under 800 and Under 500. Across the entire tournament, there were over 150 players.

With that, the Illinois Chess Association wants to thank all the scholastic players for playing in the tournament and supporting us. Keep up the good work and we hope to see many of you being part of our Warren Scholars program in the future.

Under 1200

Rishik Abbaraju finished as the outright winner in the U1200 section with a perfect 5 out of 5 wins. Coming in a close second, Pranv Prabhu finished outright in second with 4.5/5 points. However, four players tied for third with 4/5 points: Krithin Arunkumar, Paul Hogan, Shravan Sabarish and Tate Daniels.

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Rishik proudly holding his first-place trophy

The top seven players received trophies:

1 Abbaraju, Rishik

2 Prabhu, Pranav

3 Sabarish, Shravan

4 Arunkumar, Krithin

5 Hogan, Paul Joseph

6 Daniels, Tate

7 Senthilkumar, Eyal

Several other players tied for seventh, but did not receive a trophy due to tiebreakers, instead they received a medal for their amazing performance:

8 Senthilkumar, Vidyut

9 Blanka, Daniel

10 Kumar, Eesha

11 Vijayaraghavan, Pradhyum

12 Li, Ethan

Under 800

Sean Pepper was an outright winner with a perfect 5 points. An additional seven players tied for second with 4 points, which are listed below,

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Sean proudly holding his first-place trophy

There were trophies awarded to the top seven players:

1 Pepper, Sean

2 Ruhullah, Yaqub Uzair

3 Khanbutaev, Evgenii

4 Jain, Shourya Nirmal

5 Behl, Nina

6 Memon, Essa Ahmed

7 Divekar, Viraj

The following player got a medal instead of a trophy based on tiebreakers:

8 Sendhilkumar, Shivasanjith

Under 500

Similarly to the other sections, George Baron won outright with 5 points. After that, there was a nine-way tie with 4 points, all of whom are listed below,

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George proudly holding his first-place trophy

These seven players were awarded trophies:

1 Baron, George

2 Divekar, Vihan

3 Brown, Noah G

4 Wu, Alexander

5 Jiao, Yumu

6 Xie, Vincent

7 Patel, Shoobh

The following players were tied for second place and did not receive a trophy due to tiebreakers. Still, they were all awarded with a medal for their triumphs.

8 Agarwal, Vedansh

9 Lal, Aariyana

10 Dimasacat, Princess Euniece Cabales

We are also proud to congratulate the following players across all sections for increasing their ratings by over 50 points and wish them the best of luck to perform as well in their next tournaments as they did in this one:

U1200:

George Baron

Noah Brown

Vihan Divekar

Yumu Jiao

Vincent Xie

Shoobh Patel

Vedansh Agarwal

Vilok Puppala

Yash Gawas

Shreya Gawas

Joseph Chiang

Mia Chiang

Darren Pinto

Frankie Kirkman

Emilio Villegas

U800:

Rishik Abbaraju

Pranav Prabhu

Daniel Blanka

Vidyut Senthilkumar

Eesha Kumar

Kaiden Gomez

Ansh Jiandani

Arnav Shah

Sahasvath Indla

Akhil Nandakumar

Anya Chakida

U500:

Sean Pepper

Shivasanjith Sendhilkumar

Shourya Jain

Yaqub Ruhullah

Essa Memon

Nina Behl

Evgenii Khanbutaev

Viraj Divdkar

Vedant Sharma

Phani Surikuchi

Angela Rivas

Kellen Shibayama

Krishiv Singh

Ayansh Tata

Suveer Reddivari

Nicole Wishniowski

Lohith Gongati

Aadya Adusumalli

Issac Mendoza

Jaden Livingstone

Aniket Panicker

Linked here is a complete cross-table for the event, courtesy of Wilson Chess, and the US rating report.

Once again, we want to congratulate everybody who participated and gave it their best in the tournament and to congratulate Wilson Chess and King Registration for running the tournament so smoothly on behalf of the Illinois Chess Association.

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ICA Elections - Nomination Period for 2024 Is Now Open!

The ICA is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the five Executive Board members of the Board of Directors. The President, Upstate Vice-President, Downstate Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer will take office on January 1, 2025 and serve a two-year term.

Who Is Eligible to Be Nominated?

Under the ICA Bylaws, directors must be residents of Illinois and members of the ICA. At least two at-large directors must reside in Cook County or the Collar Counties (DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will), and at least two must reside outside these counties.

Submitting Your Nomination

Any ICA member may submit a nomination. Self-nominations are also permitted and encouraged.
Nominations may be submitted by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Nominations must be seconded by 10 voting ICA members and the nominee must agree to serve. The deadline for submitting nominations is October 10, 2024.

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Dan Wilson replaces Josh Flores as Secretary

Illinois Chess Association accepts resignation of Josh Flores as secretary. Josh contacted me to inform me he was busy on Wednesdays during our meetings. Josh will be missed but is willing to assist at any time. Dan Wison has accepted the position of Secretary and will stay on as a general board member. He is committed to doing both until the end of year after our Executive Board elections.

Please feel free to reach out to Dan and thank him for assisting the ICA with two board positions.

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2024 US Open Denker High School Invitational Winner – Avi Kaplan

Avi Kaplan travelled to Norfolk, VA to represent Illinois in the 2024 US Chess Championship national invitational. Each state sends one person. Illinois determines who to send from an Illinois Chess Association state invitational, which AVI won with a score of 4.5/5 points. 50 states + DC send their qualifying chess delegate to compete, with California sending two for northern and southern regions.

The US Open Denker Invitational is 6 rounds starting July 27th with one game, two games on 28^th and 29^th and last game on 30^th. Time control was G90+30.

Avi was undefeated. He had four wins and two draws giving him a total of 5 out of 6 points. Two other high school players had a total of 5/6 creating a three-way tie. Avi was given second place in the tiebreakers. For his efforts, other than being co-champion of the “Denker Tournament of HS Champions” Avi received a $3000 college scholarship. Illinois Chess Association also gave him a $250 travel stipend.

Here is Avi receiving his award.

The complete cross-tables can be found here.

https://www.uschess.org/results/2024/usopen/?page=STANDINGS&xsection=denker

Here is Avi’s game for round six. He had a wonderful accuracy rating of 92.4% from Chess.com

The Illinois Chess Association wants to congratulate Avi for bringing home the Denker Co-Champion and being part of the team that brought to Illinois the team co-champion.

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Anjaneya Rao Named Champion of Champions at 2024 Barber Middle School Invitational

Every year, the Illinois Chess Association runs a tournament among the best players from 6th - 8th grade to represent Illinois in the US Barber Middle School Invitational. This year, Anjaneya Rao won and represented Illinois in Norfolk, VA. Every state and D.C. sends one delegate, while this year Virginia and California sent two delegates.

The US Open Barber Invitational was a 6-round(G90+30) tournament from July 27th - July 30th during which Anjaneya was undefeated. He finished as the sole winner with a score of 5.5 out of 6 after 5 wins and 1 draw. As Well as being the “Champion of Champions” of the Barber Middle School Invitational, Anjaneya received a $5000 scholarship to the college of his choice from USCF.

Below is Anjaneya receiving his award, pictured with Dewain Barber, after whom the tournament is named.

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Here is Anjaneya’s game for round six, where he defeated Jasmine Su from Connecticut with the French Defense:

The Illinois Chess Association is proud to congratulate Anjaneya for his impressive performance at the Barber Invitational this year and hope to see just how much he can achieve.

The complete cross-tables can be found here

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Illinois Makes a Splash at 2024 US Chess Invitationals

Just over two months ago, in late May of this year, the Illinois Chess Association ran our Youth and Senior Invitationals – used to determine the strongest player in their respective age section to represent Illinois in the US Open Championship Invitationals. The five players representing Illinois are pictured below: Larry Cohen (Irwin-Senior), Rebecca Corez (Haring-Girls), Avi Kaplan (Denker-High School), Anjaneya Rao (Barber-Grades 6-8) and Aiden Li (Rockefeller-Grades K-5).

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From left to right: Rebecca, Larry, Aiden, Anjaneya, and Avi.

In the combined state team category, there was a four-way tie for first between Connecticut, Texas, Illinois, and Arizona. Based on tiebreaks, Illinois was awarded third place. Each player played a total of six games in their respective tournaments, their individual results are below:

Rebecca Cortez scored 3.5 points.

Avi Kaplan scored 5.0 points and finished as co-champion

Anjaneya Rao scored 5.5 points and finished as champion

Aiden Li scored 4.0 points

Larry Cohen scored 3.0 points

Below are the results of all of the teams who tied for first:

 Place  Code    Name                                           Score  TBrk[M]  TBrk[S]  TBrk[C] 
  1    1-4  CT      CT (2167.0)                                     21.0       72    110.5     78.5 
                    IM Maximillian Lu (2479) 4.5                  
                    Jasmine Su (2241) 4.5                         
                    Lilianna Gao (1931) 4.5                       
                    Lacey Wang (1961) 4.5                         
                    Mikhail Koganov (2223) 3.0                    
  2         TX      TX (2177.8)                                     21.0       70    104.5       75 
                    IM Eric Chang Liu (2446) 5.0                  
                    FM Sharvesh R Deviprasath (2540) 5.0          
                    Ellery Zhang (1821) 4.0                       
                    Oscar Yihang Zhang (1997) 3.5                 
                    Scott Alan Elliott (2085) 3.5                 
  3         IL      IL (2074.4)                                     21.0       69      102       75 
                    Anjaneya Sripathy Rao (2205) 5.5              
                    Avi Harrison Kaplan (2319) 5.0                
                    Aiden Linyuan Li (2024) 4.0                   
                    Rebecca Cortez (1824) 3.5                     
                    Lawrence S Cohen (2000) 3.0                   
  4         AZ      AZ (2166.6)                                     21.0       66       98       73 
                    IM Sandeep Sethuraman (2479) 5.0              
                    Roshan Sethuraman (2223) 4.5                  
                    Aishwarya Lakshmi Ganapathy (1844) 4.0        
                    Sharvesh Arul (1959) 4.0                      
                    FM Robby Adamson (2328) 3.5

Click here to view the results of all teams who competed.

To help cover fees to travel to the tournament, all scholastic representatives received a $250 travel stipend from the Illinois Chess Association. In addition, Anjaneya Rao received a $5000 scholarship and Avi Kaplan received a $3000 scholarship to the colleges of their choice for their performance in their sections.

The Illinois Chess Association would like to congratulate all of our players for their amazing performance at the Championship Invitationals and extend our greatest appreciation for representing our state at such a great level.

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Jeff Smith recognized as TD of year for 2024 by US Chess

The most memorable part of any chess tournament is a powerful tactic during your game or talking with friends after your games, but none of that would be possible without the careful orchestration and management from tournament directors. These individuals play a vital role in ensuring that tournaments run smoothly, fairly, and efficiently – making them indispensable to the success of any event. Due to their supreme importance, every year at the US Open, one tournament director is awarded the designation as the Tournament Director of the Year.

With that, the Illinois Chess Association would like to congratulate one of our own TD’s – Jeff Smith – who received this prestigious award at the US Open this year. Jeff has worked in over 750 sections across the country since 2005. Beginning in 2007, where he worked the Illinois All Grade, Jeff has been a major part of Illinois Chess. Since 2009 Jeff has worked at many national events, the first of which was the Supernationals of that same year. Just in 2018, Jeff finally became a National Tournament Director. More recently, you may have seen him working at many IHSA and IESA tournaments.

On a personal note, Jeff is an amazing person and an excellent addition to the Illinois and US chess communities, as well as chess as a whole. The ICA is proud to say that this excellent director is one of our own and we are deeply proud of him for receiving this award. This award is well deserved and best of luck to Jeff as he continues to help our great community into the future.

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U.S. Cadet Chess Championship 2024

The U.S. Cadet Championship is an annual invitational event which pits the eight strongest American players aged 16 and under against each other in a round-robin tournament. The first tournament was run in 1986 at the Manhattan Chess Club, where Alex Sherzer became the first champion. Since then, the tournament has taken place at a multitude of venues across the country – including Washington D.C., Nashville, TN, Rockville, MD, and Schaumburg, IL. This year's tournament took place in Lisle, IL.

This years competitors pictured with the organizers(Danial Wilson and Bill Buklis), courtesy of Danial Wilson

The 2024 Cadet Championship took place late last month from June 20 - June 23. This event featured two IMs, Bach Ngo and Ryo Chen, as well as 6 FMs: Eric Liu, Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Erick Zhao, Isaac Wang, Ryan Sun, and Zoey Tang. For pairing purposes, shortly before the beginning of the first round, playing cards – ace through eight – were drawn to seed the players by lot number rather than by rating.

The event was won outright with an impressive 6/7 score by the 13-year old prodigy Tanitoluwa (Tani) Adewumi, who finished last place in the same tournament the previous year. Nevertheless, he started off strong into the competition by defeating one of the strongest players in the first round:

This impressive performance has caused Tani’s FIDE rating to come within 20 points of the IM rating threshold of 2400, for which he recently earned his final norm. Along with the recognition of winning the tournament, he can add the $1,000 prize and $10,000 scholarship( $5,000 from the Dewain Barber Foundation and $5,000 from US Chess) to the college/university of his choice to his ever-growing list of awards.

Below is another of his wins from the tournament, highlighting tactical masterclass with an accuracy of 97%:

Tani accepting his award, courtesy of Danial Wilson

Congratulations to Tani for winning this event and congratulations to Danial Wilson at Wilson Chess and Bill Buklis King Registration for their third successful year of running this event and best of luck to them in the future.

Final standings – ranked according to lot number, courtesy of US Chess

All games from the event can be reviewed on Lichess.

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Congratulations to the following players in the top 100 list on the USCF April 2011 supplement:

Age 7 and under

Rank	Name	Rating
2	David Tianjian Peng	1850
18	Jason Scott Daniels	1329
31	Susanna Ulrich	1229
36	Leonard Liu	1213
66	Vishal Chandrasekar	1085
87	Ricky Wang	1026

Age 8

Rank	Name	Rating
7	Harrison He	1352
36	Ranadheer Tripuraneni	1328
69	Joshua Liu	1208
79	David Wallach	1187
84	Ishaar Perumal Ganesan	1209
100	Charlie Aronov	1144

Age 9

Rank	Name	Rating
11	Vincent Do	1765
34	Miranda Liu	1532
37	Chetan Reddy	1523
39	Hanson Hao	1510
84	Nikhil Kalghatgi	1367

Age 10

Rank	Name	Rating
19	James Wei	1856
21	Alex Bian	1839
38	Jack Curcio	1720
39	Abe Sun	1717
40	Matthew Stevens	1715
59	Haoyang Yu	1595
63	Lorenzo Barbin	1589
72	Jack Xiao	1562
97	Balaji Krishna Iyengar	1504

Age 11

Rank	Name	Rating
21	Conrad Oberhaus	1888
22	Zhaozhi Li	1878
27	Bryce McClanahan	1845
47	Anshul Adve	1726
78	Ian Gilchrist	1640
91	Andrew Yueyang Fei	1575

Age 12

Rank	Name	Rating
37	Zachary Holecek	1907
95	Joey Bikus	1694
100	Philip Parker-Turner	1679

Age 13

Rank	Name	Rating

Age 14

Rank	Name	Rating
16	Sam Schmakel	2099
40	Gavin McClanahan	1958
69	George Ruan	1853
80	Yue Xu	1812
94	Nathaniel Kranjc	1778
97	Max Zinski	1770
100	Maxim Sigalov	1765

Age 15

Rank	Name	Rating
11	Tommy Ulrich	2197
26	Jonathan Kogen	2069
61	Charles Swan	1930
77	Chengliang Luo	1878

Age 16

Rank	Name	Rating
6	Adarsh Jayakumar	2271
22	Matthew Wilber	2104
50	Kent Cen	2003

Age 17

Rank	Name	Rating
11	Eric Rosen	2278
35	Michael Auger	2111
55	Aakaash Meduri	2013
71	Josh Dubin	1953

Age 18

Rank	Name	Rating
12	Trevor Magness	2206
26	Zach Kasiurak	2099
46	Sebastian Bibat	1982
50	Frankie Swindell III	1957
93	Fedor Titov	1804

Girls Under 13

Rank	Name	Rating
35	Miranda Liu	1532
37	Shayna Provine	1504
50	Rachel Ulrich	1462
75	Alice Hu	1367
93	Cassie Parent	1321
98	Sanjan Ramrajvel	1292

Girls Under 16

Rank	Name	Rating
26	Yue (Penny) Xu	1812
77	Miranda Liu	1532
82	Victoria Bian	1516
85	Shayna Provine	1504
99	Rachel Ulrich	1462

Congratulations to the following players in the top 100 list on the USCF February 2011 supplement:

Age 7 and under

Rank	Name	Rating
2	David Tianjian Peng	1779
13	Jason Scott Daniels	1314
32	Susanna Ulrich	1160
58	Ricky Wang	1075
71	Leonard Liu	1029
92	Nikolai Rhodes	967

Age 8

Rank	Name	Rating
7	Vincent Do	1643
33	Harrison He	1357
36	Ranadheer Tripuraneni	1348
42	Joshua Liu	1304
59	David Wallach	1209
96	Eric Gan	1146

Age 9

Rank	Name	Rating
11	Matthew Stevens	1770
42	Chetan Reddy	1532
44	Miranda Liu	1524
56	Jack Xiao	1488
59	Hanson Hao	1475
85	Nikhil Kalghatgi	1369

Age 10

Rank	Name	Rating
17	James Wei	1856
18	Zhaozhi (George) Li	1848
20	Alex Bian	1839
36	Anshul Adve	1722
40	Abe Sun	1697
47	Jack Curcio	1658
63	Lorenzo Barbin	1593
88	Haoyang Yu	1523
93	Rachel Ulrich	1497
99	Blair Hu	1484

Age 11

Rank	Name	Rating
17	Conrad Oberhaus	1888
31	Bryce McClanahan	1813
71	Ian Gilchrist	1643

Age 12

Rank	Name	Rating
43	Zachary Holecek	1868
91	Joey Bikus	1701

Age 13

Rank	Name	Rating
43	Gavin McClanahan	1923
77	Yue (Penny) Xue	1812

Age 14

Rank	Name	Rating
15	Sam Schmakel	2084
62	George Ruan	1853
79	Max Zinski	1817
91	Nathaniel Kranjc	1780
95	Maxim Sigalov	1765
100	Jimi Akintonde	1747

Age 15

Rank	Name	Rating
15	Tommy Ulrich	2160
31	Jonathan Kogen	2069
71	Chenliang Luo	1905

Age 16

Rank	Name	Rating
8	Adarsh Jayakumar	2241
21	Matthew Wilber	2104
45	Kent Cen	2003
57	Josh Dubin	1953

Age 17

Rank	Name	Rating
12	Eric Rosen	2259
36	Michael Auger	2127
58	Aakaash Meduri	20105

Age 18

Rank	Name	Rating
12	Trevor Magness	2206
27	Zach Kasiurak	2086
46	Sebastian Bibat	1982
53	Frankie Swindell III	1957
93	Fedor Titov	1804
97	Eric Emer	1794

Girls Under 13

Rank	Name	Rating
32	Miranda Liu	1524
34	Rachel Ulrich	1497
53	Shayna Provine	1423
75	Alice Hu	1359

Girls Under 16

Rank	Name	Rating
26	Yue (Penny) Xu	1812
79	Miranda Liu	1524
80	Victoria Bian	1516
84	Rachel Ulrich	1497

Congratulations to the following players in the top 100 list on the USCF December 2010 supplement:

Age 7 and under

Rank	Name	Rating
2	David Tianjian Peng	1751
16	Jason Scott Daniels	1330
32	Susanna Ulrich	1172
49	David Wallach	1092
61	Leonard Liu	1059
72	Ricky Wang	1019
86	Sean Yu Li	968

Age 8

Rank	Name	Rating
7	Vincent Do	1644
36	Harrison He	1388
68	Joshua Liu	1231
74	Ranadheer Tripuraneni	1212
88	Henry Curcio	1151
96	Eric Gan	1139

Age 9

Rank	Name	Rating
13	Matthew Stevens	1724
24	William Radak	1612
42	Chetan Reddy	1522
54	Hanson Hao	1465
56	Jack Xiao	1453
66	Nikhil Kalghatgi	1412
70	Miranda Liu	1409
84	Jonathan Tan	1351

Age 10

Rank	Name	Rating
20	Conrad Oberhaus	1866
21	Alex Bian	1847
22	James Wei	1845
31	Zhaozhi (George) Li	1795
39	Anshul Adve	1721
55	Abe Sun	1642
64	Jack Curcio	1598
74	Rachel Ulrich	1556
94	Shayna Provine	1503
97	Blair Hu	1481

Age 11

Rank	Name	Rating
21	Zachary Holecek	1852
35	Bryce McClanahan	1767

Age 12

Rank	Name	Rating
91	Joey Bikus	1701

Age 13

Rank	Name	Rating
46	Gavin McClanahan	1904
72	Max Zinski	1817
73	Yue (Penny) Xue	1812
79	Nathaniel Kranjc	1787

Age 14

Rank	Name	Rating
24	Sam Schmakel	2051
72	George Ruan	1848
91	Maxim Sigalov	1783
99	Jimi Akintonde	1766

Age 15

Rank	Name	Rating
20	Tommy Ulrich	2098
28	Jonathan Kogen	2064
85	Chenliang Luo	1859

Age 16

Rank	Name	Rating
10	Adarsh Jayakumar	2247
24	Matthew Wilber	2104
46	Kent Cen	2003
61	Josh Dubin	1953
64	Jason Chien	1939

Age 17

Rank	Name	Rating
11	Eric Rosen	2260
32	Michael Auger	2123
50	Aakaash Meduri	2010
90	Michael Chinitz	1857

Age 18

Rank	Name	Rating
13	Trevor Magness	2194
17	Gordon Ruan	2147
27	Zach Kasiurak	2072
43	Sebastian Bibat	1982
52	Frankie Swindell III	1957
82	Jeremy Berman	1841
95	Eric Emer	1809

Girls Under 13

Rank	Name	Rating
29	Rachel Ulrich	1556
36	Shayna Provine	1503
57	Miranda Liu	1409
71	Alice Hu	1357
80	Elliana Faletsky	1319

Girls Under 16

Rank	Name	Rating
26	Yue (Penny) Xu	1812
54	Sonya Vohra	1637
68	Rachel Ulrich	1556
78	Victoria Bian	1516
85	Shayna Provine	1503

Congratulations to the following players in the top 100 list on the USCF October 2010 supplement:

Age 7 and under

Rank	Name	Rating
2	David Tianjian Peng	1663
22	Jason Scott Daniels	1215
36	David Wallach	1124
49	Leonard Liu	1073
66	Susanna Ulrich	1024
67	Sean Yu Li	1012

Age 8

Rank	Name	Rating
10	Vincent Do	1622
56	Nathaniel Sobery	1273
62	Harrison He	1252
75	Ranadheer Tripuraneni	1198
87	Henry Curcio	1151
76	Hanson Hao	1200

Age 9

Rank	Name	Rating
26	William Radak	1612
27	Matthew J. Stevens	1611
45	Jack Xiao	1478
51	Hanson Hao	1410
59	Daniel Bronfeyn	1311

Age 10

Rank	Name	Rating
14	Alex Bian	1871
19	James Wei	1838
22	Zhaozhi (George) Li	1795
29	Conrad Oberhaus	1747
34	Anshul Adve	1705
39	Abe Sun	1667
52	Jack Curcio	1622
71	Shayna Provine	1561
87	Lorenzo Barbin	1492
88	Haoyang Yu	1492

Age 11

Rank	Name	Rating
39	Zachary Holecek	1758
55	Bryce McClanahan	1688
100	Steven Do	1561

Age 12

Rank	Name	Rating
89	Joey Bikus	1702
100	Phillip Parker-Turner	1671

Age 13

Rank	Name	Rating
33	Gavin McClanahan	1923
64	Yue (Penny) Xu	1811
74	Maximilian Zinski	1789
83	Jimi Akintonde	1757
97	Nathaniel Kranjc	1738

Age 14

Rank	Name	Rating
24	Jonathan Kogen	2052
41	Sam Schmakel	1947
75	George Ruan	1839
88	Maxim Sigalov	1801

Age 15

Rank	Name	Rating
4	Adarsh Jayakumar	2241
26	Tommy Ulrich	2073

Age 16

Rank	Name	Rating
6	Eric Rosen	2261
27	Matthew Wilber	2101
56	Kent Cen	1979
60	Josh Dubin	1962
65	Jason Chien	1939
67	Aakaash Meduri	1937

Age 17

Rank	Name	Rating
21	Trevor Magness	2189
38	Michael Auger	2088
87	Michael Chinitz	1865

Age 18

Rank	Name	Rating
17	Gordon Ruan	2147
29	Zach Kasiurak	2072
47	Sebastian Bibat	1982
55	Frankie Swindell	1957
82	Jeremy Berman	1841
85	Siddarth Datla	1831
94	Eric Emer	1809
98	Louis Shekhtman	1801

Girls Under 13

Rank	Name	Rating
26	Rachel Ulrich	1566
28	Shayna Provine	1561
73	Alice Hu	1327
75	Elliana Faletsky	1319

Girls Under 16

Rank	Name	Rating
24	Yue (Penny) Xu	1812
53	Sonya Vohra	1637
66	Adele Padgett	1585
69	Rachel Ulrich	1566
71	Shayna Provine	1561
75	Victoria Bian	1539

Congratulations to the following players in the top 100 list on the USCF August 2010 supplement:

Age 7 and under

Rank	Name	Rating
8	David Tianjian Peng	1445
23	Jason Scott Daniels	1215
41	David Wallach	1133
72	Harrison He	1019
93	Ishaar Perumal Ganesan	972
97	Sean Yu Li	965

Age 8

Rank	Name	Rating
8	William Radak	1612
15	Vincent Do	1530
44	Nathaniel Sobery	1319
65	Nikhil Kalghatgi	1235
75	Akhil Kalghatgi	1203
76	Hanson Hao	1200
78	Ranadheer Tripuraneni	1198
84	Miranda Liu	1192
97	Henry Curcio	1151
100	Joshua Liu	1146

Age 9

Rank	Name	Rating
9	Alex Bian	1853
29	Abe Sun	1595
31	Matthew J. Stevens	1587
51	Lorenzo Barbin	1493
59	Jack Xiao	1456
69	Chetan Baddam Reddy	1409
90	Jonathan Tan	1348

Age 10

Rank	Name	Rating
12	James Wei	1842
18	Zhaozhi (George) Li	1803
25	Anshul Adve	1758
26	Conrad Oberhaus	1751
37	Bryce McClanahan	1693
46	Jack Curcio	1622
73	Rachel Ulrich	1517
84	Ian Gilchrist	1470
90	Shayna Provine	1449

Age 11

Rank	Name	Rating
44	Zachary Holecek	1722
56	Phillip Parker-Turner	1671

Age 12

None

Age 13

Rank	Name	Rating
32	Gavin McClanahan	1937
71	Maximilian Zinski	1793
75	Yue (Penny) Xu	1780
77	George Ruan	1775
90	Nathaniel Kranjc	1739

Age 14

Rank	Name	Rating
37	Jonathan Kogen	1952
42	Sam Schmakel	1928

Age 15

Rank	Name	Rating
34	Matthew Wilber	2066
39	Tommy Ulrich	2022
49	Kent Cen	1973

Age 16

Rank	Name	Rating
9	Eric Rosen	2227
50	Josh Dubin	1962
52	Aakaash Meduri	1953
56	Jason Chien	1939

Age 17

Rank	Name	Rating
16	Trevor Magness	2195
33	Michael Auger	2103
57	Sebastian Bibat	1957
80	Michael Chinitz	1865
99	Fedor Titov	1812

Age 18

Rank	Name	Rating
16	Gordon Ruan	2147
19	Ilan Meerovich	2126
31	Zach Kasiurak	2060
76	Jeremy Berman	1841
79	Siddarth Datla	1831
86	Eric Emer	1806
88	Louis Shekhtman	1801
93	Robby Hecht	1784

Girls Under 13

Rank	Name	Rating
24	Victoria Bian	1538
30	Rachel Ulrich	1517
41	Shayna Provine	1449
64	Elliana Faletsky	1363
66	Alice Hu	1353

Girls Under 16

Rank	Name	Rating
27	Yue (Penny) Xu	1780
49	Sonya Vohra	1637
58	Adele Padgett	1590
71	Victoria Bian	1538
79	Rachel Ulrich	1517

Congratulations to the following players in the top 100 list on the USCF June 2010 supplement:

Age 7 and under

Rank	Name	Rating
13	David Tianjian Peng	1448
27	Jason Scott Daniels	1232
44	David Wallach	1143
45	Eric Gan	1141
54	Harrison He	1106
98	Ishaar Perumal Ganesan	972

Age 8

Rank	Name	Rating
13	William Radak	1612
28	Chetan Baddam Reddy	1414
43	Vincent Do	1321
54	Nathaniel Sobery	1260
74	Miranda Liu	1201
76	Ranadheer Tripuraneni	1198
81	Akhil Kalghatgi	1187
82	Nikhil Kalghatgi	1182
87	Hanson Hao	1179
89	Joshua Liu	1176

Age 9

Rank	Name	Rating
8	Alex Bian	1821
15	Abe Sun	1495
23	Jack Curcio	1622
27	Matthew J. Stevens	1592
32	Lorenzo Barbin	1529
53	Jack Xiao	1453
64	Blair Hu	1415
71	Derek Chai	1386
72	Daniel Bronfeyn	1368

Age 10

Rank	Name	Rating
11	James Wei	1861
20	Zhaozhi (George) Li	1803
26	Conrad Oberhaus	1738
33	Anshul Adve	1694
35	Bryce McClanahan	1692
59	Rachel Ulrich	1563
76	Shayna Provine	1513
86	Ian Gilchrist	1487

Age 11

Rank	Name	Rating
44	Zachary Holecek	1713
58	Phillip Parker-Turner	1671

Age 12

None

Age 13

Rank	Name	Rating
32	Gavin McClanahan	1952
34	Sam Schmakel	1928
67	Yue (Penny) Xu	1798
78	Maximilian Zinski	1765
100	Maxim Sigalov	1710

Age 14

Rank	Name	Rating
36	Jonathan Kogen	1938
87	Chenliang Luo	1801

Age 15

Rank	Name	Rating
41	Matthew Wilber	2005
47	Tommy Ulrich	1988
69	Kent Cen	1895
98	Matthew Yang	1802

Age 16

Rank	Name	Rating
12	Eric Rosen	2207
21	Michael Auger	2135
50	Josh Dubin	1981
57	Aakaash Meduri	1953
59	Jason Chien	1939
90	Michael Chinitz	1855

Age 17

Rank	Name	Rating
11	Trevor Magness	2206
62	Sebastian Bibat	1936
98	Fedor Titov	1811

Age 18

Rank	Name	Rating
19	Gordon Ruan	2136
27	Zach Kasiurak	2069
54	Frankie Swindell, Jr.	1950
74	Siddarth Datla	1831
84	Louis Shekhtman	1801

Girls Under 13

Rank	Name	Rating
24	Rachel Ulrich	1563
28	Victoria Bian	1525
30	Shayna Provine	1513
60	Alice Hu	1383
63	Elliana Faletsky	1363

Girls Under 16

Rank	Name	Rating
26	Yue (Penny) Xu	1798
53	Sonya Vohra	1637
55	Adele Padgett	1611
70	Rachel Ulrich	1563
78	Victoria Bian	1525
80	Shayna Provine	1513

Congratulations to the following Illinois youth chess players who are in the top 100 in the country for their age on the USCF April, 2010 supplement:

Age 7 and Under
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
17	David Tianjian Peng	1340
20	Jason Scott Daniels	1312
42	Ranadheer Tripuaneni	1099
51	Eric Gan	1059
55	Megan Wei	1047
57	David Wallach	1044

Age 8
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
6	William Radak	1611
38	Vincent Do	1324
52	Miranda Liu	1267
62	Josh Power	1235
63	Akhil Kalghatgi	1224
66	Chetan Baddam Reddy	1217
89	Nathaniel Sobery	1157
91	Mahin Ganesan	1152
92	Henry Curcio	1151

Age 9
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
9	Alex Bian	1806
10	James Wei	1805
22	Jack Curcio	1622
39	Abe Sun	1495
41	Matthew J. Stevens	1490
44	Lorenzo Barbin	1484
60	Jack Xiao	1426
67	Blair Hu	1398
71	Derek Chai	1386
74	Haoyang Yu	1378
84	Rachel Ulrich	1345
96	Daniel Bronfeyn	1306

Age 10
U. S. Rank	Name	Rating
15	Zhaozhi Li	1817
21	Bryce McClanahan	1763
33	Conrad Oberhaus	1676
47	Anshul Adve	1622
56	Ian Gilchrist	1558
95	Shayna Provine	1434
100	Sritej Vontikommu	1421

Age 11
U. S. Rank	Name	Rating
42	Zachary Holecek	1762
63	Phillip Parker-Turner	1667
67	John (Joey) Bikus	1652

Age 12
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
98	Allen Guo	1649

Age 13
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
27	Gavin McClanahan	1980
29	Sam Schmakel	1968
69	Nathaniel Kranjc	1782
77	Yue Xu	1749

Age 14
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
28	Tommy Ulrich	1994
37	Jonathan Kogen	1944
89	Chenliang Luo	1795

Age 15
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
37	Matthew Wilber	2011
54	Jason Chien	1939
55	Kent Cen	1936

Age 16
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
11	Eric Rosen	2220
25	Michael Auger	2145
50	Josh Dubin	2002
57	Aakaash Meduri	1963
92	Michael Chinitz	1812

Age 17
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
11	Trevor Magness	2208
29	Zach Kasiurak	2086
52	Frankie Swindell, Jr.	1950
55	Sebastian Bibat	1936

Age 18
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
19	Gordon Ruan	2136
20	Ilan Meerovich	2126
36	Jordan Cohen	2022
82	Siddarth Datla	1831
96	Louis Shekhtman	1801

Girls Under 13
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
22	Victoria Bian	1568
46	Shayna Provine	1434
61	Alice Hu	1368
68	Rachel Ulrich	1345
90	Miranda Liu	1267

Girls Under 16
U.S. Rank	Name	Rating
30	Yue (Penny) Xu	1769
45	Sonya Vohra	1672
62	Victoria Bian	1568
77	Adele Padgett	1506

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