IL Players Show Significant Ratings Jumps As of June

 

Thanks to his co-championship of the K-12 U1200 section at April's National High School Championships in Atlanta, Jeffrey Guerrero saw his rating climb from a provisional 1061 to an established 1367, a whopping 306 enhancement! Jeff played 5th Board on the Highland Park team which finished 4th in the state this year.

With a sharp showing at May's National Elementary Championships in Tennessee, Ayush Banerjee's rating climbed 276 points. Ayush earned 4.5/7 in the K-5 section.

Naperville North's Ryan Guan demonstrated he's not the only serious chess player in the family with a 6.0 showing in the same section as Jeffrey. With 357 players competing, Ryan finished in a nine-way tie for third place to up his rating 261 points. 

Ryan's brother Bradley is the top-rated 18-year old registered in Illinois -- although he's off at school in Pennsylvania.

Ignace Bielobradek has raised his rating 249, helped in large part by 100-plus ratings boosts from both Chess Wars XII and Chess Wars XIII both hosted by Glenwood Chess Club in the south suburbs of Chicago.

Layla Rodriguez upped her rating over 200 points from solid performances at both the National Elementary Championships and April's National All-Girls in Chicago.

Clayton Davis' key to success this month was coming in clear second place at the Junior High Nationals in the K-9 Under 1250 section.

Ben Pacheco had five wins and a draw in seven matches at High School Nationals in the K-12 U1200 section. I can find no record that Ben played at the IHSA finals this year... so please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.g to advise of Ben's school affiliation!

Sarah Grandy saw her rating climb 200 points by winning the K-12 U1200 section at Ice Harbor in May, the de facto Midwest scholastic championships.

Isha Gani had a slight ratings bump playing in the U18 section of the National All-Girls but her real boost came from playing in the March Kumbaya. All totalled, that was just shy of a 200-point ratings boost.

Saman Tabatabaee played New Trier's 5th Board this year -- and scored 6.0 out of 7, ranking in 5th place among others at that board. His rating jumped almost 200 points at the National High School Championships in an Under 1900 section. Despite the stiff competition, Saman earned 3.0/7.

Other significant ratings enhancements are listed below:

Player's Name	Previous Rating	June 1 Rating	Increase	Significant Event
JEFFREY GUERRERO	1061	1367	306	High School Nationals, section co-champion
AYUSH BANERJEE	1037	1313	276	National Elementary Championships, K-5
RYAN GUAN	1040	1301	261	National High School Championships
IGNACE BIELOBRADEK	1280	1529	249	Chess Wars 12 & 13
JULIO DEYTA	1088	1326	238	National High School Championships
LAYLA RODRIGUEZ	939	1163	224	National All-Girls
CLAYTON DAVIS	1191	1406	215	Junior High Nationals, section 2nd place
BENJAMIN PACHECO	1048	1259	211	National High School Championships
SARAH RUTH GRANDY	1045	1246	201	Ice Harbor K-12 U1200 Champion
ISHA GANI	1066	1262	196	March Kumbaya, National All-Girls
SAMAN TABATABAEE	1065	1261	196	National High School Championships
ALEXANDER FOGEL	1081	1276	195	National Junior High Championships
WILLIAM CAHILL	1256	1449	193	National Junior High Championships / Grunfeld
NATHAN YAMAGUCHI	1397	1575	178	National High School Championships K-12 U1900
ANDREW BARNETT	1038	1214	176	Highland Park High School event
TIMOTHY GREGORY	1155	1328	173	Keokuk (Iowa) Spring event
AKSHAY SANTOSH	1076	1249	173	Elementary Nationals, K-5 Section
ADAM TIBERIUS WALLACH	1645	1806	161	Junior High Nationals, two local events
SAM FAYN	1263	1423	160	Naperville Scholastic
NIKHIL V KURICHETI	924	1082	158	Junior High Nationals, K-8 UNDER 1000
PATRICK JOHN KUT	1331	1487	156	Chess Wars 12 & 13
SIDDHARTHA KYAW	1147	1301	154	St. Charles event
MADHAV PARTHASARATHY	1536	1688	152	Schaumburg Open, et al.
SAHIL RAJ CONJEEVARAM	1394	1545	151	Knights Quest 124, Evanston May
TEDDY STORM	1047	1197	150	Grunfeld Memorial, Najdorf Three-In-One
WILLIAM WANG	1324	1473	149	Knights Quest 124, et al.
NATALIE WISNIOWSKI	1123	1272	149	Knights Quest 124, All-Girls Nationals
CHRISTOPHER Y ZHOU	925	1071	146	Knights Quest 125
MEGAN CHEN	1022	1167	145	Various
ALEX BEECHER	1165	1310	145	Greater Peoria Open
KEVIN BOSKEY	1227	1370	143	Najdorf Three-In-One, DeKalb
AUSTIN MCMURTRIE	937	1080	143	Ice Harbor Scholastic
JACK F WAKEMAN	1047	1190	143	High School Nationals
ROGER LI	1227	1369	142	Mid-America Open
UMAIR M AHMED	963	1105	142	Naperville Scholastic, U1000 Champ
SREYANSH MAMIDI	1143	1282	139	Junior High Nationals, Grunfeld Memorial
AARON RUGG	1081	1220	139	Naperville Scholastic
DANE BELL	1309	1446	137	Grunfeld Memorial - Reserve Champion
AMANDO MENDOZA	1380	1515	135	Kumbaya 89 and 90
RYAN KONG	990	1123	133	Elementary Nationals, K-1
EMILY MCCLANAHAN	1390	1521	131	National All-Girls
AUSTIN INSLEY	1358	1488	130	Grunfeld Memorial, Najdorf Three-In-One
DAVID YONG	1526	1655	129	Chess Wars 13
ALEX ZHAO	1460	1589	129	Najdorf Memorial, National Elementary
JUSTIN WEINZWIEG	1450	1578	128	Knights Quest 124
ANDREW FRIEDMAN	1130	1255	125	National Elementary Championships
ASHLEY YAN	1435	1556	121	Knights Quest 124, National All-Girls
WILLIAM H RICHARDS	1611	1731	120	National High School Championships
ERIC STARKMAN	1575	1694	119	National High School Championships
SEAN INSLEY	1408	1527	119	Najdorf Three-In-One, DeKalb
CAELAN BURKE-KAISER	1469	1585	116	National High School Championships
KEVIN ALAN BONNER	1395	1511	116	Mid-America Open
MIRANDA LIU	1901	2015	114	National All-Girls
OJAS VASISHT	1172	1285	113	Knights Quest 124, Jr. High Nationals
GANESAN PERUMAL	1011	1120	109	National Friends & Family
ADAM ELGAT	1213	1322	109	Knights Quest 125, IL K-8, Grades 2-3
DANIEL Y ZHANG	1488	1596	108	Ice Harbor Scholastic
JORDAN COLBY	1508	1613	105	Mid-American Open
WILLIAM TAN	1190	1295	105	Elementary Natationals, K-5
KRISHNA BOYA	1251	1354	103	Peoria local event
PHILIP SONG	1553	1655	102	National High School Championships
NATHAN HOLZMUELLER	1861	1961	100	National High School Championships
AVI HARRISON KAPLAN	1240	1340	100	National Elementary Championships