Santner Bumps Rating 395 Points! Wagner, Tipirneni Up 300+

 

Playing in only his third US Chess-rated tournament, Jack Santner enhanced his rating 395 points from the June 12 Knights Quest event hosted by the Renaissanace Knights in Northbrook. Jack returned to rated chess earlier this year after a five-year absence. His only other tournament before this year was the 2011 IL K-8 Championships.

21 Illinois players had ratings jumps of at least 150 points this month.

In June's event, Santner went four for four to claim the U1000 co-championship along with Sriram Tipirneni. Sriram raised his rating an impressive 314 points with his perfect score.

Branden Wagner raised his rating 381 points with his U1000 championship at May's Chicago Open. Branden went 6.5/7 in that event.

Michael Li has a had a productive couple months raising his rating 299 points from solid performances at late May's Elgin Academy tournament and June's St. Mary's Summer Academy in Peoria. Michael played in the K-1 section of the 2016 Illinois K-8 Championships in Schaumburg in March.

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Illinois Player's Name	July 2016 Rating	June 2016 Rating	Ratings  Change
JACK JEFFREY SANTNER	875	480	395
BRANDEN SCOTT WAGNER	1201	820	381
SRIRAM SAI TIPIRNENI	980	666	314
MICHAEL LI	948	649	299
HARRY HELLER	973	744	229
JONATHAN LUKE BUSSEY	599	371	228
AIDEN DAI	803	583	220
JOSEPH R LARSEN	1031	811	220
RIA RAJ	807	598	209
LAIS NAJJAR	460	260	200
EVAN BENJAMIN	750	551	199
ALVIN SANTNER	381	182	199
ALEXANDER FELECAN	934	748	186
RYAN SPRINGER	1301	1123	178
MAX GURINAS	1051	875	176
JACOB M WARSHAWSKY	466	302	164
LEONARDO LUDAESCHER	991	828	163
SRIHAS RAO	485	322	163
SAM CHRISTOS	536	377	159
NATHAN C KRANTZ	830	676	154
ANDY Y TANG	738	586	152