Dimitar Mardov is #2 in the country for players Aged 8 in the US as of the June, 2017 Official US Chess Ratings.

Aren Emrikian is #3 in the nation for players Ages 7 and Under. Ranking #6 are George Li for 17-year olds and Aydin Turgut for 12-year olds.

David Peng is the seventh rated 14-year old in the country. Both Alex Bian (16) and Arthur Xu (10) rank #10 in their respective age group.

Complete top 50 lists from the Illinois perspective are listed below.

Rank		Illinois Player's Name (USCF ID)		Rating
Ages 7 & Under
3		Emrikian, Aren C (15766785)		1786
36		Shetty, Anshul P (15752957)		1293
43		Chennareddy, Yuvraj Rudra (15944053) -- Age 6		1257
Age 8
2		Mardov, Dimitar (15205818)		2014
Age 9
21		Wang, William (15270976)		1783
24		Yong, David (15273720)		1742
26		Zhao, Alex (15335115)		1717
Age 10
10		Xu, Arthur (14968896)		2036
62		Kaplan, Avi Harrison (15263943)		1714
Age 11
30		Rao, Patrick (14855075)		1913
Age 12
6		Turgut, Aydin (14284734)		2217
Age 13
23		Wang, Ricky (14403974)		2121
33		Daniels, Jason Scott (14107163)		2062
Age 14
7		Peng, David Tianjian (14195454)		2325
32		Li, Marissa (14468490)		2110
Age 15
11		Furfine, Jacob (13089315)		2314
28		Do, Vincent (13666696)		2172
34		Kalghatgi, Nikhil (13797221)		2132
Age 16
10		Bian, Alex (13257335)		2343
=26		Stevens, Matthew James (13788934)		2219
46		Bronfeyn, Daniel (13720325)		2136
49		Curcio, Jack Thomas (13451367)		2122
Age 17
6		Li, Zhaozhi (13646954)		2423
35		Adve, Anshul (13296020)		2194
39		Bartochowski, Nicholas J (13216472)		2156
Age 18
12		Lehmann, Spencer (13457744)		2295
30		Hrach, Jonathan (14094872)		2204
42		Denby, Caleb Sean (14361200)		2105