Once again, Aren Emrikian is the #1 player in his age group in the US -- Ages 7 & Under.  Joining him in the top 10 this month is Yuvraj Chennareddy, #4 in that age range.

David Peng (14) and Dimitar Mardov (9) are both #2 in their respective age bracket.

Four other Illinois players are in the top 10 -- with an impressive array of 53 in the top 100's.

Four Illinois youth have been named to the US Chess All-America Team -- see recently posted article on the ICA site.

Ratings for events posted through the third Wednesday of October contributed to this listing, as published by US Chess after the 15th of November.

Ages 7 & Under
1		Emrikian, Aren C (15766785)	1864
4		Chennareddy, Yuvraj Rudra (15944053)	1613
38		Shetty, Anshul P (15752957)	1243
45		Sakaliyski, Christopher (16115040)	1217
89		Wicks, Colin Robert (16090713)	1000
Age 8
51		Mehrotra, Ekansh (15991103)	1384
73		Li, Michael (15752152)	1315
Age 9
2		Mardov, Dimitar (15205818)	2050
26		Yong, David (15273720)	1730
36		Zhao, Alex (15335115)	1686
67		Chen, David Baokang (15324980)	1556
84		Elgat, Adam (15552450)	1513
Age 10
17		Xu, Arthur (14968896)	1976
35		Wang, William (15270976)	1822
77		Malladi, Sadkrith (15797710)	1658
Age 11
69		Yang, Tuoyu Toby (15200001)	1767
Age 12
53		Rao, Patrick (14855075)	1898
59		Bareket, Adam (14949325)	1880
86		Ladan, Nicholas John (15092641)	1815
Age 13
6		Turgut, Aydin (14284734)	2273
62		Hoesley, Aria (14631046)	1941
71		Li, Si R (14231898)	1913
95		Reddy, Shreyas (15276866)	1852
96		Gong, Brian Hope (14663750)	1850
Age 14
2		Peng, David Tianjian (14195454)	2398
28		Wang, Ricky (14403974)	2135
41		Daniels, Jason Scott (14107163)	2067
46		Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521)	2048
62		Zhang, Edward (14685367)	1995
63		Bareket, Tom (14949310)	1984
75		Ho, Kevin (14701285)	1931
Age 15
27		Do, Vincent (13666696)	2193
45		Li, Marissa (14468490)	2100
90		Ganesan, Ishaar Perumal (14072830)	1962
Age 16
6		Furfine, Jacob (13089315)	2361
18		Stevens, Matthew James (13788934)	2238
29		Kalghatgi, Akhil (13797215)	2201
46		Kalghatgi, Nikhil (13797221)	2109
77		Liu, Miranda (14042343)	2026
87		Narayanan, Rishi T (13949428)	2005
92		Zhang, Richard (14006780)	1995
Age 17
6		Li, Zhaozhi (13646954)	2471
10		Bian, Alex (13257335)	2411
40		Adve, Anshul (13296020)	2194
43		Bartochowski, Nicholas J (13216472)	2174
49		Curcio, Jack Thomas (13451367)	2151
54		Bronfeyn, Daniel (13720325)	2127
84		Fei, Andrew Yueyang (14064411)	2020
87		Wei, James (13577813)	2010
Age 18
12		Lehmann, Spencer (13457744)	2300
35		Denby, Caleb Sean (14361200)	2163
89		Tompkins, Tyler (13519790)	1902
92		Gilchrist, Ian P (13010957)	1886