The most recent lists include 46 young ladies from Illinois with eleven of them ranking in the top 20.

Nandini Prakash and Hili Bareket continued to gain rating points and both climbed 4 ranks in the “Age 7 and Under” list. Second-grader Saruul Ann Uuganbayar, who has only been playing tournament chess for six months, made her first appearance on the list — congratulations!

Eight-year old Siri Chennareddy can also be proud of her achievements, advancing from rank 72 to rank 41 in one month. Niyathi Girish is another newcomer on the list. Well done!

Also new on the list of Illinois girls age 9 is Merrill Lee whose rating was 987 in October and continues to rise.

Higher ratings in the group of 11-year olds were achieved by Alice Fan and Sruthi Bharath Kumar, making Alice the 36th best and Sruthi the 46th best in the country.

Margarita Tsyganova (age 12), Aria Hoesley (age 13) and Ashley Mai Yan (age 13) likewise posted rating improvements over the previous month.

With Jade Bates a year older and above 1100 for the first time, the Top 100 Age 15 group now includes four juniors from this state, with Marissa Li in 5th place boasting an amazing rating of 2100.

5th place is also the rank of Miranda Liu (age 16). Her peer, Emma Wang, who had first reached 1900 in the previous month, continues to improve.

Congratulations to all of the girls featured in the lists below, which are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the prior month, in this case October 18, 2017.

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Age 7 and Under
19	Prakash, Nandini (16085871)	960
76	Bareket, Hili (15773467)	520
79	Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035)	500
89	Doddi, Sukhi (15850503)	466
93	Hou, Kristen (15947617)	455
Age 8
34	Pham, Linda (15464538)	1003
41	Chennareddy, Siri (15939163)	916
78	Wang, Celina L (15800694)	703
83	Girish, Niyathi (16221570)	681
Age 9
34	Raj, Ria (15844590)	1243
63	Lee, Merrill (15703571)	987
92	Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778)	857
Age 10
23	Salian, Nisha (15767306)	1325
68	Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194)	1077
Age 11
15	Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390)	1564
36	Fan, Alice (14935236)	1357
46	Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904)	1282
76	Jariwala, Siya Chirag (15980632)	1111
Age 12
53	Lin, Sarah (15376582)	1316
55	Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341)	1288
59	Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160)	1247
71	Geiersbach, Annika (14867152)	1192
Age 13
6	Hoesley, Aria (14631046)	1941
17	Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435)	1783
68	Frieden, Nadia (14748442)	1201
71	Rodriguez, Layla (15360516)	1175
Age 14
6	Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521)	2048
44	Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452)	1337
52	Shklover, Diana (14672010)	1272
86	Brahin, Lizzy (15698350)	1034
Age 15
5	Li, Marissa (14468490)	2100
64	Bates, Jade (15332430)	1108
72	Tang, Zhengxin-Cindy (15491716)	1076
93	Thadani, Lavina (14686878)	890
Age 16
5	Liu, Miranda (14042343)	2026
11	Wang, Emma K (13797242)	1923
49	Zhang, Christine (14784748)	1279
Age 17
16	Parent, Cassie (13591356)	1726
19	Provine, Shayna (14137968)	1706
23	Gani, Isha (15219798)	1630
27	Mcclanahan, Emily (13661808)	1585
31	Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457)	1519
Age 18
13	Simos, Bethany Michelle (13520005)	1738
31	Ross, Maya M (15690023)	1148
44	Roberson, Sydney (15410066)	764
52	Ramirez, Jasmin (15644148)	629