There has been some movement in the Top 100 Lists for Illinois girls this month. Some female players dropped below the cutoff temporarily (Chaitra, Ankaa, Oyumaa), moved up to the next age bracket (Himani, Catherine, Layla, Miranda), cracked the top 100 for the first time (Niyathi) or simply aged out (Bethany).

But Illinois now has two girls who rank in 4th place in the country for their age: WCM Natalie Wisniowski (12th last month) with an admirable rating of 1851; and Shreya Mangalam, who went from 2118 to 2137. Both young ladies had scored outstanding results at the Chicago Class. Congratulations!

In addition, there was much improvement in the 'Age 8' section where Nandini Prakash, Saruul Uuganbayar and Joyce Zheng managed triple-digit rating increases. Nandini is currently no. 6 in the country with a new high of almost 1500.

We are also proud of of the performance of Siri Chennareddy and Himani Musku, who are firmly in 1100 territory now.

Keep up the great work!

The lists compiled by US Chess are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the previous month, in this case August 15, 2018.

 

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US Rank                   Player (US Chess ID)                        August ’18 Cutoff

Age 7 and Under    
73 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 521
87 Mittal, Amaira (16163878) 501
     
Age 8    
6 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1498
33 Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035) 944
55 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 796
68 Gansukh, Megan (16231843) 732
69 Lkhavgajav, Bolor Sarah (16235187) 730
84 Zheng, Joyce J (16239154) 668
     
Age 9    
28 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1253
30 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 1220
44 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 1145
75 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 935
     
Age 10    
26 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1382
30 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1368
39 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1296
62 Swan, Josephine Grace (15352778) 1175
68 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1138
     
Age 11    
47 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1239
59 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1173
67 Musku, Himani (15932133) 1150
95 Liu, Catherine (15277304) 1046
     
Age 12    
4 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1851
18 Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904) 1551
60 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1283
     
Age 13    
31 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1544
51 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1399
57 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1334
     
Age 14    
10 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 1954
12 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1865
55 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1358
74 Frieden, Nadia (14748442) 1180
     
Age 15    
4 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2137
42 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1441
56 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1285
66 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1179
75 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1108
     
Age 16    
10 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2045
58 Thadani, Lavina (14686878) 1064
77 Kafer, Tori Elizabeth (13852885) 790
91 Pankov, Michelle (14224844) 560
     
Age 17    
6 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2017
14 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1850
29 Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457) 1507
72 Isaac, Faith (14994563) 856
     
Age 18    
11 Provine, Shayna (14137968) 1818
13 Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1761