Youth Chess News
Illinois K-8 State Championship
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- Written by Bill Whited Bill Whited
Location – ISU Bone Student Center
· Friday Night Blitz & Bughouse tournaments were held
Blitz winner – Nicholas Laden
Bughouse winners – Nicholas Laden & Jack Santner
· K8 Championship held Saturday & Sunday – 433 participants
· Lower Primary (K-1)Results
Champion – Scott Matthew Escalera – Perfect Score 7 points
Team Champion – Benjamin Elementary from Bloomington
· Upper Primary (2-3) Results
Champion – Vamsi Munagnauri – Perfect Score 7 points
Team Champion – Avery Coonley School from Downers Grove
· Elementary Results (4-5)
4 players finished with 6 points
Merrill Lee – Champion based on tiebreaks
Sohum Mehta
Mohit Sreejan Bayyarapu
Michael Hutchins
Team Champion – Colene Hoose from Normal
· Junior High (6-8) Results
6 players finished with 6 points
Jack Santner – Champion based on tiebreaks
Nicholas Laden
Tuoyu Toby Yang
Avi Kaplan
Brandon Cardozo
Aaron Cho
Team Champion – Avery Coonley School from Downers Grove
· Chief TD – Chris Merli
Floor TD – Jeff Smith
· Co-Organizers – Jeff Smith & Amy Green from Bloomington/Normal Area Scholastic Chess
· Vendors
Chess Store – Rochester Chess Center
Tshirts – Ocean’s Apparel
March Top 100 Lists for Girls with 3 New Names
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
Three new girls from Illinois made the Top 100 lists compiled by US Chess this month: Ashvika Lokesh, age 7 with a rating of 528; Devanshi Kothari, age 14 with a rating of 1084; and Bernadette Schwegel, age 15 with a rating of 872. Well done!
There were also three female players who managed to add more than 100 points to their rating over last month: Louisa Zhang, who went from 1210 (rank 78) to 1391 (rank 52); Sukhi Doddi, who was 767 (rank 66) and now boasts a rating of 878 (rank 49); and Anujin Namuunbayar, whose rating jumped from 1126 (rank 90) to 1241 (rank 69). Very impressive!
Four Experts in the February Top 100 Lists for Girls
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
Congratulations to Whitney Young freshman Aria Hoesley who made expert with her outstanding performance at the Tim Just Winter Open! The other three girls from Illinois with a USCF rating above 2000 are Shreya Mangalam (rated 2137), Marissa Li (rated 2061), and Miranda Liu (rated 2020).
There were big rating increases in the lower age categories. Just to name a few:
- 6-year old Olivia Lee went from a rating of 486 (rank 92) to 621 (rank 60).
- Mehak Jiandani increased her rating by 217 points to a new high of 827.
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50 Girls from IL in January 2019 Top 100 Lists
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
The new set of lists published by US Chess features exactly 50 female players from the State of Lincoln, ranging from a rating of 486 by 6-year old Olivia Lee to 2137 by 15-year old expert Shreya Mangalam.
Three girls—Ankaa Gantulga, Anujin Namuunbayar and Stella Pashyan—had temporarily dropped off the lists but have recently improved substantially to make the cut again.
Sixth-grader Shakira Luster from St. Ethelreda in Chicago made her first appearance on the list. Well done, Shakira!
December 2018 Top 100 Lists for Girls
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
Let me start out by wishing Chaitra Madugula (7), Josephine Swan (11), and Emma Wang (18) - the three girls who have moved up to the next age group and stayed in the Top 100 - a happy belated birthday.
The biggest improvements over last month were achieved by seven-year old Amaira Mittal, who was ranked 87th in the country and now is in 42nd place, and thirteen-year old Sarah Lin, who jumped from her ranking of 44 to 32 (and will climb even higher next month!).