Youth Chess News
Illinois Girls in the US Top 100 Lists
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
Congratulations to the 51 young ladies from Illinois who appear on the August 2018 Top 100 lists for their respective age group!
The lists compiled by US Chess are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the previous month, in this case July 18, 2018.
Please excuse the brevity this month but the author of this article is on vacation.
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52 Illinois Juniors in July 2018 US Top 100's
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- Written by Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman
Hitting the Top 100 lists in the USA is as easy as 1-2-3 for motivated Illinois youth as of the latest month, July. Such ratings include results submitted to US Chess through June 20.
Number 1: Rated 800 points higher than the second-rated Illinois 7-year-old, Chicagoan Raj Chennreddy remains atop all US 7-and-Unders as of the July 2018 ratings.
Number 2: Reigning Under 8 World Champion Aren Emrikian ranks number two nationally for players currently aged 8. The north surbanite is approaching Expert status!
Number 3: Northwest suburbanite Dimitar Mardov is busily preparing to represent Illinois at the National Barber competition beginning this weekend in Middleton, WI. He ranks number three among 9-year-olds in the US this month.
Illinois Girls in the US Top 100 Lists
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
Thirty-seven female juniors have surpassed the 1000 mark as of the July 2018 ratings... with seven girls rated above 1800 and three above 2000.
Since Sukhi Doddi moved up to the next age bracket, Chaitra Madugula is now Illinois’ highest ranked girl in the ‘Age 7 and Under’ group with an impressive rating of 594 for a 6-year old.
Impressive is also Saruul Ann Uuganbayar’s 150 rating point increase over last month, who jumped from no. 96 in the country to no. 51.
In the ‘Age 9’ group, Enkhjin Namuunbayar continues to improve and has achieved a four-digit rating (1116) for the first time.
June 2018 US Top 100 Lists for Youth
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- Written by Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman Rose Grandy and Bill Feldman
While a team of statisticians and auditors are pouring over the official US Chess ratings to determine eligibility for the 2018-2019 Classes of Warren Junior Scholars and Rising Stars, the national organization has been nice enough to post the June official ratings.
49 Ilinois juniors are ranked in the top 100 of their respective age group nationwide, with seven in the top 10.
Raj Chennareddy remains number one among US 7 & unders and Dimitar Mardov stays at number two for Age 9.
Raj is more than 150 rating points higher than his number two -- while Dimitar is within 100 points of the New Jersey master currently rated number one in his age group.
June 2018 US Top 100 Lists for Girls
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- Written by Eva Harrison Eva Harrison
What do Chaitra Madugula, Megan Gansukh, Oyumaa Erdenebileg, Anujin Namuunbayar, and Michelle Pankov have in common? All five girls from Illinois have earned a spot on the US Chess Top 100 lists for the first time. Congratulations!
The cutoff date for this month’s lists was May 17, so the Chicago Open is not yet included.
Marissa Li, winner of the Girls Invitational in April, now ranks 7th in the country among 15-year olds, one place behind Shreya Mangalam.
Other impressive ranks are held by Nandini Prakash (#10 – age 8), Ashley Mei Yan (#9 – age 13), Aria Hoesley (#10 – age 14), Miranda Liu (#9 – age 16), Emma Wang (#10 – age 17), Bethany Simos (#9 – age 18), and Shayna Provine (#8 – age 18), who is back above 1800.