Youth Chess News
Top 100 Youth -- May 2015
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- Written by Bill Feldman, data compiled by Chris Wellendorf Bill Feldman, data compiled by Chris Wellendorf
Illinois continues to host 11 18-year olds in the top 100 nationwide, whereas statistically we'd expect to have only four.
For the first time, Illinois has six females among the top 100 Under 21 with three above 1900.
Illinois is proud to host six top ten players in the country including #4 18-year old Sam Schmakel, #5 12-year old David Peng, #5 10-year old Aydin Turgut, #6 13-year old Jacob Furfine, #7 U13 Girl Marissa Li and #9 (tie) 15-year old George Li.
Akhil Kalghatgi rose above 2000 once again and Nicholas Bartochowski smashed the 2K barrier for the first time, climbing to 2043!
That gives Illinois 15 junior Experts along with six junior Masters (or better).
High improvers this month included Eddie Zhang up 85 rating points and Alex Zhao up 83.
Also making strong showings were Nicholas Bartochowski up 68, Shreya Mangalam up 64, Vrishank Ramnath up 57, Akhil Kalghatgi up 55, and Bradley Guan up 50.
Also bumping their ratings were Jacob Furfine (38), Jimi Akintonde (37), Arthur Xu (25), Jonathan Hrach (24), and Max Zinski (22).
57 Illinois juniors appear on one or more of these May lists, 21 of whom appear among the top 35 of their respective list.
April 15th was the game cut-off date for this ratings compilation.
May 2015 Top 100 Youth
| US Rank | Name | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Age 7 and under | ||
| 16 | Dimitar Mardov (age 6) | 1411 |
| 25 | Alex Zhao | 1336 |
| 54 | John Bielobradek | 1148 |
| 77 | William Wang | 1066 |
| 92 | David Yong | 1028 |
| Age 8 | ||
| 19 | Arthur Xu | 1711 |
| 24 | Aaron Gan | 1692 |
| 60 | Vrishank Ramnath | 1434 |
| 84 | Eduard Danilyan | 1315 |
| Age 9 | ||
| 20T | Patrick Rao | 1695 |
| 75 | David Zimmermann | 1457 |
| Age 10 | ||
| 5 | Aydin Turgut | 2042 |
| 41 | Stefan Musikic | 1828 |
| 51 | Adam Bareket | 1767 |
| 80 | Brian Gong | 1671 |
| Age 11 | ||
| 23 | Ricky Wang | 1952 |
| 26T | Jason Daniels | 1920 |
| 49 | Siddharth Acharya | 1801 |
| 59 | Advaith Prabu | 1784 |
| 93 | Aidan Carey | 1679 |
| Age 12 | ||
| 5 | David Peng | 2283 |
| 38 | Marissa Li | 1938 |
| 52 | Edward Zhang | 1856 |
| 65 | Shreya Mangalam | 1828 |
| 100 | Tom Bareket | 1754 |
| Age 13 | ||
| 6 | Jacob Furfine | 2244 |
| 23 | Vincent Do | 2058 |
| 24T | Hanson Hao | 2054 |
| 28 | Akhil Kalghatgi | 2031 |
| 38T | Nikhil Kalghatgi | 1986 |
| 58 | Miranda Liu | 1908 |
| Age 14 | ||
| 16 | Alex Bian | 2220 |
| 42 | Matthew Stevens | 2087 |
| 47 | Daniel Bronfeyn | 2061 |
| 59T | Jack Curcio | 2023 |
| 91 | Rishi Narayanan | 1919 |
| Age 15 | ||
| 9T | Zhaozhi (George) Li | 2300 |
| 42 | Anshul Adve | 2110 |
| 60 | Nicolas Bartochowski | 2043 |
| 93 | Andrew Fei | 1926 |
| Age 16 | ||
| 53 | Jonathan Hrach | 2050 |
| 56 | Spencer Lehmann | 2036 |
| 74 | Philip Parker-Turner | 1963 |
| Age 17 | ||
| 52T | Bradley Guan | 2099 |
| Age 18 | ||
| 4 | Sam Schmakel | 2426 |
| 24 | Max Zinski | 2139 |
| 27 | Nate Kranjc | 2117 |
| 38 | Timothy Zhou | 2076 |
| 44 | Gavin McClanahan | 2044 |
| 67 | Jimi Akintonde | 1972 |
| 70 | Penny Xu | 1966 |
| 73 | Minkee Lee | 1959 |
| 79 | Eli Goering | 1945 |
| 89 | Mark Reed | 1906 |
| 92 | Aswath Bommannan | 1891 |
| Girls Under 21 | ||
| 42 | Penny Xu (18) | 1966 |
| 46T | Marissa Li (12) | 1938 |
| 57 | Miranda Liu (13) | 1908 |
| 84 | Shreya Mangalam (11) | 1828 |
| 89 | Caeley Harihara (18) | 1810 |
| 95 | Shayna Provine (15) | 1794 |
| Girls Under 16 | ||
| 19 | Marissa Li (12) | 1938 |
| 25 | Miranda Liu (13) | 1908 |
| 41 | Shreya Mangalam (12) | 1828 |
| 50 | Shayna Provine (15) | 1794 |
| Girls Under 13 | ||
| 7 | Marissa Li (12) | 1938 |
| 12 | Shreya Mangalam (12) | 1828 |