IL Players Show Significant Ratings Jumps As of June

 

Thanks to his co-championship of the K-12 U1200 section at April's National High School Championships in Atlanta, Jeffrey Guerrero saw his rating climb from a provisional 1061 to an established 1367, a whopping 306 enhancement! Jeff played 5th Board on the Highland Park team which finished 4th in the state this year.

With a sharp showing at May's National Elementary Championships in Tennessee, Ayush Banerjee's rating climbed 276 points. Ayush earned 4.5/7 in the K-5 section.

Naperville North's Ryan Guan demonstrated he's not the only serious chess player in the family with a 6.0 showing in the same section as Jeffrey. With 357 players competing, Ryan finished in a nine-way tie for third place to up his rating 261 points. 

Ryan's brother Bradley is the top-rated 18-year old registered in Illinois -- although he's off at school in Pennsylvania.

Ignace Bielobradek has raised his rating 249, helped in large part by 100-plus ratings boosts from both Chess Wars XII and Chess Wars XIII both hosted by Glenwood Chess Club in the south suburbs of Chicago.

Layla Rodriguez upped her rating over 200 points from solid performances at both the National Elementary Championships and April's National All-Girls in Chicago.

Clayton Davis' key to success this month was coming in clear second place at the Junior High Nationals in the K-9 Under 1250 section.

Ben Pacheco had five wins and a draw in seven matches at High School Nationals in the K-12 U1200 section. I can find no record that Ben played at the IHSA finals this year... so please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.g to advise of Ben's school affiliation!

Sarah Grandy saw her rating climb 200 points by winning the K-12 U1200 section at Ice Harbor in May, the de facto Midwest scholastic championships.

Isha Gani had a slight ratings bump playing in the U18 section of the National All-Girls but her real boost came from playing in the March Kumbaya. All totalled, that was just shy of a 200-point ratings boost.

Saman Tabatabaee played New Trier's 5th Board this year -- and scored 6.0 out of 7, ranking in 5th place among others at that board. His rating jumped almost 200 points at the National High School Championships in an Under 1900 section. Despite the stiff competition, Saman earned 3.0/7.

Other significant ratings enhancements are listed below:

Player's Name Previous Rating June 1 Rating Increase Significant Event
 JEFFREY GUERRERO 1061 1367 306   High School Nationals, section co-champion
 AYUSH BANERJEE 1037 1313 276   National Elementary Championships, K-5
 RYAN GUAN 1040 1301 261   National High School Championships
 IGNACE BIELOBRADEK 1280 1529 249   Chess Wars 12 & 13
 JULIO DEYTA 1088 1326 238   National High School Championships
 LAYLA RODRIGUEZ 939 1163 224   National All-Girls
 CLAYTON DAVIS 1191 1406 215   Junior High Nationals, section 2nd place
 BENJAMIN PACHECO 1048 1259 211   National High School Championships
 SARAH RUTH GRANDY 1045 1246 201   Ice Harbor K-12 U1200 Champion
 ISHA GANI 1066 1262 196   March Kumbaya, National All-Girls
 SAMAN TABATABAEE  1065 1261 196   National High School Championships
 ALEXANDER FOGEL 1081 1276 195   National Junior High Championships 
 WILLIAM CAHILL 1256 1449 193   National Junior High Championships / Grunfeld
 NATHAN YAMAGUCHI 1397 1575 178   National High School Championships K-12 U1900
 ANDREW BARNETT 1038 1214 176   Highland Park High School event
 TIMOTHY GREGORY 1155 1328 173

  Keokuk (Iowa) Spring event

 AKSHAY SANTOSH 1076 1249 173   Elementary Nationals, K-5 Section
 ADAM TIBERIUS WALLACH 1645 1806 161   Junior High Nationals, two local events
 SAM FAYN 1263 1423 160   Naperville Scholastic
 NIKHIL V KURICHETI 924 1082 158   Junior High Nationals, K-8 UNDER 1000
 PATRICK JOHN KUT 1331 1487 156   Chess Wars 12 & 13
 SIDDHARTHA KYAW 1147 1301 154   St. Charles event
 MADHAV PARTHASARATHY 1536 1688 152   Schaumburg Open, et al.
 SAHIL RAJ CONJEEVARAM 1394 1545 151   Knights Quest 124, Evanston May
 TEDDY STORM 1047 1197 150   Grunfeld Memorial, Najdorf Three-In-One
 WILLIAM WANG 1324 1473 149   Knights Quest 124, et al.
 NATALIE WISNIOWSKI 1123 1272 149   Knights Quest 124, All-Girls Nationals
 CHRISTOPHER Y ZHOU 925 1071 146   Knights Quest 125
 MEGAN CHEN 1022 1167 145   Various
 ALEX BEECHER 1165 1310 145   Greater Peoria Open
 KEVIN BOSKEY 1227 1370 143   Najdorf Three-In-One, DeKalb
 AUSTIN MCMURTRIE 937 1080 143   Ice Harbor Scholastic
 JACK F WAKEMAN 1047 1190 143   High School Nationals
 ROGER LI 1227 1369 142   Mid-America Open
 UMAIR M AHMED 963 1105 142   Naperville Scholastic, U1000 Champ
 SREYANSH MAMIDI 1143 1282 139   Junior High Nationals, Grunfeld Memorial
 AARON RUGG 1081 1220 139   Naperville Scholastic
 DANE BELL 1309 1446 137   Grunfeld Memorial - Reserve Champion
 AMANDO MENDOZA 1380 1515 135   Kumbaya 89 and 90
 RYAN KONG 990 1123 133   Elementary Nationals, K-1
 EMILY MCCLANAHAN 1390 1521 131   National All-Girls
 AUSTIN INSLEY 1358 1488 130   Grunfeld Memorial, Najdorf Three-In-One
 DAVID YONG 1526 1655 129   Chess Wars 13
 ALEX ZHAO 1460 1589 129   Najdorf Memorial, National Elementary
 JUSTIN WEINZWIEG 1450 1578 128   Knights Quest 124
 ANDREW FRIEDMAN 1130 1255 125   National Elementary Championships
 ASHLEY YAN 1435 1556 121   Knights Quest 124, National All-Girls
 WILLIAM H RICHARDS 1611 1731 120   National High School Championships
 ERIC STARKMAN 1575 1694 119   National High School Championships
 SEAN INSLEY 1408 1527 119   Najdorf Three-In-One, DeKalb
 CAELAN BURKE-KAISER 1469 1585 116   National High School Championships
 KEVIN ALAN BONNER 1395 1511 116   Mid-America Open
 MIRANDA LIU 1901 2015 114   National All-Girls
 OJAS VASISHT 1172 1285 113   Knights Quest 124, Jr. High Nationals
 GANESAN PERUMAL 1011 1120 109   National Friends & Family
 ADAM ELGAT 1213 1322 109   Knights Quest 125, IL K-8, Grades 2-3
 DANIEL Y ZHANG 1488 1596 108   Ice Harbor Scholastic
 JORDAN COLBY 1508 1613 105   Mid-American Open
 WILLIAM TAN 1190 1295 105   Elementary Natationals, K-5
 KRISHNA BOYA 1251 1354 103   Peoria local event
 PHILIP SONG 1553 1655 102   National High School Championships
 NATHAN HOLZMUELLER 1861 1961 100   National High School Championships
 AVI HARRISON KAPLAN 1240 1340 100   National Elementary Championships