With the latest addition of Ankaa Gantulga and Bolor Sarah Lkhavgajav, Illinois now boasts 48 girls in the top 100 lists compiled by US Chess, with twelve young ladies featured in the top 20.

Nandine Prakash leads the 'Age 7' group with a solid 1156 rating (#9) followed by Sukhi Doddi, who also gained points over last month.

Linda Pham moved her rating back into the 4-digit territory with a string of good tournaments.

Very nice improvement by Saruul Ann Uuganbayar, now 8 years old, who increased her rating by almost 150 points. Niyathi Girish, Siri Chennareddy and Enkhjin Namuunbayar (who is back in the top 100) also enjoyed rating gains.

All five girls from Illinois featured in the 'Age 10' bracket have gone over the 1000 mark — Nisha Salian even as high as 1333.

Natalie Wisniowski’s performance at the end of 2017 was absolutely spectacular: She played in the Illinois Class, Sevan Memorial and CCC Plus Score tournaments and went from 1553 to 1646 to 1658 to 1721. Congratulations! Natalie now ranks in 6th place nationwide for eleven-year old girls.

Margarita Tsyganova’s tournament play was also very impressive. With her new rating of 1405, Margarita jumped from rank 55 to rank 40, closely followed by Sarah Lin (rank 41, rating 1391).

Another increase of 100+ points was achieved by Sarah Grandy at the Illinois Class State Championship. Her age group is led by Shreya Mangalam and Aria Hoesley, listed in 3rd and 8th place, respectively, by US Chess.

The Illinois Class also boosted Shayna Provine’s rating to her new high of 1783, which earned her a 13th place ranking among 17-year old female players.

These lists are based on ratings achieved and processed by the third Wednesday of the prior month, in this case December 20, 2017.

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US Rank                   Player (US Chess ID)                         December ’17 Rating

 

     
Age 7 and Under    
9 Prakash, Nandini (16085871) 1156
73 Doddi, Sukhi (15850503) 557
89 Gantulga, Ankaa (16232481) 514
94 Jiandani, Mehak S (16108634) 485
100 Lkhavgajav, Bolor Sarah (16235187) 456
     
Age 8    
30 Pham, Linda (15464538) 1030
72 Uuganbayar, Saruul Ann (16238035) 720
78 Wang, Celina L (15800694) 703
84 Girish, Niyathi (16221570) 695
     
Age 9    
37 Raj, Ria (15844590) 1157
84 Chennareddy, Siri (15939163) 887
98 Namuunbayar, Enkhjin (15863824) 837
     
Age 10    
35 Salian, Nisha (15767306) 1333
69 Adusumalli, Saanvi (15412194) 1084
72 Hong, Sophie (15947555) 1081
77 Oberai, Anisha (15794814) 1053
84 Lee, Merrill (15703571) 1030
     
Age 11    
6 Wisniowski, Natalie (15702390) 1721
36 Fan, Alice (14935236) 1327
44 Bharath Kumar, Sruthi (15879904) 1285
     
Age 12    
40 Tsyganova, Margarita (15922341) 1405
41 Lin, Sarah (15376582) 1391
59 Nadkarni, Anusha (14789160) 1263
71 Geiersbach, Annika (14867152) 1192
93 Pashyan, Stella (15575165) 1073
     
Age 13    
19 Yan, Ashley Mei (14957435) 1756
79 Frieden, Nadia (14748442) 1180
87 Rodriguez, Layla (15360516) 1142
     
Age 14    
3 Mangalam, Shreya B (14385521) 2049
8 Hoesley, Aria (14631046) 1900
28 Grandy, Sarah Ruth (14279452) 1441
51 Shklover, Diana (14672010) 1272
82 Brahin, Lizzy (15698350) 1034
     
Age 15    
8 Li, Marissa (14468490) 2058
76 Bates, Jade (15332430) 1063
     
Age 16    
6 Liu, Miranda (14042343) 2026
45 Zhang, Christine (14784748) 1279
60 Tang, Zhengxin-Cindy (15491716) 1076
91 Kafer, Tori Elizabeth (13852885) 695
     
Age 17    
9 Wang, Emma K (13797242) 1873
13 Provine, Shayna (14137968) 1783
20 Parent, Cassie (13591356) 1712
25 Mcclanahan, Emily (13661808) 1585
31 Thatte, Shvetali V (13881457) 1519
     
Age 18    
13 Simos, Bethany Michelle (13520005) 1738
16 Gani, Isha (15219798) 1630
33 Ross, Maya M (15690023) 1148
54 Roberson, Sydney (15410066) 764