Four Masters and 14 Experts top this month’s lists representing the most ever Illinois juniors USCF-rated at 2000 or above!

18-year olds David Korobov and Joe Fennessey are among them, David cracking 2000 for the first time, while Joe returned above 2K after a brief absence. Six others boast ratings above 1950 – on the cusp of experthood. Who will be next?

Joining the nation’s top 100 lists for the first time was 8-year old Patrick Rao; returning to the lists were Tuoyu Yang, Jayant Maheshwari, Rishi Naraynan and Andrew Fei.

Also for the first time since I started compiling these lists a year and a half ago, Illinois has six top 10 youth including Aaron Gan (age 7), Martin Stukan (age 8), Aydin Turgut (age 9), David Peng (age 10), Sam Schmakel (age 17) and Jonathan Kogan (age 18). 

Lurking just outside the top 10 are 11th-rated 17-year old Nathan Kranjc, and 12th-rated 8-year old David Zimmermmann.

Ratings as of April 16th were used to develop the lists which were published by the USCF after May 16.

** Represents ranking in the listing without regard to Federation.

 

May 2014 Top 100 Youth

US RankNameRating
Age 7 and under
8 Aaron Gan 1640
39 Arthur Xu 1368
66 Vrishank Ramnath 1163
89 Tuoyu (Toby) Yang (returning) 1097
Age 8
9** Martin Stukan 1760
12 David Zimmermann 1660
54 Jai Mahajan 1339
62 Patrick Rao (new) 1315
77 James Zhang 1282
91 Jayant Maheswari (returning) 1232
Age 9
3 Aydin Turgut 2000
45 Stefan Musikic 1670
83 Brian Gong 1518
86 Adam Bareket 1509
90 Frederich Yuan 1490
Age 10
2 David Peng 2237
22 Shreya Mangalam 1818
34 Jason Daniels 1775
54 Edward Zhang 1702
56 Ricky Wang 1692
60 Advaith Prabu 1682
Age 11
62 Marissa Li 1743
Age 12
17 Vincent Do 2058
29T Hanson Hao 1971
31 Jacob Furfine 1964
46 Akhil Kalghatgi 1877
69 Miranda Liu 1819
74T Nikhil Kalghatgi 1790
80 Tej Rai 1773
Age 13
26 Alex Bian 2086
31T Daniel Bronfeyn 2070
46 Jack Curcio 2003
50 Matthew Stevens 1986
73 Jonathan Tan 1888
77 James Wei 1874
91 Rishi Naraynan (returning) 1833
Age 14
36 Zhaozhi (George) Li 2099
56 Anshul Adve 1985
94 Andrew Fei (returning) 1847
Age 15
47 Zachary Holecek 2059
51T Spencer Lehmann 2056
62 Jonathan Hrach 1977
Age 16
  None From Illinois  
Age 17
3 Sam Schmakel 2433
11 Nate Kranjc 2230
21 Max Zinski 2142
36 Gavin McClanahan 2072
62 Penny Xu 1966
71 Timothy Zhou 1946
73 Eli Goering 1934
77 Jimi Akintonde 1927
Age 18
10 Jonathan Kogan 2247
42 Duncan Shepherd 2058
48T David Korobov 2033
51 Chengliang Luo 2032
55 Joe Fennessey 2017
90 Charles Swan 1883
96 David Paykin 1883
96 Arjun Nandy 1857
Girls Under 21
38 Penny Xu (17) 1966
70 Miranda Liu (12) 1819
71T Shreya Mangalam (10) 1818
84 Shayna Provine (14) 1782
95 Marissa Li (11) 1743
Girls Under 16
40 Miranda Liu (12) 1819
41 Shreya Mangalam (10) 1818
51 Shayna Provine (14) 1782
60 Marissa Li (11) 1743
Girls Under 13
14 Miranda Liu (12) 1819
15 Shreya Mangalam (10) 1818
19 Marissa Li (11) 1743