Sunday, August 7, 2016

IHSA top 100 rated players

Hey chess fanatics, here is a list of the top 100 rated players returning from the IHSA state tournament last year.

I'd love for someone to message me and say, "hey, that's not me, that's my dad," or "I wasn't listed on the team last year, but I'm playing this year and this is my rating" or "I'm/my son is a freshman at X school, and his rating is ____" or "I transferred, and now I'm playing here" or potentially even, "hey, I still play rated chess, but I quit my high school team."  I'll even take, "that's not me, someone just happens to have the same name."

The list does not include freshmen, except for the few that I know about, so I'd appreciate coaches and parents letting me know by emailing me at joeanthonychess@gmail.com.

For me, having played high school chess back in 1996, I just can't comprehend some of the things I see here.  The team that won the state title my senior year had two top boards in the 1700s, and now, 1799 wouldn't even put you in the top 20!  To see a freshman come in at 2352, that's almost amazing to me, but at the same time, great for IL chess.  

Here is the list...

Non-Provisional ranking list (rated activity in last 12 months)
1. Zhaozhi Li Jr. IMSA 2374
2. David Peng Fr. New Trier 2352
3. Alex Bian Jr. Stevenson 2302
4. Jacob Furfine Fr. New Trier 2277
5. Spencer Lehmann Sr. Barrington 2202
6. Matthew Stevens So. Whitney Young 2169
7. Anshul Adve Sr. Urbana University 2154
8. Akhil Kalghatgi So. Whitney Young 2133
9. Daniel Bronfeyn Jr. Mundelein 2130
10. Nikhil Kalghatgi So. Whitney Young 2083
11. Jack Curcio Jr. Maine South 2081
12. Rishi Narayanan So. Barrington 2075
13. Hanson Hao So. Bloomington 2042
14. Andrew Fei Jr. Dunlap 2026
15. Miranda Liu So. Stevenson 2010
16. James Wei Jr. IMSA 1902
17. Conrad Oberhaus Jr. Stevenson 1868
18. Bryce McClanahan Sr. Glenbrook South 1833
19. Abe Sun Jr. New Trier 1832
20. Eric Starkman Jr. Highland Park 1803
21. Tyler Tompkins Sr. Hinsdale Central 1801
22. Alec Feygin Sr. Glenbrook South 1789
23. Shayna Provine Jr. IMSA 1785
24. Henry Curcio Fr. Maine South 1768
25. George McCoy Jr. Northside 1765
25. Richard Zhang So. Naperville North 1765
27. Jack Xiao So. Stevenson 1741
28. Patrick Li So. Dunlap 1739
29. Billy Hoseman So. Glenbrook South 1732
30. Jonathan Lee So. Northside 1727
31. Philip Song Jr. Naperville North 1714
32. Darek Nowak Sr. Maine South 1708
33. Prabhavalkar So. Barrington 1703
34. Cassie Parent Jr. IMSA 1702
35. Shon Shtern Sr. Glenbrook South 1698
36. Will Richards So. Wheaton North 1676
37. Rahul Dhiman Sr. Stevenson 1665
37. Nathan Yamaguchi Jr. New Trier 1665
39. Kenny Kotowsky Jr. Maine South 1655
40. Gustav Jennetten Sr. Peoria Richwoods 1655
41. Bethany Simos Sr. Naperville Central 1646
42. Vikram Dara So. Neuqua Valley 1634
43. Joseph Isaac Jr. Naperville North 1632
44. Mihir Bafna Jr. Bloomington HS 1624
45. Jack Thain Jr. Charleston 1624
46. Quinn Baker Sr. Oak Park-River Forest 1618
47. Akash Mattu Sr. Naperville Central 1614
48. Alex Lim Jr. Neuqua Valley 1610
49. Harrison Loh Sr. Naperville North 1603
50. Patrick Kut Jr. Andrew 1596
51. Monish Bhasin Sr. Naperville North 1578
52. Arda Sonmez Jr. Highland Park 1574
53. Shashank Bala So. Stevenson 1568
54. Ajay Balaraman So. Naperville North 1567
55. Shvetali Thatte Unknown Unknown 1555
56. Emma Wang So. Hinsdale Central 1554
57. Ritesh Sivakumar Jr. Naperville Central 1552
57. Mindren Lu Jr. Northside 1552
59. Jason Drews Jr. Cary Grove 1545
60. Nathan Saltzman So. Hinsdale Central 1541
61. Emily McClanahan Jr. Glenbrook South 1538
61. Austin Insley Jr. Indian Creek 1538
63. Kavin Lavari So. Stevenson 1537
64. Julian Liam-O'Carroll Evanston 1535
65. Wesley Gizel Sr. Barrington 1504
66. Jesse Wang Sr. Naperville North 1502
67. Matthew Wong So. Lane 1491
68. Sean Insley So. Indian Creek 1489
69. Elijah Patterson Unknown Unknown 1485
70. Ricky Roman So. Whitney Young 1484
71. Matthew Kosova Sr. Northside 1477
72. Jiedong Duan Sr. Niles North 1469
73. Oliver Brady Jr. Evanston 1466
74. Isha Gani Sr. Northside 1459
75. Nate Tracy-Amoroso Sr. Evanston 1452
76. Stepan Terekhov So. Glenbard West 1447
77. Michael Dula Sr. Northridge Prep 1438
78. Sritej Vontikommu Sr. Stevenson 1431
79. Adit Ghosh Sr. Stevenson 1429
80. Prithiv Kumar Jr. Bloomington HS 1421
81. Nithin Sebastian Jr. Normal Community 1414
81. Grant Kim Sr. Glenbrook North 1414
83. Clayton Davis So. Normal Community West 1406
84. Matthew Kelly Jr. Northridge Prep 1396
85. Raymond Liu Jr. Rolling Meadows 1383
86. Eric Helgemo Jr. Niles north 1372
87. Jarun Jannak Jr. Andrew 1365
88. Matthew Tang Jr. Hinsdale Central 1351
89. Arnav Batta So. Fremd 1348
90. Nick Allison Jr. Andrew 1345
91. Alex Parkel Jr. Whitney Young 1341
92. Joseph Harrigan Jr. Highland Park 1329
93. Perry Hoag So. Homewood-Flossmoor 1318
94. Capison Pang So. Hinsdale Central 1317
95. Georgia Wolf So. Lane 1302
96. Zach Warsh Sr. Highland Park 1294
97. Muhammed Lotfi So. Northside 1270
98. Ricky Nguyen Jr. Metamora 1264
99. Kyle Kras Fr. Andrew 1262
100. Steffano Herrera Sr. Argo 1257

Teams by number of players in top 100
Stevenson 9 
Naperville North 8
Northside 6
Whitney Young 5
Hinsdale Central 5
Glenbrook South 5
Andrew 4
Illinois Math and Science Academy 4
New Trier 4
Barrington 4
Highland Park 4
Maine South 4
Bloomington 3
Naperville Central 3
Evanston 3

Teams by number of players above 1550
Stevenson 6
Naperville North 6
IMSA 4
New Trier 4
Glenbrook South 4
Maine South 4
Whitney Young 3
Barrington 3
Northside 3
Naperville Central 3











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