NorCal Top 20 Girls

Rui Yang Yan also played at the
Women's Western Regional in
Berkeley. (Credit: Chessdryad)

NM Rochelle Wu took first place
at the Women's Western Regional
in Berkeley. (Credit: Chessdryad)

NorCal Top 100 Lists and NorCal Top 20 Juniors
August 2018

Rank	Age	Name	USCF	Change	FIDE
1	17	WIM Eswaran, Ashritha	2256	52	2243
2	12	NM Wu, Rochelle	2252	141	2094
3	11	Yan, Rui Y	2133	167	1852
4	15	WFM Liu, Kimberly	2012	33	1877
5	15	Nayberg, Simona	1954	114	1880
6	17	Chatterjee, Trina	1913	53	1748
7	12	WCM Eswaran, Aksithi	1876	86	1757
8	13	WFM Meiyappan, Annapoorni	1843	-25	1631
9	16	Show, Serafina	1836	23	1550
10	14	WCM Garai, Antara	1826	-40	1556
11	17	Hasteer, Divija	1775	-35	1544
12	11	WCM Wong, Allyson	1746	107	1479
13	12	Zhou, Chelsea	1733	343
14	15	Gomboluudev, Enkhjin C	1720	55	1676
15	9	WCM Rajaram, Anika	1706	181	1371
16	8	WCM Vidyarthi, Omya	1679	351	1145
17	10	WCM Pang, Ashley	1666	80	1604
18	14	Chen, Ashleann	1616	-66
19	13	Wang, Agnes Z	1592	85
20	11	Lee, Yesun	1591	214

• Derived from August 2018 US Chess Top 100 Lists.
• Age as of August 1, 2018.
• Rating Change from August 2017.

World Cadet - Bay Area Scores

Nitish Nath, Yan Rui Yang, Adrian Kondakov and Christopher Yoo pose wearing

team jackets outside the hotel in Brazil. Photo credit: Young-Kyu Yoo.

World Cadet Chess Championships

Pocos de Caldas, Brazil
August 22-31, 2017

Watch the Top Boards LIVE at Chess24.

Bay Area Final Results after Round 11

Open - U12

• Alex Kolay 7.0 - 15th place
• FM Christopher Yoo 6.5

Girls - U12

• Aksithi Eswaran 6.0
• Annapoorni Meiyappan 6.0

Open - U10

• Vyom Vidyarthi 7.0 - 14th place
• Adrian Kondakov 6.5
• Eric Li 6.5

Girls - U10

• Yan Rui Yang 7.5 - 9th place

Open - U8

• Nitish Nath 6.0

Girls - U8

• Omya Vidyarthi 7.0 - 9th place
• Kavya Meiyappan 6.0

World Cadet - Top USA Scores

World Cadet Chess Championships

Pocos de Caldas, Brazil
August 22-31, 2017

Watch the Top Boards LIVE at Chess24.
Click here for a Photo Album on Facebook thanks to Marcelo Konrath of Brazil.

Top USA Final Results after Round 11

Open - U12 (19 USA players)

• Vincent Tsay (NY) 8.5 - GOLD MEDAL
• NM Justin Wang (TX) 8.0 - 4th place
• FM Maximillian Lu (CT) 8.0 - 5th place
• FM Anthony He (WA) 7.0
• Alex Kolay (CA-N) 7.0

Girls - U12 (6 USA players)

• WFM Nastassja Matus (MN) 8.5 - SILVER MEDAL
• WCM Ambica Yellamraju (TX) 7.0 - 9th place
• Rianne Ke (CA-S) 7.0 - 11th place
• WCM Aksithi Eswaran (CA-N) 6.0
• Annapoorni Meiyappan (CA-N) 6.0

Open - U10 (18 USA players)

• NM Liran Zhou (NY) 9.5 - GOLD MEDAL
• Arthur Xu (IL) 8.5 - SILVER MEDAL
• Adi Murgescu (NY) 7.5 - 10th place
• Vyom Vidyarthi (CA-N) 7.0
• Frank Prestia (NY) 7.0

Girls - U10 (7 USA players)

• Ellen Wang (NY) 7.5 - BRONZE MEDAL
• Tianna Wang (MA) 7.5 - 8th place
• Yan Rui Yang (CA-N) 7.5 - 9th place
• Sanjana Ramesh (MI) 7.0

Open - U8 (10 USA players)

• Aren Emrikian (IL) 9.0 - GOLD MEDAL
• Abhimanyu Mishra (NJ) 8.5 - SILVER MEDAL
• Steve Wongso (AZ) 7.0
• Bryan Xie (CA-S) 7.0
• Kevin Duong (NY) 6.5

Girls - U8 (8 USA players)

• Alice Lee (MN) 8.0 - 5th place
• Iris Mou (NY) 7.0 - 7th place
• Omya Vidyarthi (CA-N) 7.0 - 9th place
• Lila Field (NJ) 6.5
• Kavya Meiyappan (CA-N) 6.0 

NorCal Top 20 Women

Some top women are just girls. Here 10 y/o Rui Yan (white) faces California newcomer
11 y/o Rochelle Wu at the 2017 People's Tournament. Credit: Bay Area Chess

USCF Rating List
July 2017

1. WIM Eswaran, Ashritha 2231
2. WFM Byambaa, Uyanga (MGL) 2232
3. NM Tsodikova, Natalya 2202
4. WFM Tsegmed Munkhchuluun (MGL) 2132
5. Saikhanchimeg Tsogtsaikhan (MGL) 2128
6. WCM Wu, Rochelle 2082
7. Yan, Rui Yang 1970
8. Liu, Kimberly 1941
9. WIM Haring, Ruth 1938
10. Li, Sophia 1881
11. Chatterjee, Trina 1860
12. WCM Garai, Antara 1854
13. Goodkind, Lauren 1849
14. Ravindran, Ashwini (IND) 1849
15. Nayberg, Simona 1840
16. Hasteer, Divija 1810
17. WCM Eswaran, Aksithi 1801
18. Show, Serafina 1796
19. Goodkind, Barbara 1795
20. Meiyappan, Annapoorni 1760

http://www.fpawn.com/NorCalTopAdults.pdf