🌟 Advik Manchanda, Age 10 - One of the Highest-Ranked Candidate Masters in the World
🌟 Advik Manchanda Becomes an FIDE Arena International Master
🏅 Texas Master Title - Youngest & First-Ever Player Awarded by the Texas Chess Association
🥇 Texas State Grade Champion (4th Consecutive Year) – 1st Place in Grade 5 Championship & 1st Place in K-5 Blitz.
🏆 Texas Young Player of the Year – Inaugural Honoree by Texas Chess Association.
🎖️ Texas Governor Greg Abbott Proclaims Recognition for Chess Prodigy Advik Manchanda
🏆 91st Southwest Open - Texas Puzzle Champion & Texas Freestyle Champion (Inaugural Event)
🏆 Champion – Texas Junior Invitational (Elementary Section) → qualified for John D. Rockefeller III National Elementary Championship
🏆 Team Texas – 1st Place → National Invitational Tournament of State Champions
🌟 7th place → John D. Rockefeller III National Tournament of Elementary School State Champions (half point shy of podium)
🏅 Youngest Winner in Past Decade → Luis Salinas Memorial 80th Texas State & Amateur Championship (Amateur Section, Co-Champion)
🏆 Undefeated Champion – TCA Region VI Scholastic Championship (Elementary Section)
🥈 Multiple 2nd places → Universal Open (Texas’s largest), 8th Queen City of the Prairie Open & Fort Worth Chess Tournament, National Open Las Vegas Chess Festival
🌍 Represented USA at FIDE World Cup for Youth (U10 Open, Batumi, Georgia) – finished 16th of 56 players
🌟 Represented BASIS Cedar Park team at FIDE World School Chess Tournament (2025) – tied 26th of 51 top international teams
Champion at 10: Advik Manchanda Reaches the Candidate Master Milestone with Top National & Global Rankings
Young Chess Prodigy Advik Manchanda Awarded Arena International Master
Texas Master Title - Youngest & First-Ever Player Awarded by the Texas Chess Association
Texas Governor Proclamation for Advik Manchanda – Chess Recognition
North Texas State Grade Championship - 5th Grade Champion
North Texas State Grade Championship - Blitz K-5 Champion
Texas Young Player of the Year – Inaugural Honoree by Texas Chess Association
91st Southwest Open - Texas Puzzle Champion
91st Southwest Open - Texas Freestyle Champion
Luis Salinas Memorial 80th Texas State & Amateur Championship (Amateur Section, Co-Champion)
Luis Salinas Memorial 80th Texas State & Amateur Championship (Amateur Section, Co-Champion)
TCA Region VI Scholastic Championship (Elementary Section)
Represented USA at FIDE World Cup for Youth (U10 Open, Batumi, Georgia)
Team USA at FIDE World Cup for Youth (Batumi, Georgia)
Represented USA at FIDE World Cup for Youth (U10 Open, Batumi, Georgia)
Team Texas Takes the Top Spot at the National Tournament in Wisconsin
Texas Basis Cedar Park School Team - World School Team Championship
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