CMAnand Rishi Chandra

Anand Rishi Chandra was already competing against adults at seven: at the 2016 Medicine Hat Open, he won two of his five games on his first visit to the tournament. In 2019 he shared first place in the fifth-grade section of the Canadian Chess Challenge, scoring eight points from nine games for Alberta. He won all six games at the 2023 Alberta Open in Edmonton. The following year he won the Banff Open on tiebreak ahead of Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratté, Jean Hébert and Tymur Keleberda, after all four scored four and a half points. His FIDE record lists the Candidate Master title in 2025.