Mani is definitely on a roll! As GM Melik said in his post! 

He won the Blitz event of the prestigious Prague International Chess Festival by tying for first with an impressive 10/11 points! Congratulations to Mani!

Coach Melik has been working with him for more than 6 months, and the results are showing:

• His rating went from 1846 to 2176

• Earned bronze at the U10 2025 World Cadets Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan

• He is currently #1 on the Age Under 10 list.

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• Heartfelt congratulations to Padhya Saumil on his outstanding performance at the 17th Annual Southwest Class Championship! Scoring 5.5/9, his live FIDE rating surpassed 2300, earning him the FM title in the March 2026 rating list.

• GM Melik has been coaching him for the past six months, and his hard work shows in the results.

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Meet my hero, the person I admire most: GM Vishy Anand.
A legend on the board and a gentleman off it. Five-time World Chess Champion!

Picture taken on November 17, 2025, in Linares, Spain, at the FIDE World Women's Team Championship.

GM Melik Khachiyan was the captain of the US Team at the FIDE World Women's Team Championship 2025, which started on November 18 in Linares, Spain!
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Team USA Qualifies for FIDE World Women's Team Championship Quarterfinals

Report by JJ Lang posted on Chess Life Online

Many thanks to Natalinel Green for featuring GM Melik in the October 2025 Coach of the Month article. Read the featured article here, and find out which game is featured as his best game of his career!

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Congratulations to Coach GM Melik Khachiyan and the entire 2024 U.S. Women's Olympiad Team, who were named the recipients of the US Chess 2025 Outstanding Team Achievement Award. 

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Dear Friends,

I am happy to share one of my most interesting games from the recent past. I'm in Las Vegas at the 2025 National Open. In Round 5 I faced Logan Shafer with white.

Hope you enjoy it!

Cheers,

Melik

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Huge congrats to Caleb on breaking 2400 and becoming an International Master-elect!

Caleb has officially crossed the 2400 rating mark, completing the final requirement for the International Master title! With all three of his IM norms secured between October 2023 and February 2025, today’s rating milestone at the IM RR Fantastico Spring 2025 SENTA event seals the deal.

This achievement is a powerful testament to years of hard work, talent, and unwavering dedication—and to the world-class coaching of GM Melik. For over eight years, GM Melik has mentored Caleb and his brother, Judah, guiding them from 1000-rated beginners to elite-level competitors.

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