My Profile My family I am the youngest in a brood of three boys. My parents are Engr. Uly Nazario of Bulacan and Chi Nazario of Laguna. My brothers are Ted and Bill. I was born and raised in Quezon City. My birthday is January 20, 1994. We are members of the Christ’s Commission Fellowship (CCF). My school I am in Grade 6 at the Cornerstone Academy in Quezon City. My chess background I learned to play chess when I was eight years old by tinkering with my mom’s handheld computer, between August and September 2002. My first chess lessons were with the Milo Chess Clinic. Later on, I got training from GMs Eugene Torre and Bong Villamayor, IM Jayson Gonzales, and NMs Erwin Carag, Robert Suelo, Robert Arellano, and Roland Andador. I consider Manny Benitez, respected chess scholar and writer, my ultimate chess friend and mentor. Since then, I have played in many places in many towns and cities in Luzon and the Visayas, namely, La Union, Cavite, Bulacan, Laguna, Pampanga, Lucena City, Bacolod City, Quezon City, Mandaluyong City, Makati City, and Bacolod City. Abroad, I have been to Brunei, Viet Nam and the United States for chess. My distinctions named FIDE Candidate Master by the World Chess Federation, one of so far, only seven in the world, April 2005 Recipient, Sports Excellence Award, sponsored by Cartoon Network and the Dept. of Education, Culture and Sports in recognition of his “exceptional ability and good sportsmanship, 2005-2006 (with an on-air spot showing him playing chess with Dexter of Dexter’s Laboratory) Recipient, “Plaque of Recognition” from Mayor Sonny Belmonte, Quezon City, March 13, 2006 Recipient, Gawad Pagkilala (Plaque of Recognition) from Malolos City , Province of Bulacan (his father’s birthplace), November 21, 2005 Recipient, Plake ng Pagkilala (Plaque of Recognition) from the municipality of Calauan , Province of Laguna (his mother’s birthplace), November 7, 2005 Awardee, Excellence Award for Sports by Cartoon Network and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, NCR Philippines, 2005 Recipient of “Plaque of Recognition” from the municipality of Calauan, Laguna for bringing honor to my mother’s hometown and being an inspiration to the youth, November 2005 accepted to the Philippine Association for the Gifted (PAG), January 2005 at age 10, became the youngest member of the Philippine Artists Chess Club, the longest running and exclusive chess club by visual and performing artists, January 2004 at age 11, became the youngest member of 64 Golden Men of Philippine Chess, an organization that actively promotes chess in the Philippines, October 2005 included in FIDE’s list of 64 Top Country Players in the Philippines, 2005 accelerated from Grade 4 to Grade 6 at Cornerstone Academy, Quezon City, 2004-2006 included in the section “My Little Heroes” in a Grade 3 textbook, October 2005 featured in TV shows like: Pinoy Best in Channel 2’s Magandang Umaga Bayan; Channel 5’s Kulay at Laro; Channel 9’s Kids’ TV and Channel 4’s Teledyaryo Sports News and interviewed in various radio programs featured in newspaper and magazine articles and news items, including the two-page spread “Grandmaster in the Making” in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 5, 2004   My hobbies Aside from chess, I enjoy doing home video presentations. I also play the keyboard, do finger math and took basic voice lessons. I also play badminton and basketball with my brothers and cousins. I have also started to collect chess sets and coins, especially from places I have been too. Sometimes, my mom and I write chess poems and stories together. My favorite people and things Cartoon Network (my favorite channel!!!) Dot-a All Stars Italian (pasta, pasta, pasta), Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, American (steaks!), all kinds of dishes, I think the color blue Asia’s first grandmaster, Eugene Torre, SGM Veselyn Topalov and IM Satea Husari my lola Carmen subjects Math and Bible the quotation, “Marc’s behavior, at the board or elsewhere, is impeccable – a little gentleman in a gentleman’s game” by Tito Manny Benitez   My motto Play and do your best, and God will do the rest. My ambition I want to be a World Champion in chess!!! I hope to take up medicine at Harvard. In the future, I want to be a doctor, a pilot and a writer.