Draft:Megan Paragua

Megan Paragua (born 2012) is a Filipino American Woman FIDE Master. She is the first Filipino to win the FIDE World Cadet Rapid & Blitz Championships.

Biography
Megan Althea Obrero Paragua was born in New York, on 2012, to parents Jan Vincent and Jennifer Obrero-Paragua, both from Marilao, Bulacan, Philippines. She is the niece of Mark Paragua, a Filipino chess grandmaster. She studies in Columbia Grammar Preparatory School, New York City.

4th FM Sunil Weeramantry National Blitz Tournament of State Champions 2023
Megan placed 3rd in the Weeramantry National Blitz Tournament, next to Eric Feng and Advaith Vijayakumar, as she scored 6.5 out of 8 points in the 1800-2199 section with 5 wins and 3 draws.

33rd Pan-American Youth Festival 2023
At the age of 10, she achieved the title of Woman FIDE (International Chess Federation) Master at the 33rd Pan-American Youth Chess Festival 2023, which took place in Chicago, Illinois.

FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Cadet Chess Championship 2024
During the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Cadet Chess Championship 2024, she won the gold on both the Rapid and Blitz U12 Girls Division held in Durres, Albania, making her the first Filipino to win in both categories.