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Nelson Mariano III (born July 25, 1990) is a Filipino FIDE Master. He is the younger brother of Nelson Mariano II, a chess Grandmaster.

Personal life
Mariano started learning chess at the age of two, taught by his father Nelson O. Mariano. His older brother Nelson Mariano II is a Grandmaster, sister Cristine Rose Mariano is a Woman International Master, and Carmina Joy Mariano are all well known chess prodigies in the Philippines.

Chess career
At the age of four, he started playing competitive chess in the Shell National Active Chess Championship in 1994. He won an award as the "Youngest Player" to compete. When he turned six, Mariano studied in Adamson University and was already an athlete chess player of the university, representing them on various school chess competitions.

At the age of twelve, he had his first international exposure in the World Youth Age Group Championship coached by GM Eugenio Torre held in Greece Heraklion and Crete after winning the National Youth Age-Group Championship in the Philippines on 2002 where one of the delegation to represent the Philippines is Wesley So.

As a high school student of UE, he won the Junior division’s Athlete of the Year Award UAAP Season 67 and UAAP Season 68, twice in a row and trice for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in UAAP Season 67, UAAP Season 68, and UAAP Season 69. In the UAAP Seniors division, he won the Rookie of the Year award on UAAP Season 70 in the Seniors Division.