Maximillian Lu is an

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. Lu was the former youngest

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member to attain a master rating. At approximately nine-years and eleven-months of age Maximillian beat the previous record by twelve days. About a year later, this record was broken by

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List of tournament wins

2013 Fide

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, Toronto, Canada, under-8, 1st place – received Fide Candidate Master title. 2013 Fide

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, Al-Ain, UAE, 4th place, under-8, top U.S. finisher. 2014 Fide North American Youth Chess Championship, Tarrytown, New York, under-10, 1st place. 2015 USCF K-3 National Blitz Champion, 1st place. 2015 US Chess Federation Grade Nationals, 4th Grade National Champion, 1st place.GM Irina Krush (December 13, 2015
Krush on K-12: “No Offense, but GMs Aren’t Good at Bughouse”
New.uschess.org. Retrieved on November 8, 2016. 2017 Fide North American Youth Chess Championship, under-12, 1st place.

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