Manon Reja Neer

Manon Reja Neer is a Bangladeshi chess player. In October 2024, he became the youngest Bangladeshi International Master at the age of. He is the incumbent champion in the 48th National Chess Championship held in July 2024 winning with 10 points in 13 games.

Career

Neer earned his Candidate Master (CM) title in 2017.
By 2019, Neer won four gold and one silver medal from the Commonwealth Junior Championship in New Delhi, Asian Youth Championship in Colombo and Western-Asian Youth Championship in Tashkent.
In October 2019, Neer became the youngest Bangladeshi player, at the age of nine, to earn a spot in the Bangladeshi National Chess Championship. The previous record was held by Grandmaster Niaz Murshed who reached the championships at the age of 10. He achieved his FIDE Master (FM) in 2023.
Neer became the youngest Bangladeshi chess player to become International Master after earning his third IM norm beating IM Sambit Panda of India at the Six Days Budapest Two Years 2024 Grand Masters, International Masters and Below 2250 Rating event in Budapest, Hungary. The previous record was held by Grandmaster Niaz Murshed at the age of.
After winning Zonal Chess Championship title in Colombo, Sri Lanka in March 2025, Neer qualified to play at the Chess World Cup 2025.