Jason Cao
CountryCanada
Born (2000-12-17) December 17, 2000
Victoria, British Columbia[1]
TitleFIDE Master (2010)
FIDE rating2306 (May 2018)
Peak rating2368 (August 2015)

Jason Cao (born December 17, 2000) is a Canadian chess player.

Chess career

Cao began playing chess at age 8.[2]

In 2010, Cao won the U10 World Youth Chess Championship ahead of Jeffery Xiong, Abhimanyu Puranik, and Bhaskar Gupta.[3] He is a three-time British Columbia chess champion.[4]

In 2015, Cao won the Paul Keres Memorial Tournament in Vancouver.[5]

In 2016, Cao competed in the Grand Pacific Open chess tournament held in Victoria.[6]

In August 2018, Cao won the Cowichan Rapid Open Chess Championship, defeating National Master Roger Patterson on tiebreaks.[7]

Personal life

From 2018 to 2023, Cao attended the University of British Columbia for a bachelor of applied science in computer engineering.[8]

References

  1. "World heading to Victoria for chess". April 11, 2014.
  2. Bell, Jeff (January 23, 2011). "Victoria chess champ, age 10, moves into limelight with world title".
  3. "2010 World Youth Chess Championship – Final report". November 1, 2010.
  4. "B.C. chess champs help raise funds for Surrey Food Bank". June 15, 2017.
  5. 40th Paul Keres Memorial. Tournament report FIDE
  6. Arrais, Pedro (March 24, 2016). "Explore: Chess players prepare for battle in Grand Pacific Open".
  7. Bainas, Lexi (August 30, 2018). "Cowichan Coffee Time: Welcomes and celebrations".
  8. "Jason Cao".
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