Jason Cao

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Jason Cao
Personal information
Born (2000-12-17) December 17, 2000 (age 25)
Victoria, British Columbia [1]
Chess career
Country Canada
Title FIDE Master (2010)
Peak rating 2368 (August 2015)

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

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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 NM 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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine 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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