| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 22, 1977 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Australia |
| Title | International Master (2012) |
| Peak rating | 2440 (March 2012) |
Trevor Tao is an Australian chess player.
In 1992, he won the Australian Junior Chess Championship. [1]
In December 1994, he played for Australia on the first reserve board at the 31st Chess Olympiad, where he scored 4.5/8. [2] His most notable result was holding a draw against American grandmaster Sergey Kudrin. [3]
In October 2017, he was South Australia's top chess player [4] and tied for first place with William Jordan in the Labor Day Weekender Tournament hosted by the South Australian Chess Association. He went undefeated in the tournament and had a score of 5/6, but lost the championship to Jordan on tiebreak scores. [5]
In March 2018, he played in the O2C Doeberl Cup Premier. He got the strongest win of his career against Chinese grandmaster Ma Qun in the fifth round of the event. [6] [7]
He has two brothers, mathematician Terence and Nigel.
In 1995, he represented Australia in the International Mathematical Olympiad, where he scored 27/42 and won a bronze medal. [8] [9]
In 2005, he earned a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Adelaide. [10]