Jason Cao Explained

Country:	Canada
Birth Place:	Victoria, British Columbia^[1]
FIDE Master (2010)
Rating:	2306 (May 2018)
Peakrating:	2368 (August 2015)
Fideid:	2611112

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: World heading to Victoria for chess. April 11, 2014.
2. Web site: Victoria chess champ, age 10, moves into limelight with world title. January 23, 2011. Jeff. Bell.
3. Web site: 2010 World Youth Chess Championship – Final report. November 1, 2010.
4. Web site: B.C. chess champs help raise funds for Surrey Food Bank. June 15, 2017.
5. https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=108511 40th Paul Keres Memorial. Tournament report
6. Web site: Explore: Chess players prepare for battle in Grand Pacific Open. March 24, 2016. Pedro. Arrais.
7. Web site: Cowichan Coffee Time: Welcomes and celebrations. August 30, 2018. Lexi. Bainas.
8. Web site: Jason Cao.