Jason Cao (born December 17, 2000) is a Canadian chess player.
Chess career
Cao began playing chess at age 8.
In 2010, Cao won the U10 World Youth Chess Championship ahead of Jeffery Xiong, Abhimanyu Puranik, and Bhaskar Gupta. He is a three-time British Columbia chess champion.
In 2015, Cao won the Paul Keres Memorial Tournament in Vancouver.
In 2016, Cao competed in the Grand Pacific Open chess tournament held in Victoria.
In August 2018, Cao won the Cowichan Rapid Open Chess Championship, defeating National Master Roger Patterson on tiebreaks.
Personal life
From 2018 to 2023, Cao attended the University of British Columbia for a bachelor of applied science in computer engineering.
References
External links
- Jason Cao rating card at FIDE
- Jason Cao player profile and games at Chessgames.com
