Trevor Tao
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 22, 1977 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Australia |
| Title | International Master (2012) |
| Peak rating | 2440 (March 2012) |
Trevor Tao (born 22 November 1977) is an Australian chess player and mathematician.
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]
Tao has won the South Australian chess championship four times: in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 2006.[4]
In October 2017, he was South Australia's top chess player[5] 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.[6]
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.[7][8]