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Bob Armstrong
10-25-2010, 12:06 AM
Article by Arnold Lim, News Staff, Victoria News, on Oct. 15, 2010 on VicNews.com:

Chess phenom takes on the world

Nine-year-old Saanich resident Jason Cao will be representing Canada at the World Youth Chess Championships in Halkidiki, Greece.

Jason Cao has checked his way to Greece.

The nine-year-old Saanich resident is in Halkidiki, Greece for a two-week stay where he will represent his country and his age group at the World Youth Chess Championships.

For a Grade 5 student with only two years of chess experience and no formal coach, his progression has been amazing.

“He has progressed faster than most players his age because he has more potential than most players,” said Brian Raymer, Victoria Junior Chess president.

“He is a good player. He has a good chance at the world championships to have a good finish.”

This year’s WYCC tournament boasts the largest turnout of players ever, with more than 80 countries involved and more than a 100 players in his under 10 age group alone.

Cao will be one of 24 Canadians at the tournament but the only one from Vancouver Island and only the fourth in Island history to qualify for the event.

“He is very keen and enthusiastic loves the game, has fun, he has got the right attitude,” Raymer said.

“I think it is great that he is representing Canada and that he is from Victoria, we are sure he is going o have fun and do well … By making it to the world's he as has already achieved great results.”

The young Cao is deep in preparations for the tournament leaving school at noon everyday instead of the normal 3 p.m. to come home to practise chess, a routine he has followed for three weeks leading up to the event.

Training four to five hours every day has been grueling for the Campus View elementary school student but his confidence is high.

“I didn’t think I could get really good and go to the world championships, but I think I have improved,” Cao said. “My thoughts were wrong and I might be able to get first.”

He will play one match every day from Oct. 20 to 31 missing Halloween in order to follow his dream. With each match expected to last approximately four hours, he knows he has to be mentally prepared for battle.

“It pays off to study … When you are finished a tournament and you done really well because you beat a lot of strong players you feel happy,” he said.

“I am hoping to get a grand master title (one of the highest honours in chess) when I am about 15. If I am a really good grand master then my goal is to become world champion.”

Bob Armstrong
10-26-2010, 03:46 PM
Jason won Rd. 7 against the top ranked player, Samuel Sevian ( 2105 ! ). He is in first place and on Bd. 1 again for Rd. 8. His Performance Rating is 2297 after Round 7! He has no FIDE rating, and his CFC rating is only 1562. He was ranked 89th in his age group at the start !

Boys U10 Cao, Jason 6,5/7

Bob

Kerry Liles
10-26-2010, 04:18 PM
Jason won Rd. 7, and is in first place and on Bd. 1 again for Rd. 8. His Performance Rating is 2297 after Round 7! He has no FIDE rating, and his CFC rating is only 1562.

Boys U10 Cao, Jason 6,5/7

Bob

He had Black in Round 7 too... Great performance. Now he is clearly the one to beat - I hope he continues to play well.

Mark S. Dutton, I.A.
10-26-2010, 07:31 PM
Jason won Rd. 7, and is in first place and on Bd. 1 again for Rd. 8. His Performance Rating is 2297 after Round 7! He has no FIDE rating, and his CFC rating is only 1562.

Boys U10 Cao, Jason 6,5/7

Bob

Radio interview with Jason Cao at 5:50 pm Pacific Time today CBC Radio One in Victoria All Points West

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Radio/1447825254/ID=1404737778

Great News!!! from the World Youth Chess Championships in Greece

Jason Cao from Victoria BC is currently undefeated after his 7th round win against the top rated player in his section. Jason has been playing chess for 2 years and is a grade 5 student at Campus View

Jason Cao (with Black) beat Sevian ("Fischer II") Samuel on Board 1 to pull into first place. :)

Score 6.5/7 4 more rounds to go http://wycc2010.chessdom.com/

Bob Armstrong
10-27-2010, 12:08 PM
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In Rd. 8 today, Jason just won , facing another FM from USA. He remains alone in first place, one full point ahead, with 3 rounds to go. He has 7.5/8 pts.

Here are the top five standings in his group:

1 Cao Jason CAN 0 ( = no FIDE Rtg. ) 7,5
2 Puranik Abhimanyu IND 1790 6,5
3 Lagunow Raphael GER 1623 6,5
4 Gupta Bhaskar IND 1742 6,5
5 Xiong Jeffrey USA 1824 6,5


Bob

Fred McKim
10-27-2010, 02:31 PM
This is amazing for Jason and Canada.

I have to admit that I didn't do any scouting of our best chances going into the WYCC, and I really wasn't familiar with him.

Now, looking at his recent adult events in BC, I would have to say that his strength from these, heading to Greece seemed to be somewhere between 1700 & 2000, putting him in the running for 1st (along with 20 or 30 others).

He's having a great run and let's hope for a wonderful future.

Bob Armstrong
10-29-2010, 01:19 AM
Rd. 8 Result:

Jason ( CFC 1652; no FIDE rating ) won, defeating FM Tommy He of the USA ( 1830 ).

He then had 7 1/2 / 8 pts.. He was alone in first, with 4 players tied for second, 1 full pt. back: Xiong Jeffrey ( USA - 1824 ), Abhimanyu Puranik ( India - 1790 ), Bhaskar Gupta ( India - 1742 ) & Raphael Lagunow ( Germany - 1623 ).

Rd. 9 Result

Jason suffered his first loss:

Xiong Jeffrey 1824 6½ 1 - 0 7½ Cao Jason

Jason is now tied for first, with 7 1/2 pts., with Jeffery Xiong ( USA - 1824 ) & Bhaskar Gupta ( IND - 1742 ).

Rd. 10 Pairings ( Today, Oct. 29 )

1 Cao Jason 0 7½ 7½ Gupta Bhaskar ( India - 1742 )

2 FM He Tommy O ( USA - 1830 ) 7 7½ Xiong Jeffrey ( USA - 1824 )

Bob

Bob Armstrong
10-29-2010, 05:19 PM
Rd. 10 Results ( Today, Oct. 29 )

1 Cao Jason 0 7½ 1/2 - 1/2 7½ Gupta Bhaskar ( India - 1742 )

2 FM He Tommy O ( USA - 1830 ) 7 0 - 1 7½ Xiong Jeffrey ( USA - 1824 )

Top Standings after 10 Rounds:

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1
1 Xiong Jeffrey USA 1824 8,5
2 Cao Jason CAN 0 8,0
3 Gupta Bhaskar IND 1742 8,0
4 Wheeler Cameron USA 0 8,0

Round 11 Pairiings ( final - Sat., Oct. 30 )

1 19 Xiong Jeffrey ( USA - 1824 ) 8½ 8 Gupta Bhaskar ( India - 1742 ) 38
2 89 Cao Jason 0 8 8 Wheeler Cameron ( USA - 0 ) 153
3 1 Sevian Samuel ( USA - 2105 ) 7½ 7½ Panchanatham Vignesh ( USA - 1803 ) 24
4 3 Tran Minh Thang ( Vietnam - 2018 ) 7 7½ Puranik Abhimanyu ( India - 1790 ) 28

Bob

Mark S. Dutton, I.A.
10-30-2010, 05:15 PM
Rd. 10 Results ( Today, Oct. 29 )

1 Cao Jason 0 7½ 1/2 - 1/2 7½ Gupta Bhaskar ( India - 1742 )

2 FM He Tommy O ( USA - 1830 ) 7 0 - 1 7½ Xiong Jeffrey ( USA - 1824 )

Top Standings after 10 Rounds:

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1
1 Xiong Jeffrey USA 1824 8,5
2 Cao Jason CAN 0 8,0
3 Gupta Bhaskar IND 1742 8,0
4 Wheeler Cameron USA 0 8,0

Round 11 Pairiings ( final - Sat., Oct. 30 )

1 19 Xiong Jeffrey ( USA - 1824 ) 8½ 8 Gupta Bhaskar ( India - 1742 ) 38
2 89 Cao Jason 0 8 8 Wheeler Cameron ( USA - 0 ) 153
3 1 Sevian Samuel ( USA - 2105 ) 7½ 7½ Panchanatham Vignesh ( USA - 1803 ) 24
4 3 Tran Minh Thang ( Vietnam - 2018 ) 7 7½ Puranik Abhimanyu ( India - 1790 ) 28

Bob

Great News! Jason Cao from Victoria BC Canada is World Champion! Jason Cao won his final game and finished with 9 out of 11 with a spectacular performance at the 2010 World Youth Chess Champion in Greece. Jason had 8 wins and 2 draws in the 11 round tournament and is the U10 World Champion! Jason is expected back in Victoria later this week.

:D http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs772.snc4/67196_10150302926635167_896395166_15157299_801727_ n.jpg

Mark S. Dutton, I.A.
10-31-2010, 06:41 PM
"A" Channel 6pm Sun

Jason Cao World Youth Chess Champion "A" Channel interview with Greg Churchill tonight at 6 pm http://www.atv.ca/victoria/


AND -- in other great news..... posted on Chesstalk.com today...



World Champion Jason Cao will receive from the Chess'n Math Association (CMA)....
Congratulations to our new World Under 10 champion!

Jason has been an active CMA participant for the last two years at tournaments which are organized by the Victoria Chess Society. He is 9 yrs old and is a grade 5 student at Campus View Elementary School. I spoke with Brian Raymer (the awesome Victoria organizer who with his gang, will be hosting the 2011 National Finals of the Canadian Chess Challenge) this morning and he tells me that Jason became curious about the game when he passed by the Victoria gang playing outdoor chess at Willows Beach (they do that from May to September on Saturdays from 10 am - noon). You can see a picture at the Victoria Chess Society webpage:

http://victoriajuniorchess.pbworks.com/

Shortly thereafter, Jason took part in a chess camp which was put on by Greg Churchill (Greg has been teaching chess daily for nine years in several Victoria schools) and earned his first official Chess'n Math rating!

The Chess'n Math Association, Canada's National Scholastic Chess Organization, is proud to announce that we are awarding Jason with a $1,000 gift certificate for his INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE!

He will be able to purchase $1,000 worth of chess books & equipment at our Strategy Game store (on-line or through Brian) FOR FREE!

www.strategygames.ca

Congratulations again Jason! We are all very proud of you!

Larry Bevand
Executive Director
Chess'n Math Association

The Chess'n Math Association is a non-profit organization which was created in 1985. When you purchase from us, you are contributing to the development of chess in our schools as profits are reinvested in scholastic chess.

We thank you for your continued support!
Larry Bevand

Bob Armstrong
11-01-2010, 07:35 AM
I am preparing for CFC a Press Release on Jason's victory, based on the information posted on the web about his chess development, and his world championship.

But I would like to have as the " contact " on the press release, not myself, but rather someone from BC/Victoria who could personally speak to Jason's chess activity. Could the BC people send a few e-mails back and forth among themselves, and come up with who you think would be a good contact for our press release? Have them e-mail me ( bobarm@sympatico.ca ) to consent to do this. Then I can send them the draft press release to confirm they are fine with its content.

Unfortunately, I have a limit on my outgoing e-mails in a 24-hr. period, and have used it up today, sending out our Scarborough CC Newsletter. So I won't be able to answer anyone until after midnight tonight ( bit of a pain always not being able to send out e-mails the day I send out the newsletter ).

Thanks.

Bob, acting CFC Public Relations Coordinator

Kerry Liles
11-01-2010, 09:58 AM
Unfortunately, I have limit on my outgoing e-mails in a 24-hr. period, and have used it up today, sending out our Scarborough CC Newsletter. So I won't be able to answer anyone until after midnight tonight ( bit of a pain always not being able to send out e-mails the day I send out the newsletter ).


You must be on sympatico... Perhaps the other Big ISPs are the same - I don't know for sure. A long-time friend of mine operates a mailing list and he too complains about sympatico.

You might consider signing up for Gmail so that you have an alternative email account...

Gmail is free (and despite being operated by one of the evil empires (Google, Microsoft, IBM etc) it works well.

Bob Armstrong
11-02-2010, 08:34 AM
Here is a link to a video of the Championship presentation to Jason Cao:

http://wycc2010.blogspot.com/

Bob