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Mao, Max
🇦🇺FIDE 3262600· Male· Australia· Born in 2017
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Max Mao, a 9-year-old Australian player, is rated 1480. He has slipped back 45 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Australian Junior Championship U12 Open, 2026 Australian Junior Championship U10 Open, and 2025 Canberra Club Championship Rounds 6-10. Also played 12 rapid (including Canberra Street Chess 6th December 2025) and 5 blitz events (including 2026 O2C Doeberl Cup Blitz U1600) recently. His peak of 1540 was reached at age 8 (Dec 2025).
At junior level, he reached #35 and #11 nationally in U10 and U8.
Current rating
1480
Standard
Rpd1501·Blz1469
All-time high
1540
−60 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 8
Dec 2025 · age 8
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#193,327
#193,327 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
35th Australian U10 player
at age 9 · rated 1540
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1540
at age 8 · −60 from today
Dec 2025
11th Australian U8 player
at age 8 · rated 1525
Aug 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 8
Aug 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 8
Aug 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 8
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
—
Tournaments
6
43 games
Score
18/ 4341.9%
18W8D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/7 | #35 | 1654 | -12.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/3 | #45 | 2452 | -36.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/2 | #28 | — | +20.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #35 | — | -3.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/6 | #12 | 1535 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/3 | #19 | 1240 | 0.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKelvin Zhang
🇦🇺AUS·1416
+7 −0 =3
10 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsEcho Feng
🇦🇺AUS
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsKyle Zhang
🇦🇺AUS·1641
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSanat Hegde
🇦🇺AUS·1758
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSahasra Selva Muthukumar
🇦🇺AUS·1607
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Australia
#1,636
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#40,814
in continent
World
#193,244
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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