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Tao, Junqing Jerome
🇳🇿FIDE 4313895· Male· New Zealand· Born in 2012
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Junqing Jerome Tao, a 14-year-old player, is rated 1864. He is climbing fast, having gained +83 Elo over the past 12 months. 93 rated games in the past year (≈72/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 North Shore Summer Cup Rounds 6-7, 2026 North Shore Summer Cup Rounds 2-5, and 2026 North Shore Summer Cup Round 1. Also played 17 rapid (including Asian Continental stage of WSTC 2026) and 4 blitz events (including COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - Blitz Youth Event) recently. His peak of 1929 was reached at age 13 (Nov 2025, #65 nationally at the time).
At junior level, he reached #3, #4 and #6 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1864
Standard
Rpd1855·Blz1888
All-time high
1929
−65 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 13
Nov 2025 · age 13
Activity
88
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
86 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#57,495
#57,495 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2025
Peak national rank: #65
at age 13 · rated 1929
Nov 2025
All-time peak 1929
at age 13 · −65 from today
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 13
Sep 2025
3rd U14 player nationally
at age 13 · rated 1888
Mar 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 13
Mar 2025
2024
4th U12 player nationally
at age 12 · rated 1782
May 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+91
1773 → 1864
Tournaments
21
94 games
Score
55/ 9458.5%
51W15D28L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/3 | #8 | 2381 | +22.8 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #6 | 1877 | +3.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/3 | #42 | 1553 | -52.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #9 | 2370 | +5.6 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 3.5/9 | #7 | 1927 | +11.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/9 | #15 | 1780 | -55.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/3 | #14 | 2488 | +35.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #34 | 1839 | -5.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/4 | #1 | 2478 | +43.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJustin Zhide WangCM
🇳🇿NZL·2072
+6 −12 =2
20 games·last met May 2026
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vsRichard Jingjie Liu
🇳🇿NZL·1917
+4 −7 =4
15 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsD P Sayuni Vonara Rehansi
🇳🇿NZL·1615
+11 −2 =0
13 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsPatrick Di Jiang
🇳🇿NZL·1947
+6 −2 =4
12 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsDavid Junyang Zhu
🇳🇿NZL·1812
+1 −9 =2
12 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
New Zealand
#89
out of 648 players
Asia-Pacific
#6,821
in continent
World
#57,494
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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