Li Chao (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Li Chao; born 21 April 1989 in Taiyuan, Shanxi) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster and Asian champion in 2013.
In 2007, he became China's 23rd Grandmaster at the age of 18.
He has been a second/assistant for fellow Chinese chess Grandmaster Wang Yue on several occasions; the two are good friends having known each other since they were children.In chess circles he is sometimes known as "Li Chao b" since there is a second Chinese chess player named Li Chao.