Bu Xiangzhi
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Bu.
| Full name | Bu Xiangzhi | |
| Country |  China |
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| Born | December 10 1985 Shandong, China |
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| Title | Grandmaster | |
| FIDE rating | 2692[1] (No. 25 on the Oct 2007 FIDE ratings list) |
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| Peak rating | 2692 (Oct 2007) | |
Bu Xiangzhi (Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 卜祥志; Pinyin: Bǔ Xiángzhì; born December 10, 1985) is a Chinese chess player.
Bu was first introduced to chess by a cousin (his grandfather was a strong xiangqi player), and his interest grew with his compatriot Xie Jun’s women’s world championship victory. His first chess book was a translation of Bobby Fischer’s famous book "My 60 Memorable Games" – a player he admires.
He became a Grandmaster in 1999 at the age of 13 years, 10 months, 13 days, at the time the youngest person to hold the title. He gave up status of the world's youngest Grandmaster to Sergey Karjakin in July 2002.
On the Oct 2007 FIDE rating list he currently has an ELO rating of 2692, making him the number 25 player in the world and number 2 in China.
Notable players he has defeated include Vassily Ivanchuk, Gata Kamsky and Judit Polgár.
He played first board in the 2006 Chess Olympiad, where the Chinese team finished in second place. He won four games and drew eight, including his games against top Grandmasters Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand and Levon Aronian.
In July 2007, Bu won the Canadian Open Chess Championship in Ottawa, Canada.[2]
He is currently leading in the Blindfold Chess World Cup in Bilbao.
References
- ^ FIDE rating card for Bu Xiangzhi. Retrieved on July 3 2007.
- ^ ChessBase.com "Chinese dragon wins Canadian Open", July 16, 2007.
See also
External links
- FIDE rating card for Bu Xiangzhi
- Bu Xiangzhi at ChessGames.com
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