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Bu Xiangzhi

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Bu Xiangzhi
CountryChina
Born(1985-12-10)December 10, 1985(age 38)
Qingdao,Shandong,China
TitleGrandmaster(1999)
FIDErating2684(November 2024)
Peak rating2731 (February 2019)
RankingNo. 45(November 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 22 (April 2008)
Medal record
RepresentingChina
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Men's Individual
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Mixed Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Men's Individual
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Men's Team
Bu Xiangzhi
ChineseBặc tường chí
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBǔ Xiángzhì
Wade–GilesPu Hsiang-chih
Tongyong PinyinBǔ Siángjhìh
Yale RomanizationPǔ Syángjr̀
IPA[pù ɕjǎŋʈʂɻ̩̂]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBúk Cheùhng ji
JyutpingBuk1 coeng4 zi3
IPA[pŭːk̚tsʰœːŋtsi]
Southern Min
HokkienPOJPoh Siông-chì

Bu Xiangzhi(Chinese:Bặc tường chí;pinyin:Bǔ Xiángzhì;born December 10, 1985) is a Chinesechessplayer. In 1999, he became the10th grandmasterfrom China at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 13 days, at the time theyoungestin history. In April 2008, Bu andNi Huabecame the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700Elo ratingline, afterWang Yue.

Bu was Chinese champion in 2004. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the 2015World Team Chess Championshipand at the2018 Chess Olympiad.

Career

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Early years

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Bu was born December 10, 1985, inQingdao.At age six, Bu was first introduced to chess by an elder cousin (his grandfather was a strongxiangqiplayer), and his interest grew with his compatriotXie Jun's women's world championship victory in 1991.[1]He began taking chess seriously at the age of nine years and received early training from then on. During this time, the newspaperQingdao Dailyfounded a localchess clubwhich many children in the city went to, including theQingdao Daily's chief editor's son. His first chess book was a translation of the famousMy 60 Memorable GamesbyBobby Fischer,a player Bu admires. By 1993, he had already won the Qingdao Junior Chess Championship.

In 1997 this talent became the children's champion of the National S.T. Lee Cup. In 1998 at the age of 12, he captured the titles of national pupil champion andunder-14 world champion.In 1999 he finished seventh in the prestigiousTan Chin NamGrandmaster Invitational Tournament.

Youngest grandmaster in history

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A sponsorship contract with amineral waterproducer of his home cityQingdaoenabled to him in 1999 with his coach Ji Yunqi to travel to Europe to take part there in several international chess tournaments. In autumn 1999 he achieved within two months the required threenormsfor the title of Grandmaster (GM), with tournament wins atPaksGM tournament (6/9 points) in 21–29 September, at Kluger Memorial -First Saturdaytournament (8+1⁄2/11 pts) inBudapestin 3–13 October, and coming joint first in theQingdao DailyCup (6/8 pts) in 18–23 October.[2]He was 13 years, 10 months, and 13 days old when he scored the final norm, at the time theyoungest person to achieve that title.He gave up the running status of the world's youngest grandmaster toSergey Karjakinin July 2002. Adding to his victories in 1999, he won the German Open.

Bu Xiangzhi at the 2007 Blindfold Chess World Cup inBilbao

2000-2007

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In 2000 in Germany he won in his first appearance the International Neckar Open inDeizisau.Also in 2000, Bu defeated the Azerbaijani talentTeimour Radjabov6+1⁄2-1½ in an eight-game Future World Champions Match competition inNew York.They played two games a day at a time control of one hour for all the moves. The margin of victory was a little flattering to Bu with Radjabov missing a number of good chances on the first day and then having a bit of a disaster on day two losing both games. Radjabov had beaten Bu in the two game final of a Cadet's event held earlier in the year on the Kasparovchess site. In May 2000, Bu made his first appearance in aUnited States Chess Federation-rated tournament at the New York Open in New York City. Although one of the favorites to win the tournament, he lost in the first round to American life master Shearwood McClelland III in an upset, before rallying to finish with5+1⁄2/9.[3][4]

In December 2003, Bu won the 10th Aceimar International Open inMondarizwith7+1⁄2/9.[5]

In November 2004, he becameNational Chess Champion of ChinainLanzhouwith a score of 9/11.[6]

In 2006 Bu won the 9th World University Chess Championship inLagos,Nigeria on tiebreak overNi Hua,after they both scored7+1⁄2/9.[7]

In July 2007, Bu won theCanadian Open Chess ChampionshipinOttawa, Ontario,Canada.[8]In October 2007, he won the Blindfold Chess World Cup inBilbaoby a1+1⁄2point margin, defeating strong GrandmastersVeselin Topalov,Magnus Carlsen,Pentala Harikrishna,Judit Polgárand Sergey Karjakin in the process.[9]

2008

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Bu Xiangzhi (left) vsLevon AronianatMtel Masters2008,Sofia

In January 2008, at the 6th Gibtelecom Chess Festival inGibraltar,Bu came joint first scoring 8/10 (+7−1=2; Elo performance 2834) but lost on the two gameblitzplay-offtie-break toHikaru Nakamura.[10]In April 2008, Bu competed at the Russian Team Championships inDagomys,Sochifor the teamShatar-Metropole(Buryatia), where he achieved a score of6+1⁄2/10 (+3−0=7) and aperformance ratingof 2771. In his super-tournament debut inSofia,Bulgariaat theGrand SlamM-Tel Masters(category 20) tournament on May 7–18, 2008, he came fifth out of six players (Levon Aronian,Ivan Cheparinov,Vassily Ivanchuk,Teimour Radjabov,Veselin Topalov) having scored 3/10 (+1−5=4; Elo performance 2594).[11]

He competed at theInventiGrandmaster Tournament inAntwerp,Belgium on 23–31 August 2008. He won the tournament with a score of 7/9 (+5−0=4) and a performance rating of 2748.[12]

In September 2008, he competed at the 5th Russia v China Match inNingbowhere he scored2+1⁄2/5 with a performance rating of 2707 for the men's team (withWang Yue,Wang Hao,Ni Hua,Li Chao).[13]

In October Bu won the men's rapid individual tournament of the2008 World Mind Sports Games.

In December 2008, he came third out of six at thePearl Spring chess tournamentinNanjingwith 5/10.

2010

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He scored6+1⁄2/9 (+4−0=5) at theMoscow Openin January with a 2723 performance.

Bu Xiangzhi scored5+1⁄2(+3−1=5) at the 2010Aeroflot Openfinishing in 10th place out of 80 players with a 2700 performance.[14]Following this tournament, he scored 13.0/18 in the Preliminaries of the 2010 World Blitz Championship Preliminaries on February 18 to finish in second place behindMaxime Vachier-Lagrave;the result automatically qualified Bu for the 2010 World Blitz Championship to be held in Moscow in November 2010.[15][16]

From May 24 through June 4, 2010, Bu participated in the Chinese Chess Championship. In clear first after ten rounds, Bu needed a final round victory to secure his second Chinese chess championship. However, he drew his final round, allowingWang HaoandZhou Jianchaoto catch him with7+1⁄2/11; Wang won the championship on tiebreak.[17]

Bu participated in the 1st Danzhou Tournament in China from June 11 through June 20. After a victory overZhou Jianchao,Bu led the tournament with5+1⁄2/8 with one round remaining. A final round draw withHou YifanallowedLi Chaoto catch him with 6/9, but Bu won the tournament on tiebreak with a performance rating of 2740.[18]

From August 4 through 15th, Bu participated in the 7th annual China versus Russia match, held in Yinzhou, Ningbo, China. Teamed withWang Hao,Wang Yue,Zhou JianchaoandNi Hua,Bu led the Chinese team to victory with 4/5 and a 2928 performance rating.[19]

2012-present

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In June 2012, Bu won the 3rdHainanDanzhouGM tournament on tiebreak over Ni Hua and this victory earned him the last spot in the Chinese team for theIstanbul Chess Olympiad.[20] In August 2012, he won for the second time the World University Chess Championship, held inGuimarães,Portugal, with 8/9 (+7−0=2).

In July 2014, he first tied for first withDing Liren,placing second on tiebreak, in the 5th Hainan Danzhou tournament[21]and then won thePolitiken CupinHelsingør,Denmark with 9/10, a full point ahead of the field.[22]Bu won the match against the world championMagnus Carlsenin theFIDE World Cup 2017in the third round and eliminated him from the tournament.[23]

In July 2023, he won the 42ndBenasqueOpen on tiebreak overFernando PeraltaandKirill Alekseenkowith a score of 8.5/10.[24]In the same month he also won the Masters Open Tournament of the 2023Biel Chess Festival.[25]

In March 2024, he won the strong Shenzhen Masters event with 4.5/7, earning notable victories againstArjun ErigaisiandAnish Giri.

National team

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Bu has played regularly since 2001 in theChinese national team.With theWorld Team Chess Championshipin 2005 inBeersheba,[26]and with theTurin 2006 Chess Olympiadhe achieved on the top board very good results and won individual and team silvers in each event. He played first board in Turin, where the Chinese team finished in second place. He won four games and drew eight, including his games against top GrandmastersVladimir Kramnik,Viswanathan AnandandLevon Aronian.He has played in two previousChess Olympiadsin2002and2004,both on board four.[27]

He was part of the team that won silver at the December2006 Asian GamesinDoha.[28]He won an individual bronze medal on board two as the team won gold at the 2008 15th Asian Team Chess Championship inVisakhapatnam.[29]

Bu was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in theWorld Team Chess Championshipin 2015.[30]He was also in the team that won the43rd Chess Olympiadin 2018; in this event, Bu also won the individual bronze medal on board four.[31]

China Chess League

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Bu Xiangzhi plays forShandongchess clubin theChina Chess League(CCL).[32]

Personal life

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Bu Xiangzhi is married toHuang Qian,also a chess player.[33]

Notable chess games

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See also

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References

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  1. ^"Bu Xiangzhi: I would bet on Topalov for victory in Sofia".Mtelmasters. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-14.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  2. ^Xiangzhi Bu, jüngster Großmeister der Geschichte,TeleSchach: Schach aktuell. Update 24.10.1999.(in German)
  3. ^Ilya Smirin Wins 2000 New York Open Chess ChampionshipSam Sloan Accessed 7 January 2014
  4. ^"My Chess Accomplishments".
  5. ^10 Aceimar Intl.OpenFIDE Accessed 16 January 2015
  6. ^CHN Champ.2004FIDE Accessed 16 January 2015
  7. ^9th world University Chess ChampionsChess-Results
  8. ^ChessBase"Chinese dragon wins Canadian Open",July 16, 2007.
  9. ^"Bu Xiangzhi wins Blindfold Chess World Cup in Bilbao".ChessBase. 2007-10-21.Retrieved27 March2011.
  10. ^Webcontent.nl."Gibraltar Chess Festival 2008".Gibraltarchesscongress. Archived fromthe originalon 2017-01-10.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  11. ^"M-Tel Masters 2008".Mtelmasters. Archived fromthe originalon 2005-03-26.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  12. ^"InventiChess".InventiChess.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  13. ^"Fifth China vs Russia Match in Ningpo".Chessbase. 24 September 2008.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  14. ^"Final".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-02-06.Retrieved2010-02-17.
  15. ^"World Blitz Championship-Preliminaries, Moscow, February 18, 2010".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-02-20.Retrieved2010-02-19.
  16. ^"Vachier-Lagrave wins World Blitz Championship Preliminaries".Chessvibes. 2009-06-23. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-09-30.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  17. ^Mark Crowther - Friday 4th June 2010 (2010-06-04)."Chinese Championships 2010".Chess.co.uk. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-10-20.Retrieved2011-12-04.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^Mark Crowther - Sunday 20th June 2010 (2010-06-20)."1st Danzhou Tournament 2010".Chess.co.uk. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-04-01.Retrieved2011-12-04.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^"Seventh China-Russia match: Chinese beat Russians in slow games".Chessbase. 10 August 2010.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  20. ^Gu, Xiaobing(2012-06-15)."The third Danzhou tournament – Bu Xiangzhi takes gold".ChessBase.Retrieved9 October2015.[permanent dead link]
  21. ^Ramirez, Alejandro (2014-07-06)."Ding Liren edges Bu Xiangzhi to top Hainan".ChessBase.Retrieved9 January2016.
  22. ^"Bu Xiangzhi convincing in Politiken Cup".Chessdom. 2014-07-29.Retrieved9 October2015.
  23. ^Shah, Sagar (2017-09-11)."FIDE World Cup 2017: World No.35 eliminates World No.1".Chess News.ChessBase.Retrieved2019-09-09.
  24. ^"The Week in Chess 1497".theweekinchess.Retrieved2023-07-23.
  25. ^"Biel: Bu Xiangzhi wins the Masters Open Tournament".Chess News.2023-07-28.Retrieved2023-07-28.
  26. ^Wojciech Bartelski."World Men's Team Chess Championship:: Bu Xiangzhi".OlimpBase.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  27. ^Wojciech Bartelski."Men's Chess Olympiads:: Bu Xiangzhi".OlimpBase.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  28. ^Wojciech Bartelski."Asian Chess Games:: Bu Xiangzhi".OlimpBase. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-03-09.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  29. ^Wojciech Bartelski."Men's Asian Team Chess Championship:: Bu Xiangzhi".OlimpBase.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  30. ^"China confirms domination, wins World Team Championship 2015".Chessdom. 2015-04-29.
  31. ^McGourty, Colin (2018-10-06)."Quadruple Olympiad gold for China: 17 conclusions".chess24.Retrieved2019-09-09.
  32. ^"Nhã qua ngươi ly Trung Quốc cờ vua League cấp Giáp phía chính phủ trang web".Ccl.sports.cn. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-10-28.Retrieved2011-12-04.
  33. ^Peng, Zhaoqin(2013-10-14)."Tianjin Nankai University with Koneru leads in the Chinese League".News About Chess.Archived fromthe originalon 26 November 2015.Retrieved8 October2015.

Further reading

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  • "Interview with Bu Xiangzhi" by Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam,New in Chess(2002/6 edition):"Magazine".New In Chess. 2009-11-26. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-10-23.Retrieved2011-12-04.
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