(1985-12-10) December 10, 1985 (age 38) Qingdao, Shandong, China
Title
Grandmaster (1999)
FIDE rating
2684 (April 2024)
Peak rating
2731 (February 2019)
Ranking
No. 49 (April 2024)
Peak ranking
No. 22 (April 2008)
Medal record
Representing China
Asian Games
2006 Doha
Men's Individual
2006 Doha
Mixed Team
2010 Guangzhou
Men's Individual
2010 Guangzhou
Men's Team
Bu Xiangzhi
Chinese
卜祥志
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Bǔ Xiángzhì
Wade–Giles
Pu Hsiang-chih
Tongyong Pinyin
Bǔ Siángjhìh
Yale Romanization
Pǔ Syángjr̀
IPA
[pù ɕjǎŋʈʂɻ̩̂]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Búk Cheùhng ji
Jyutping
Buk1 coeng4 zi3
IPA
[pŭːk̚tsʰœːŋtsi]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Poh Siông-chì
Bu Xiangzhi (Chinese: 卜祥志; pinyin: Bǔ Xiángzhì; born December 10, 1985) is a Chinese chess player. In 1999, he became the 10th grandmaster from China at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 13 days, at the time the youngest in history. In April 2008, Bu and Ni Hua became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating line, after Wang Yue.
Bu was Chinese champion in 2004. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the 2015 World Team Chess Championship and at the 2018 Chess Olympiad.
BuXiangzhi (Chinese: 卜祥志; pinyin: BǔXiángzhì; born December 10, 1985) is a Chinese chess player. In 1999, he became the 10th grandmaster from China at...
Alushta tournament in May 2002 and Sudak in August 2002, he surpassed BuXiangzhi to become the world's youngest grandmaster at the age of 12 years 7 months―a...
and +29=5–2 results. She also played a six-game blitz match against BuXiangzhi, winning 5–1. After that she visited Beijing as a tourist with her husband...
third grandmaster norm. Mar 7 – BuXiangzhi, Yu Yangyi and Arjun Erigaisi tie for first at the Shenzhen Masters, with Bu winning on tiebreaks. Mar 15 –...
days 1997 Ruslan Ponomariov Ukraine 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 1999 BuXiangzhi China 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 2002 Sergey Karjakin Russia 12 years...
Carlsen International Open "Villa de Benasque" Benasque 5–14 July 2628+7⁄8 BuXiangzhi International Chess Festival Astana Zhuldyzdary Astana 11–18 July 2620+1⁄2...
China's 15th Grandmaster at the age of 19. In April 2008, Ni Hua and BuXiangzhi both became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo...
Chinese players, Wei Yi sequentially knocked out Zhao Jun, Yu Yangyi and BuXiangzhi to win the event. The format of this event was identical to that of the...
team members were Zhao Xue, Xu Yuhua, Hou Yifan, Wang Hao, Ni Hua, and BuXiangzhi. Hou Yifan won an individual gold medal for her board two display with...
World Chess Champion 2002–04 Succeeded by Rustam Kasimdzhanov Preceded by Étienne Bacrot Youngest chess grandmaster ever 1997–99 Succeeded by BuXiangzhi...
Asrian, Smbat Lputian, Gabriel Sargissian, Artashes Minasian China 34 BuXiangzhi, Zhang Zhong, Zhang Pengxiang, Wang Yue, Ni Hua, Zhao Jun United States...
following year, finishing with five straight wins to tie with Chinese GM BuXiangzhi, whom he then proceeded to beat in the rapidplay playoff. In October...
defeated Aleksey Dreev +2−0=0. He was then defeated in the third round by BuXiangzhi +0−1=1 and eliminated from the tournament. On 1 October, Carlsen won...
Asian Blitz Chess Championship in Mashhad on tiebreak over Wesley So and BuXiangzhi, after all three players finished on 7/9 points. In October of the same...
Svidler of Russia (Elo rating 2727, ranked seventeenth in the world); BuXiangzhi of China (Elo rating 2714, ranked twenty-sixth in the world). With at...
and finishing ahead of Surya Ganguly, Artyom Timofeev, Luke McShane, BuXiangzhi, Pentala Harikrishna, and others. Aronian made his debut at the FIDE...
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