Bu Xiangzhi
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| Full name | Bu Xiangzhi |
| Country | China |
| Born |
December 10, 1985 Qingdao, Shandong, China |
| Title | Grandmaster (1999) |
| FIDE rating |
2711 (February 2017) (No. 29 in the January 2016 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2724 (January 2016) |
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Representing  China
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2006 Doha | Men's Individual |
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2006 Doha | Mixed Team |
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2010 Guangzhou | Men's Individual |
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2010 Guangzhou | Men's Team |
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| Chinese | 卜祥志 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Bǔ Xiángzhì |
| Wade–Giles | Pu Hsiang-chih |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Bǔ Siángjhìh |
| Yale Romanization | Pǔ Syángjr̀ |
| IPA | [pù ɕi̯ǎŋʈʂɻ̩̂] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Búk Cheùhng ji |
| IPA | [tsœ́ːŋ tsʊ́ŋ] |
| Jyutping | Buk1 coeng4 zi3 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Poh Siông-chì |
Bu Xiangzhi (Chinese: 卜祥志; pinyin: Bǔ Xiángzhì; born December 10, 1985) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and Chinese champion in 2004. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the 2015 World Team Chess Championship.
In 1999, he became China's 10th Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 10 months, 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 born December 10, 1985 in Qingdao. At age six, Bu was first introduced to chess by an elder cousin (his grandfather was a strong xiangqi player), and his interest grew with his compatriot Xie Jun's women's world championship victory in 1991. He began taking chess seriously at the age of nine years and received early training from then on. During this time, the Qingdao Daily newspaper founded a local chess club which many children in the city went to, including the Qingdao Daily's chief editor's son. His first chess book was a translation of the famous My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby 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 and Under-14 World Youth Champion. In 1999 he finished seventh in the prestigious Tan Chin Nam Grandmaster Invitational Tournament.
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