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	MindZine Chess News
		Xiangzhi Bu won again, and is now only a point back of the lead with 5 points.
		Xiangzhi Bu is struggling, as he gave up a draw to a 2300.
		Xiangzhi Bu got back on his bicycle with a win, but whiz kid Hikura Nakamura was thrown to the floor.
	www.msoworld.com /mindzine/news/chess/nyopen.html (944 words)

	Xiangzhi Bu Youngest GM in the world (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Xiangzhi Bu of China becomes the youngest Grand Master in Chess history.
		Bu, born Dec. 10th '85, betters the existing record set by Ukrainian GM Russlan Ponomariov in Oct.1997.
		Reaching this remarkable milestone at the young age of 13 years, 10 months and 13 days Bu has sent a strong message that the records are set to be broken and it shall get younger in the days to come.
	www.chathurangam.com /news/younestgm.asp (369 words)

	Mindzine Chess News - 25 October 1999 - MSO
		Bu, born in 1985 on December 10, needs to have his title approved within the next two months to break Ponomariov's record.
		Bu, however, managed to put together a blistering finish with fives wins and two draws, bringing him up to the six point target.
		There should be no doubt concerning Bu's talent, but sceptics might find it a bit strange how two of his opponents "lost their marbles" at the most critical stage of the game.
	www.msoworld.com /mindzine/news/chess/gausel/reports/bu.html (508 words)

	Bu within smelling distance of landmark Chinese boy set to become youngest GM
		Bu, who completed the requirements in October 1999, would have figured in the January list under normal circumstances but the Chinese federation had not put forward his title application to Fide, the world chess federation.
		Born on December 10, 1985 in Qingdao, the coastal city of China, Bu learned the moves at the age of six and at 12, he finished fourth in the World under-12 championship in France.
		If Bu can brace himself up to become the next world champion in the near future, it would be a great double for China.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000511/isp11012.html (550 words)

	Chess \| Robert Byrne
		In the final round, against the 15-year-old Chinese grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi, Acs showed off a superior grasp of positional play, followed by an incisive mating attack.
		Bu's 12 b4 Nd7 13 b5 Nb6 would have made sense if he had continued with 14 a4 Re8 15 Ba3 to exchange his inactive queen bishop for Acs's active one.
		So, Bu chose the fatalistic 27 f3, letting his king be driven into the open.
	www.nytimes.com /ref/crosswords/chess/010923chess.html (472 words)

	The chess games of Bu Xiangzhi
		Bu Xiangzhi will be playing in the Bundesliga next season, according to tha cover of the German chess magazine Schach 64:
		Cool news BTW, I think Bu's ELO is really underrated, he's definitely playing around 2700 strength as of late...
		And it is even stranger that Bu Xiangzhi would go a winless(!) -3 in an 11 round tournament.
	www.chessgames.com /player/bu_xiangzhi.html (762 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sports
		Taiyuan (China): World junior champion P. Harikrishna continued to be in title contention with a crucial win over Bu Xiangzhi of China (reported in Tuesday’s Late City edition) in the ninth round of the second Sanjin Hotel Cup Grandmasters chess tournament here.
		Despite the loss to the Indian GM, Bu Xiangzhi remained in sole third spot with 5.5 points as his nearest contenders fell apart.
		Xiangzhi, once the youngest GM in the world, was no match for the Indian stalwart, playing white, as he fell easily in just 36 moves after the complexities took centrestage in the closed Sicilian opening.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050720/asp/sports/story_5011824.asp (239 words)

	The Hindu : Ganguly stuns top seed
		In an interesting battle, following an off-beat line in the `dragon' variation of Sicilian Defence, Bu chose to sacrifice a bishop for rook besides a pawn to aggressively seize the initiative.
		Bu, pressing hard, again sacrificed a pawn but this time, Ganguly continued more solidly.
		It all boiled down to both players having less than a minute on their clocks and needed to make the moves to gain the 30-second increment, for every move made, to escape losing on time.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/2002/12/17/stories/2002121701282200.htm (612 words)

	The Week in Chess 258
		Bu Xiangzhi came first equal in the Qingdao Daily Cup which was played in Qingdao, China, Oct 18th-23rd 1999.
		Bu Xiangzhi started slowly losing to Isaev and Dao Thien Hai in the first two rounds before scoring 6/7 to just reach the six point target.
		Bu was born 10th December 1985 making him 13 years 10 months and 13 days old if this norm is allowed (I think my calculations are right!).
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/twic259.html (6560 words)

	Harikrishna two wins away from title
		A hard-hitting loss against former Russian champion Alexander Motylev in the eighth round might have dampened the World Junior champion's spirits a bit, but the Indian, who is leading with 6.5 points, is still the firm favourite to clinch the title.
		Bu Xiangzhi of China is half a point adrift of Motylev while Wang Yue is next in line on five points.
		Bu Xinagzhi is the other consistent player who has done quite well.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2005/jul/18chess.htm (485 words)

	Kasparov Cadet Grand Prix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The players were: Radjabov, Teimour (f AZE 2459 born 1987) Bu Xiangzhi (CHN 2565 born 1985) Belov, Vladimir (RUS 2389 born 1984) Efimenko, Zahar (UKR 2332 born 1985) Thiruchelvam, Thirumurugan (ENG 2235 born 1988) Rodshtein,Maxim (ISR unrated) Nakamura, Hikaru (USA 2261) Alcazar Jimenez, Jesus (ESP 2143 born 1984) and they played in a KO format.
		In the final he beat Bu Xiangzhi the Chinese player who may have broken the record for the youngest ever GM (subject to confirmation).
		Radjabov claimed a draw and was granted one, in the first game of the final that progress was not possible by normal means and this was granted after his flag fell.
	www.chess.gr /tourn/2000/kasp-grand_prix_2000 (180 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta
		Panaji: The Indians continued to trail Grandmaster Luke McShane of England who remained atop the table with a draw against top seed Grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi of China in the fifth round of the 41st world junior chess championship here at Cidade de Goa Thursday.
		Bu Xiangzhi, once the youngest GM in the world, tried to make some headway on the queenside with routine pawn roller but realised that white had adequate resources on the other flank.
		The result was a peace proposal on the 19th move by the Chinese that was turned down but five moves later McShane himself suggested a draw result that was accepted after some thought.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1021213/asp/sports/story_1476665.asp (579 words)

	Harikrishna extends lead with fifth win
		Scoring his fifth straight victory, Harikrishna maintained his clean slate and is now followed by Tigran Petrosian of Armenia and Bu Xiangzhi of China, who both have 3.5 points each.
		Former world junior girls' champion Zhoa Xue's bad patch continued as she lost her fifth game on the trot, bowing to compatriot Bu Xiangzhi in another one-sided game of the day.
		Xiangzhi employed the recently popular Albin counter gambit as fl and found Xue completely off guard in the middle game.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2005/jul/14chess.htm (490 words)

	Teimour Rajabov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bu Xiangzhi scored 2 GM norms in the Atom Cup Chess GM tournaments held in Hungary, Budapest with a good result of 20 rounds 10 win 9 draw 1 lost.
		From July to the middle of October 1999, Bu attended 4 big tournaments, played 25 GMs, and got a good result of 11 wins 5 draw 9 losses.
		In 1996 and 1997, Bu finished second and then first in the 12-year-old group in the world championships.
	www.64.net.cn /bugrzy/ebusjsjs1.htm (175 words)

	Manila Standard: The Future is Ours
		The depth of the World Juniors is shown by the big number of teenagers with Elo ratings of 2600 and above, compared to Paragua’s 2476.
		Bu Xiangzhi of China is the top seed with an Elo rating of 2601, but three of the top five rated players are Russians, with two of them international masters.
		Levon Aronian of Armenia is the second seed with 2581, Dmitri Javokenko of Russia has 2570, Kamil Miton of Poland (2564) and Artyom Timofeev of Russia (2558) and Ernesto Inarkiev of Russia (2556).
	www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=sports03_dec11_2002 (280 words)

	outlookindia.com
		Taiyuan (China), Jul 19 (PTI) World Junior Champion P Harikrishna continued to be in title contention with a crucial win against Bu Xiangzhi of China in the ninth round of the second Sanjin Hotel Cup Grandmasters chess tournament here.
		Having lost his 8th round game to Motylev it was imperative for Harikrishna to comeback in full swing and he did precisely that.
		Xiangzhi, once the youngest GM in the World, was no match for the Indian stalwart, playing white, as he fell like nine pins in just 36 moves after the complexities took the centre stage in the Closed Sicilian opening.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_print.asp?id=311405 (250 words)

	Korea 5 Won BU - Find it on Coins-n-More.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		MindZine Chess News… Xiangzhi Bu won again, and is now only a point back of the lead with 5 points.
		Petersen, AU softball team set up rematch with BU… inning and earned her first victory when West won it in the eighth innings.
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	www.coins-n-more.com /korea/5-bu-won/a20e4185.html (534 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Chess : Hari inches closer to title
		Hari, who is still half-a-point ahead of nearest challenger Russia's Alexander Motylev, needs at least draw against Ukraine's Sergey Karjakin in the final round to make sure of the title.
		Motylev, after his drawn 35-move Queen's Indian encounter with China's Wang Yue, will be looking to beat China's Bu Xiangzhi to keep alive his chances of catching up with Hari.
		On a day when Karjakin and Bu Xiangzhi suffered defeats, Chinese tailender Zhao Xue and Briton Luke McShane produced a marathon 132-move draw.
	www.hindu.com /2005/07/20/stories/2005072007231800.htm (204 words)

	World Chess Championship : 2000 Braingames
		Eight top under-16 players from different countries around the world participated -- among them were Bu Xiangzhi, the youngest GM of all time, and Teimour Radjabov, the winner of the 1999 European Under 18 Championship.
		The young stars managed to cope with the technical obstacles and Radjabov beat Bu Xiangzhi 1.5-0.5 in the final match.
		The second event was a six game exhibition match between Women's World Champion Xie Jun, playing the first four games in Shanghai with the rest from Beijing, and Deep Junior, playing from the KasparovChess offices in Israel.
	www.mark-weeks.com /chess/a0a1gkix.htm (2606 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Caught! Russians win the World Team Championship (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On board one Bu Xiangzhi played a pragmatic 21-move draw against Peter Svidler, the second-highest seed in this tournament.
		Now all that was needed was for his team mates to get one draw from the other three games.
		Bu Xiangzhi in the checkered shirt in the middle)
	www.chessbase.com.cob-web.org:8888 /newsdetail.asp?newsid=2730 (654 words)

	Khaleej Times - Online
		This is a truly Herculean feat which broke the 13-year barrier and the record held by Bu Xiangzhi of China.
		Al Girgawi thanked in particular the American University in Dubai who have entered as main sponsors along with Ajax for the first time saying that it is a great pleasure to have Elias Bu Saab as representative of this leading institution.
		The position of the UAE national team is still unclear because their sponsors Emirates Bank International Limited (EBIL) have yet to confirm.
	www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/251202/sports.htm (3408 words)

	Daily Excelsior.........sports
		With Chinese GM Bu Xiangzhi handing Motylev a stunning defeat, the draw was enough for the Indian to clinch the crown in the category-15 event.
		The third place was shared by Chinese duo of Wang Yue and Bu Xiangzhi who both scored an identical 6.5 points apiece.
		Going for the English attack the Russian was caught off guard by a direct attack against his own king and no matter what he tried, Xiabzhi energy compiled with his moves proved stronger.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/05july22/sports.htm (2396 words)

	Corus - Wijk aan Zee 2004 - John Henderson Reports on Round 7
		Aged just 12-years seven months, he smashed China’s Bu Xiangzhi previous record by more than a year – and unlike Fischer, Karjakin’s record may never be broken.
		For the record, the youngest GMs down the years have been: Bobby Fischer (15 years, 6 months, 1 day), Judit Polgar (15y, 4m, 28d), Peter Leko (14y, 4m, 22d), Etienne Bacrot (14y, 2m, 0d), Ruslan Ponomariov (14y, 0m, 17d), Bu Xiangzhi (13y, 10m, 13d), Sergey Karjakin (12y, 7m, 2d).
		Here at Wijk aan Zee, the organisers pride themselves in blooding young talent in the game by giving them a stage to showcase their talents.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/event/wijk2004/rd7.html (1227 words)

	The Scotsman - Chess News - World Chess Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		THE battle for the World Junior crown, taking place at the luxurious 5-star Cidade de Goa in India, now more than ever looks to be heading for a nail-biting final few rounds, as the leading group in first place expands further to eight players.
		As the top three boards opted for safety with draws, the main casualties of round nine turned out to be the Chinese, as both Bu Xiangzhi and Ni Hua suffered losses that more or less put paid to their chances of a that elusive, first title.
		Top seed Bu lost to India's latest GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly, who now joins the leading pack, as does Poland's Radislav Wojtaszek after inflicting a second successive defeat on Ni Hua.
	www.worldchessnetwork.com /English/chessNews/scotsman/021218.php (298 words)

	Chess grandmaster Humpy wins India's first gold medal - Sports - International Herald Tribune
		The men's singles gold went to Kazakhstan grandmaster Murtas Kazhgalevey, whose final-round victory over Indian grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran took him to 7.5 points — half a point clear of Vietnam's Thien Hai Dao and Bu Xiangzhi of China.
		Vietnam's Dao got the silver and Bu the bronze even though both finished with seven points.
		Dao won his ninth-round match against Iranian Elshan Moradiabadi, but Bu slipped behind when he was held to a draw by Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan in the last outing.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/12/04/sports/ME_SPT_Asian_Games_Chess.php (673 words)

	Chess: China Win Silver at World Team Championship
		That is, Chinese team only needed one point to win the gold.
		When Bu Xiangzhi finished his match first and scored half a point, some reporters already began compiling their reports with the title China Wins Gold, because the Chinese team was only half a point away from the champion.
		But after some time, anther two Chinese players lost, leaving only 22 year old Ni Hua in the court to defend the lead.
	en.chinabroadcast.cn /301/2005/11/11/165@30043.htm (489 words)

	Bu Xiangzhi vs Baadur Jobava (2005)
		Bu correctly calculates the pawn ending arising after he sacrifices his passed e6-pawn and all the pieces are traded off on e8.
		How many GMs would correctly evaluate this position as a winning King and Pawn endgame for White several moves earlier?
		Bu Xiangzhi liquidates into a complex winning K+P ending
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1366524 (260 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Bu Xiangzhi.
		White to move and win except where noted.
		Black to move and win except where noted.
	www.wtharvey.com /bu.html (72 words)

	Bruzon beats Bacrot, emerges champion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In a play off for the third place Sasikiran defeated IM Volokitin of Ukraine, 1.5-0.5.
		The other Indian in the fray, Pentyala Harikrishna finished eighth losing out to Chinese junior Bu Xianghzhi 0.5-1.5 in a tense battle.
		Harikrishna,who was a last minute replacement for Azei Junior Teimor Rajdabov, lost out after leading against Aronian in the previous day and went down to Chinese Grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi as well.
	www.chathurangam.com /abroad/youngmasters/final.asp (166 words)

	Round Report Archive - USA vs China 2002 - Chess News - World Chess Network
		Zhong made no mistake, bringing home China’s first full point for men in the tournament.
		GM Gregory Kaidanov drew his encounter on Board 4 versus GM Bu Xiangzki while GM Joel Benjamin once again handled FM Ni Hua, who may be out of his league against the legendary American Grandmaster.
		Lastly, GM Alexander Shabalov played another inspired affair defeating GM Zhang Pengxiang for the second time.
	www.worldchessnetwork.com /English/chessNews/USChina2002/archive.php (1121 words)

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