first tied for first with Ding Liren, placing second on tiebreak, in the 5th Hainan Danzhou tournament and then won the Politiken Cup in Helsingør, Denmark with 9/10, a full point ahead of the field. Bu won the match against the world champion Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE World Cup 2017 in the third round and eliminated him from the tournament. National team Bu has played regularly since 2001 in the Chinese national team. With the World Team Chess Championship in 2005 in Beersheba, and with the Turin 2006 Chess Olympiad he 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 Grandmasters Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand and Levon Aronian. He has played in two previous Chess Olympiads in 2002 and 2004, both on board four. He was part of the team that won silver at the December 2006 Asian Games in Doha. He won an individual bronze medal on board two as the team won gold at the 2008 15th Asian Team Chess Championship in Visakhapatnam. Bu was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the World Team Chess Championship in 2015. He was also in the team that won the 43rd Chess Olympiad in 2018; in this event, Bu also won the individual bronze medal on board four. China Chess League Bu Xiangzhi plays for Shandong chess club in the China Chess League (CCL). Personal life Bu Xiangzhi is married to Huang Qian, also a chess player. Notable chess games Bu Xiangzhi vs Krishnan Sasikiran, VI Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Internet 2005, Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Nadanian Attack (D85), 1-0 Baadur Jobava vs Bu Xiangzhi, 37th Chess Olympiad 2006, Slav Defense: Chameleon Variation, Advance System (D15), 0-1 Bu Xiangzhi vs Judit Polgar, Biel Chess Festival 2007, English Opening: Symmetrical, Four Knights Variation (D41), 1-0 Bu Xiangzhi vs Veselin Topalov, M-Tel Masters 2008, Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation (D02), 1-0 Magnus Carlsen vs Bu Xiangzhi, World Cup (2017) Tbilisi GEO, Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, 0-1 See also Chess in China Chess prodigy#List of youngest grandmasters References Further reading "Interview with Bu Xiangzhi" by Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, New in Chess'' (2002/6 edition): External links Bu Xiangzhi at Sina Sports Chessmetrics Ratings: