Bu Xiangzhi is a Chinese chess player. He became a Grandmaster in 1999 at the age of 13 years, 10 months, 13 days, making him the youngest person to that date to have held the title. From left, a white king, black rook and queen, white pawn, black knight, and white bishop in Staunton chess pieces. ... The title International Grandmaster is awarded to superb chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. It is a lifetime title, in chess literature usually abbreviated as GM or IGM (this is in contrast to WGM for Woman Grandmaster and IM for International Master). ...