He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994, becoming the fourth from China.
Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu,[1] Xu was champion of China in 1983 and 1985.
[2] He has been a member of the Chinese Olympiad team, a five times winner of the Asia Team Championship (1983–2003), the 1987 3.3 Zonal champion, the 1998 champion of China Open; the 2000–2001 champion of Asia, and was a 2002 Chess Olympiad member of Chinese team which came 5th in the final standings.
In 2012, he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
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