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Ding Liren is the reigning FIDE World Chess Champion after defeating GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 World Championship. Like most world champions, a combination of dominance and close calls have defined Ding's career leading up to winning the title.
Ding Liren ( Chinese: 丁立人; born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. He is the highest-rated Chinese chess player in history and also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion.
Jun 6, 2024 · World Champion Ding Liren finally has something to celebrate after beating GM Hikaru Nakamura in armageddon. That is good news for world number-one Magnus Carlsen, who extended his Norway Chess 2024 lead to 1.5 points before the final round after an armageddon win over GM Alireza Firouzja.
Jan 31, 2020 · Ding Liren, the current world number-three and strongest Chinese chess player in history, speaks to David Cox about the rise of Chinese men’s chess, his remarkable 100-game unbeaten streak and the difficulty of maintaining a relationship while playing elite chess.
Apr 30, 2023 · Ding Liren of China Wins World Chess Championship. Ding prevailed in a rapid-play tiebreaker against Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. He is the first Chinese man to hold the world title. Ding...
May 1, 2023 · Here are four reasons why Ding Liren's world championship win over Ian Nepomniachtchi is truly special
Apr 30, 2023 · In the fourth and final rapid tiebreak game Sunday in Kazakhstan, it was Ding who was victorious, winning the rapid tiebreak by 2.5 points to 1.5 to become China’s first world chess champion in...
May 1, 2023 · After one of the most dramatic and combative title matches for decades, Ding Liren became China’s first overall world champion, and the 17th in the historic series, on Sunday.
May 1, 2023 · Ding Liren has become China's first men's world chess champion, after defeating Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi. Ding, 30, won a rapid-play tiebreaker after 14 first-stage games at the World Chess...
Jun 12, 2023 · Ding Liren is a Chinese chess player who became the world chess champion in 2023. Ding learned chess at the age of four. His hometown, Wenzhou, is known in China for its strong chess culture, and as a child Ding studied under the same coaches that taught women’s world champion Zhu Chen.
