Ding Liren (Chinese: 丁立人; born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster who was the 17th World Chess Champion from 2023–24. He is also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion and was a member of the Chinese chess teams that won the Chess Olympiads in 2014 and 2018.

Dec 21, 2024 · Ding Liren (born October 24, 1992, Wenzhou, China) is a Chinese chess player who was the world chess champion from 2023 to 2024. 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. He ...

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.

He was the world champion from May 2023 to December 2024, earning the title after defeating GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 FIDE World Championship. Like most world champions, a combination of dominance and close calls have defined …

Apr 5, 2023 · Ding's parents named him 'Liren' after their favorite Confucian saying: "If you want to be healthy, make others healthy." He received a law degree from Peking University in Beijing. Ding loves to read and his favorite hobby is studying Chinese literature.

9/30/2017 – World Cup runner-up, Ding Liren, the chess player, is well known to everyone. But what about Ding Liren the person. Not much is known about his personal life, his education, his likes, dislikes, hobbies, his girlfriend, daily routine, future aims and so on.

May 2, 2023 · China's Ding Liren was crowned the 17th world chess champion on Sunday after beating Russian-born Ian Nepomniachtchi in a tense 20-day stand off in Kazakhstan. The young man's triumph means China now holds both the men's and women's world titles.

May 2, 2023 · It was a fitting finale for the unlikely coronation of the 17th world chess champion: The only time Chinese GM Ding Liren led in his epic monthlong title match with Russian rival Ian...

It was a fitting finale for the unlikely coronation of the 17th world chess champion: The only time Chinese GM Ding Liren led in his epic monthlong title match with Russian rival Ian Nepomniachtchi was when the clocks were stopped on the fourth and final game of the rapid playoff that decided the contest.

May 1, 2023 · After 25 days of intense, exhausting chess, there's a new world champion: China's Ding Liren.