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.

Ding Liren is a Chinese chess grandmaster and 17th FIDE world chess champion. 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.

Nov 4, 2023 · GM Ding Liren has withdrawn from several events since becoming world champion. Now the Chinese star reveals to Chess.com that an unspecified illness is the cause of his absence and that he intends to return to tournament play in 2024.

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 ...

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

Dec 9, 2024 · After a shattering loss in game 11 of the FIDE World Championship 2024, Ding Liren was given a file by his second Richard Rapport titled "strike back". In game 12, he struck back, and...

Sep 20, 2024 · Ding Liren (born on 24th october 1992) is the current Fide World Champion (2023-present), two time runner up of Fide World Cup 2x, 3x Chinese Champion (first time he became champion when he was 16 years old), Represented China 4 times in olympics and team got two golds in 2014 and 2018 and getting one bronze and one gold medal for individual ...

Ding Liren's journey to becoming the first Chinese World Chess Champion is a testament to resilience. Rising from modest beginnings, he became the youngest Chinese national champion at 16, leading to a series of historic achievements, including two Olympiad golds and a record-breaking 100-game unbeaten streak.

Ding Liren won the World Chess Championship 2023 and became the 17th World Champion. It's been 200 days since the last game of chess that he has played publicly. So where is Ding Liren, what is he up to?

Apr 5, 2023 · Everything you need to know about Ding Liren ahead of the 2023 FIDE World Championship.