Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tiebreak victory over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan. Ding, 30, takes over as winner of the World ...

The 18-year-old beat defending champion Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 ... of a rock star or famous cricketer, with confetti, banners, crowds singing his name and even men on stilts.

With nerves no longer a concern for him, teenaged Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh will hold the psychological edge against a slightly shaken defending champion Ding Liren when the two resume their ...

And he did, in the third game of the World championship against Ding Liren. He was trailing by a point with the first rest day of the match coming up. And he needed to win a game in the World ...

China's Ding Liren defeated India's Gukesh Dommaraju in their opening match of the final at the World Chess Championship in Singapore.