Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tiebreak victory over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi ... Nepomniachtchi in the faster formats of the game ...

TASS/. Chinese chess player Ding Liren defeated Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in the fourth tie break game of the World Chess Championship in Astana. The 14 games with standard time control ...

Challenger D Gukesh admitted it was disappointing to lose Game 12 of the World Chess Championship match on Monday, just a day after outclassing reigning champion Ding Liren. However, Gukesh said ...

Defending world chess champion Ding Liren and ... Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi to become the world champion in Kazakhstan last year, defeated Gukesh in 42 moves in the opening game.

he stands to reap the rewards in the coming games. In the last world championship match that he won, Liren was trailing thrice but came back to even the scores against Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia.

Chess has a new world champion – 30-year-old Ding Liren from China. He defeated Russia’a world no. 2 Ian Nepomniatchi to become only the 17 th player in chess history to wear this crown.