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 ...
And that was good enough to pass as satisfactory as he drew the second game with black pieces against Ding Liren in Singapore ... Carlsen beat Nepo with black and had two draws with Sergei ...