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 ...

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 ...

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.

Hong Kong teenager Jamison Kao managed to draw a “super-crazy” chess game with mainland Chinese grandmaster and former world champion Ding Liren at the weekend – but the city’s No 1 still ...

Talking about Gukesh's vanquished rival at the world championship, Kasparov said: "Gukesh was, in my view, a favorite because Ding was the pale shadow of what Ding was before COVID. COVID ruined him.

NEW DELHI: China's Ding Liren and Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh collide ... Ding claimed the title after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in 2023. Gukesh earned the right to challenge Ding after ...