Ding, who beat Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi to become the world champion ... But the Indian teenager drew level by winning game three as Ding lost on timing after he was unable to play his first ...

“For most of us, (to become a world champion) is just a dream,” Richard Rapport, who worked with Ding as his second during his 2023 match against Ian Nepomniachtchi, told HT in an interview.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

YEKATERINBURG, April 26. /TASS/. Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi won on Monday the FIDE (the World Chess Federation) Chess Candidates Tournament with a round to spare of the international ...