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    Ding Liren - Wikipedia

    • Ding Liren (Chinese: 丁立人; born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster who was the 17th World Chess Champion from 2023–24. He is also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion and was a member of the Chinese chess teams that won the Chess Olympiads in 2014 and 2018. Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament … See more

    Early life and education

    Ding was born in Wenzhou, China, and started learning chess when he was four years old. He attended See more

    Chess career

    Ding is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion (2009, 2011, 2012 ) and has represented China at all four Chess Olympiads from 2012 to 2018, winning team gold medals in 2014 and 2018, and individual b… See more

    Results

    • November 2003: U-10 World Youth Championship in Heraklio, joint 1st on 9½/11 points with Eltaj Safarli, 2nd on tiebreak
    • April 2004: Chinese Men's Team Championship in Jinan, scored 1/4… See more

    Personal life

    He is accompanied by his mother on his travels. In an interview with Die Zeit in February 2024, he said he was dysphoric and had problems sleeping. In November 2024, he was quoted as saying he simply no longer e… See more

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