Who is Ding Liren? Ding's journey began in Wenzhou, a city in China's Zhejiang province known for its strong chess culture. He started playing at the age of four.

Item 1 of 3 Chess - FIDE World Championship Match 2023 - Tiebreak - Astana, Kazakhstan - April 30, 2023. Ding Liren of China competes against Ian Nepomniachtchi of International Chess Federation.

The FIDE Grand Swiss is the event that helped Vidit Gujrathi and Vaishali Rameshbabu secure spots at the Candidates ...

D Gukesh and Ding Liren will battle in the final classical game - Game 14 - of the World Chess Championship match on Thursday, December 12. With the scores tied at 6.5-6.5 after 13 classical games ...

Ding Liren was in a dejected state in the post-match press conference after his game 3 loss to D Gukesh. Eng Chin An / FIDE Gukesh has now delivered a punch just when he needed to.

China's Ding Liren became the new world chess champion on Sunday, after winning a rapid-play tiebreak over Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi. Thirty-year-old Ding won the rapid chess playoff by 2.5 ...

Ding Liren eased to an impressive win in game 1 of the 2024 FIDE chess World Championship on Monday against D Gukesh. The defending champion saw off a fast and furious start from his young ...

One of the world’s biggest sporting competitions got underway Monday morning, with reigning champion Ding Liren taking game 1 of the World Chess Championship against 18-year-old phenom Gukesh ...

After a shattering loss in game 11 of the FIDE World Championship 2024, Ding Liren was given a file by his second Richard Rapport titled "strike back". In game 12, he struck back, and how.

Ding Liren: "I think it's too early to play something like the Sicilian. Still, there are three games ahead. In the Candidates, I won in the last game, so, anything can happen in the last three ...

Item 1 of 2 Chess - FIDE World Championship Match 2023 - Game 8 - Astana, Kazakhstan - April 20, 2023. Ding Liren of China competes against Ian Nepomniachtchi of International Chess Federation.

Ding Liren, a chess prodigy from China, has become the first Chinese Classical World Chess Champion. Starting his journey at the age of four, Ding rapidly rose through the ranks, claiming victory ...