| Ding Liren 丁立人 | |
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.jpg) Ding in 2023 | |
| Country | China |
| Born | 24 October 1992 Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009)[1] |
| World Champion | 2023–present |
| FIDE rating | 2728 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2816 (November 2018) |
| Ranking | No. 23 (November 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 2 (November 2021) |
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Ding Liren (Chinese: 丁立人; born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. He is the second highest-rated Chinese chess player in history and also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion. He was the winner of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the finals and winning the 2019 Sinquefield Cup.[2][3] Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament and pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings.[4] In July 2016, with a Blitz rating of 2875, he was the highest-rated Blitz player in the world.[5] In July 2023, Ding became the No. 1 ranked Rapid player, with a rating of 2830.[6]
Ding was undefeated in classical chess from August 2017 to November 2018, recording 29 victories and 71 draws. This 100-game unbeaten streak was the longest in top-level chess history,[7] until Magnus Carlsen surpassed it in 2019.[8] Ding ended up being the runner up of Chess World Cups in 2017 and 2019 consecutively and came second in the Candidates Tournament in 2022: this qualified him for the World Chess Championship 2023 against Ian Nepomniachtchi, as Carlsen declined to defend his title. Ding won, making him World Chess Champion, by defeating Nepomniachtchi 2½ to 1½ in the rapid tie breaks after their 7–7 tie in classical chess.
- ^ Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)".
- ^ "Ding Liren Wins 2019 Grand Chess Tour". 9 December 2019.
- ^ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter (30 August 2019). "Ding Beats Carlsen In Playoff To Win Sinquefield Cup". Chess.com.
- ^ "Ding Liren: Quiet Assassin". chess24.com. 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Search results: July 2016". FIDE. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Search results: July 2023". FIDE. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Peterson, Macauley (11 November 2018). "Ding defeated! Tiviakov celebrates!". ChessBase.
- ^ Overvik, Jostein; Strøm, Ole Kristian (21 October 2019). "Magnus Carlsen satte verdensrekord: 101 partier uten tap". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian).