Ding Liren blir Kinas första världsmästare i schack

Ding Liren (Chinese: 丁立人; pinyin: Dīng Lìrén; born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and reigning World Chess Champion. He is the highest-rated Chinese chess player in history and is 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, as the first player since 2007 to beat Magnus Carlsen in a playoff. Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament and pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings. In July 2016, with a Blitz rating of 2875, he was the highest rated Blitz player in the world.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, until Magnus Carlsen surpassed it in 2019. Ding is currently No. 3 in classical chess, behind only Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, and was one of the challengers for the World Chess Championship 2023 (having qualified as Carlsen declined to defend his title, and by coming in second to Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Candidates Tournament 2022). Ding Liren won the Championship in 2023 becoming the 17th World Chess Champion and the first ever Chinese player to hold the title.