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    Ding LirenChinese chess grandmaster
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    Ding Liren - Wikipedia
    Born24 October 1992 · Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
    TitleGrandmaster (2009)
    World Champion2023–2024
    FIDE rating2734 (January 2025)
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    Meet Ding Liren: China's Chess Genius
    Meet Ding Liren: China's Chess Genius
    The Next World Champion?
    The Next World Champion?
    Early life and education

    Ding was born in Wenzhou, China, and started learning chess when he was four years old. He attended Wenzhou Zhouyuan Elementary School, and is a graduate of Zhejiang Wenzhou High School and Peking University … 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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