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'''Ding Liren''' (born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]]. He is the [[List of chess players by peak FIDE rating|highest rated Chinese chess player]] in history and is also a three-time [[Chinese Chess Champion]]. He reached the finals of [[Chess World Cup]] in 2017 and 2019 consecutively, but ended up being the runner-up on both occasions.
'''Ding Liren''' (born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]]. He is the [[List of chess players by peak FIDE rating|highest rated Chinese chess player]] in history and is also a three-time [[Chinese Chess Champion]]. He reached the finals of [[Chess World Cup]] in 2017 and 2019 consecutively, but ended up being the runner-up on both occasions.


Ding was undefeated in classical chess from August 2017 to November 2018, recording 29 victories and 71 draws. This 100-game unbeaten streak was [[List of world records in chess#Consecutive games without a loss|the longest]] in top-level chess history.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://en.chessbase.com/post/ding-defeated|title =Ding defeated! Tiviakov celebrates!|first =Macauley|last =Peterson|publisher =ChessBase|date =11 November 2018}}</ref>
Ding was undefeated in classical chess from August 2017 to November 2018, recording 29 victories and 71 draws. This 100-game unbeaten streak was [[List of world records in chess#Consecutive games without a loss|the longest]] in top-level chess history until Magnus Carlsen broke the record in the final round of the [[FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019|2019 FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url =https://en.chessbase.com/post/ding-defeated|title =Ding defeated! Tiviakov celebrates!|first =Macauley|last =Peterson|publisher =ChessBase|date =11 November 2018}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 16:00, 21 October 2019

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Ding Liren
Ding at the 2018 Candidates Tournament
Full nameDing Liren
CountryChina
Born (1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 (age 32)
Wenzhou, Zhejiang
TitleGrandmaster (2009)[1]
FIDE rating2728 (November 2024)
Peak rating2816 (November 2018)
RankingNo. 23 (November 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 3 (February 2019)
Ding Liren
Chinese丁立人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDīng Lìrén
IPA[tíŋ lîɻə̌n]
Wu
Romanizationtin1 liq5 nyin3

Ding Liren (born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He is the highest rated Chinese chess player in history and is also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion. He reached the finals of Chess World Cup in 2017 and 2019 consecutively, but ended up being the runner-up on both occasions.

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 broke the record in the final round of the 2019 FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament.[2]

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 bronze and gold medals in 2014 and 2018 respectively. He also won team gold and individual silver at the World Team Championships in 2015.

In August 2015, he became the second Chinese player after Wang Yue to break into the top 10 of the FIDE world rankings. In July 2016, with a Blitz rating of 2875, he was the highest rated Blitz player in the world.[3]

In September 2017, he became the first Chinese player to qualify for a Candidates Tournament, the penultimate stage in the World Championship. He placed clear 4th with +1−0=13, the only candidate without a loss at the event.

In September 2018, Ding became the first Chinese player to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings, and in November he reached a rating of 2816, the joint-tenth highest rating in history.

In August 2019, he won the Sinquefield Cup 2019 with 2 wins and 9 draws, beating reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the playoffs.

In October of the same year Ding qualified for the 2020 Candidates by finishing 2nd place in the World Cup for the second time in a row.

Education

Ding Liren attended Chant Garden Elementary School in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. Ding also attended Wenzhou High School and Law School of Peking University.

Results

References

  1. ^ Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)".
  2. ^ Peterson, Macauley (11 November 2018). "Ding defeated! Tiviakov celebrates!". ChessBase.
  3. ^ "Search results: July 2016". FIDE. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  4. ^ "World Youth Chess Championships 2002 :: Chess.GR".
  5. ^ "Chess.GR :: World Youth Chess Championships 2004".
  6. ^ "Chinese Championship – a pictorial review". 14 June 2009.
  7. ^ "Titles approved at the 80th FIDE Congress". FIDE. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Chinese Championship (2011)".
  9. ^ Crowther, Mark (21 September 2011). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Chinese Chess Championships (2012)".
  11. ^ "Vachier-Lagrave tops SPICE Cup".
  12. ^ "Aronian and Gelfand win Alekhine Memorial 2013". ChessBase News. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  13. ^ (PeterDoggers), Peter Doggers. "Convincing Win For Ding Liren In Shenzhen - Chess.com". Chess.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Ding Liren Wins Moscow Grand Prix". FIDE. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  15. ^ "World Championship Candidates (2018)". Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  16. ^ Staff writer(s) (28 April 2018). "Results: Cross Table". Shamkir Chess.
  17. ^ "St. Louis Rapid & Blitz Winners & Losers". chess24. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Results And Standings -- 2019 Grand Chess Tour". Grand Chess Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

Further reading

Preceded by Chinese Chess Champion
2009
2010–2011 		Succeeded by
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