Ding Liren
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Ding Liren is a Chinese chess grandmaster who was the 17th World Chess Champion from 2023–24. He is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion and was part of the Chinese teams that won the Chess Olympiads i
Ding in 2024
Ding Liren plays in Round 12 of the World Chess Championship 2023
Ian Nepomniachtchi
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Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi is a Russian chess grandmaster. Nepomniachtchi is a 2024 World Blitz Chess co-champion, alongside Magnus Carlsen. He is also a two-time Russian chess champion. He is o
Ding Liren
…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, becoming World Chess Champion, by defeating Nepomniachtchi 2½ to 1½ in the rapid tie breaks after…
Nepomniachtchi in 2026
Nepomniachtchi at the 2018 Russian Chess Championships Super Finals
Nepomniachtchi at the 2021 World Chess Championship
Nepomniachtchi (right) during the tiebreaks of the 2023 World Chess Championship