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Home›World chess champions›Ding Liren
World champion #17 · 2023–2024

♚ Ding Liren

Deep and creative · China

China’s first men’s world champion combines deep calculation with creative, resourceful play — and showed remarkable resilience on the way to the title.

Three lessons from Liren for your own games

  1. Resilience under pressure
  2. Creative solutions in complex positions
  3. Calculate carefully in critical moments

Ding Liren’s games to replay

Huang,Renjie – Ding LirenCHN Team Men 2026 · 20260–1Ding Liren – Suleymanli,AydinFIDE World Rapid Team · 20261–0Ding Liren – Amin,B8th SCO Int Team GpB 2026 · 20260–1Ding Liren – Meng,YihanCHN Team Men 2026 · 20261–0Bu Xiangzhi – Ding LirenCHN Team Men 2026 · 2026½–½Batsuren,Dambasuren – Ding LirenFIDE World Rapid Team · 2026½–½Ding Liren – Praggnanandhaa,RFIDE World Bl Team Pool B · 20260–1Ding Liren – Richards,HFIDE World Bl Team Pool B · 20261–0Ding Liren – Tsaruk,Maksim8th SCO Int Team Final · 2026½–½Ding Liren – Artemiev,V8th SCO Int Team Final · 2026½–½Ding Liren – Artemiev,V8th SCO Int Team Final · 2026½–½Ding Liren – Ismailov,Timur8th SCO Int Team GpB 2026 · 2026½–½Artemiev,V – Ding Liren8th SCO Int Team Final · 2026½–½Ding Liren – Wang YueCHN Team Men 2026 · 2026½–½Megaranto,S – Ding LirenFIDE World Bl Team Pool B · 20260–1Ding Liren – Sadhwani,RaunakFIDE World Rapid Team · 2026½–½Chen,Qi b – Ding LirenCHN Team Men 2026 · 20260–1Artemiev,V – Ding Liren8th SCO Int Team Final · 20260–1Makhnev,Denis – Ding Liren8th SCO Int Team GpB 2026 · 2026½–½Tsaruk,Maksim – Ding Liren8th SCO Int Team Final · 2026½–½Baasansuren,Erdene – Ding Liren8th SCO Int Team GpB 2026 · 20260–1Artemiev,V – Ding Liren8th SCO Int Team Final · 2026½–½Liyanage,Ranindu Dilshan – Ding Liren8th SCO Int Team GpB 2026 · 2026½–½Theodorou,Nikolas – Ding LirenFIDE World Rapid Team · 20261–0
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