• 11/10/2024

Ding Liren becomes first Chinese man to win world chess championship

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Born in Wenzhou, known as China’s ‘chess city’, Ding won the championship after a tiebreak victory over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan. No Chinese player had previously won the competition.

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