Ding Liren
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About
Highest-rated Chinese chess player in history and three-time Chinese chess champion. He represented China at the Chess Olympiads and won gold medals in both 2014 and 2018. He won a gold medal at the 2015 World Team Championships.
Before Fame
He started learning how to play chess when he was 4 years old. He attended Peking University Law School. He started competing in tournaments in the year 2003.
Trivia
He won the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. He made it into the top 10 FIDE world rankings in the year 2015, making him the second Chinese player after Wang Yue to do so.
Family Life
He's from Wenzhou, China. His parents are Ding Wenjun and Ye Xiaoping.
Associated With
He competed and won against Magnus Carlsen at the 2019 Sinquefield Cup.