AI render of Ding Liren
The 2023 World Chess Champion is Ding Liren. After a thrilling tiebreak match in the World Chess Championship against Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ding Liren ends Magnus Carlsen’s reign of ten years. Best wishes, Ding Liren!
Sergey Karjakin had to be replaced in the Candidates Chess 2022 after FIDE placed him under a 6-month suspension. Anish Giri vehemently objected to this in an interview while the Grand Prix in Berlin was still in progress. According to the present rules, the player who will attend the event will be chosen by rating, taking into account the FIDE rating list issued on May 1.
The 28 standard games of the top Chinese chess player’s marathon began on March 27 and ended on April 24. The Chinese Chess Association held a 12-game quadruple round-robin tournament for four players in Hangzhou (see the report here), followed by a 6-game match versus Wei Yi and a 10-game Asian Games qualifying tournament. Ding Liren finished the required 26 games and qualified to replace Karjakin in the Candidates after completing 28 games with an amazing total of 20.5 points (13 wins, 15 ties, and no losses).
AI depiction of “King” Ding
Ding Liren finished second in the Candidates competition behind Nepo, who won the final match against Nakamura. The leading sports station in China, CCTV-5, will be live-streaming the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 to assist Ding Liren as he advances to the World Chess Championship Match. Daily, more than a million people tuned into Liren’s matches from Madrid’s Palacio Santona.
The Chinese Chess Association held a 12-game quadruple round-robin tournament for four players in Hangzhou (see the report here), followed by a 6-game match versus Wei Yi and a 10-game Asian Games qualifying tournament. Ding Liren finished the required 26 games and qualified to replace Karjakin in the Candidates after completing 28 games with an amazing total of 20.5 points (13 wins, 15 ties, and no losses).
Ding Liren finished second in the Candidates competition behind Nepo, who won the final match against Nakamura. The leading sports station in China, CCTV-5, will be live-streaming the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 to assist Ding Liren as he advances to the World Chess Championship Match. Daily, more than a million people tuned into Liren’s matches from Madrid’s Palacio Santona.