What is Ding Liren?
[[File:Ding Liren 1, Candidates Tournament 2018.jpg|thumb|Ding Liren]] {{Chinese name|Ding}} '''Ding Liren''' (born 1992) is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[Chess master titles#Grandmaster|chess grandmaster]]. He won the Chinese Chess Championship in 2009.<ref>[http://casadoxadrez.blogspot.com/2009/06/campeonato-da-china-o-ilustre.html Casa do Xadrez]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chinese Championship – decision by default|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5499|access-date=2022-06-30}}</ref> On 6 June 2009, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever person to win the national title. In October 2009. In April 2011, Ding won the Chinese Championship for a second time.<ref>{{cite web|date=2011-04-11|title=2011 Chinese Championship Ding Liren and Zhang Xiaowen win!|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7140|access-date=30 June 2022|publisher=ChessBase.com}}</ref> He was the World Champion from 2023-2024, being defeated by Gukesh Dommaraju. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ding Liren}} [[Category:Chinese chess players]] [[Category:1992 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Chess grandmasters]]