Ding Liren
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 Ding at the 2018 Candidates Tournament | |
| Full name | Ding Liren |
| Country | China |
| Born |
24 October 1992 Wenzhou, Zhejiang |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2804 (October 2018) |
| Peak rating | 2804 (September 2018) |
| Ranking | No. 4 (June 2018) |
| Peak ranking | No. 4 (June 2018) |
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Ding Liren (born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion.
As of October 2018, Ding holds an 90-game unbeaten streak in classical chess; he has not been defeated since 9 August 2017, recording 26 victories and 64 draws.[2]
Career
Ding is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion (2009, 2011, 2012) and has thrice represented China at Chess Olympiads winning team gold medals in 2014 and 2018 and individual bronze and gold medals in 2014 and 2018 respectively. He also won team gold and individual silver at the World Team Championships in 2015.
In August 2015, he became the second Chinese player after Wang Yue to break into the top 10 of the FIDE world rankings. In July 2016, he was highest rated Blitz player in the world. As of September 2018, Ding's peak rating of 2804 (live peak rating 2811) is the highest rating that any Chinese player has ever attained.
In September 2017, he became the first Chinese player to qualify for a Candidates Tournament, the penultimate stage in the World Championship. He placed clear 4th with +1−0=13, the only candidate without a loss at the event.
As of 2018, he became the first Chinese player to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE rating list, with an ELO of 2804.
Education
Ding Liren attended Chant Garden Elementary School in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. Ding also attended Wenzhou High School and Law School of Peking University.
Results
- November 2003: U-10 World Youth Championship in Heraklio, joint 1st on 9½/11 points with Eltaj Safarli, 2nd on tiebreak[3]
- November 2004: U-12 World Youth Championship in Heraklio, joint 1st on 9½/11 points with Zhao Nan, 2nd on tiebreak[4]
- April 2004: Chinese Men's Team Championship in Jinan, scored 1/4
- July 2005: Chinese Individual Championship in Hefei,
- April 2007: Zonal Tournament 3.5 (China) in Dezhou, scored 6½/9
- July 2007: Chinese Men's Championship Individual Group B in Zhuhai, scored 7/10
- May 2008: Chinese Individual Championship in Beijing, scored 5½/11 finishing 6th
- June 2008: Men's Selective Tournament for Olympiad in Ningbo, scored 4/10
- July 2008: Czech Open 2008 MS U14 U16 – M-silnice Open in Pardubice, scored 5/5
- April 2009: Men's Zonal Tournament 3.5 (China) in Beijing, scored 5/11
- May 2009: 8th Asian Continental Individual Open Championship in Subic Bay Freeport, scored 6/11 (first grandmaster norm)
- May 2009: Chinese Individual Championship in Xinghua, Jiangsu, 1st with 8½/11 and 2800+ TPR[5] (second GM norm)
- August 2009: Russia – China (men) in Dagomys, scored 2½/5
- September 2009: Chinese Chess King in Jinzhou, scored 3½/7
- October 2009, he became China's 30th grandmaster.[6]
- April 2011: Chinese Individual Championship in Xinghua, Jiangsu, 1st with 9/11[7]
- Chess World Cup 2011: knocked out by Wesley So[8]
- April 2012: Chinese Individual Championship in Xinghua, Jiangsu, 1st with 8/11[9]
- October 2012: SPICE Cup in St. Louis, tied for 2nd with 5½/10[10]
- In the 2013 Alekhine Memorial tournament, held from 20 April to 1 May, Liren finished ninth, with +1−3=5.[11]
- March - April 2017: Won the Longgang Shenzhen Grandmaster Tournament.[12]
- May 2017: Won the Moscow Grand Prix with 6/9[13]
- September 2017: Reached the final of the 2017 Chess World Cup. This qualified him for the Candidates Tournament, the first Chinese player to do so. He subsequently lost on tiebreak in the final to Levon Aronian.
- March 2018: Candidates Tournament 2018, Berlin. Placed clear 4th with +1−0=13, the only candidate without a loss at the event.[14]
- April 2018: Shamkir Chess 2018, finished 2nd with 5½/9 (+2–0=7).[15]
References
- ↑ Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)".
- ↑ "Official FIDE Ding, Liren (CHN) Individual Calculations full report".
- ↑ "World Youth Chess Championships 2002 :: Chess.GR".
- ↑ "Chess.GR :: World Youth Chess Championships 2004".
- ↑ "Chinese Championship – a pictorial review". 14 June 2009.
- ↑ "Titles approved at the 80th FIDE Congress".
- ↑ "Chinese Championship (2011)".
- ↑ Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
- ↑ "Chinese Chess Championships (2012)".
- ↑ "Vachier-Lagrave tops SPICE Cup".
- ↑ "Aronian and Gelfand win Alekhine Memorial 2013". ChessBase News. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ (PeterDoggers), Peter Doggers. "Convincing Win For Ding Liren In Shenzhen - Chess.com". Chess.com. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ↑ "Ding Liren Wins Moscow Grand Prix". FIDE. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ↑ "World Championship Candidates (2018)". Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 April 2018). "Results: Cross Table". Shamkir Chess.
Further reading
- 16-year-old Ding Liren Wins Chinese Ch
- Ding Liren wins the Chinese Chess Championship (Chessdom)
- Ding Liren (16) new Chinese Champion after surreal finish (ChessVibes)
- Chinese Championship – a closer look at Ding Liren (ChessBase)
- The Chess Mind (Dennis Monokroussos)
- Ding Liren champion de Chine! (Europe Echecs)
- Feedback and facts on FIDE's 'zero tolerance' rule
- Chinese Championship – decision by default
- http://zhuyue.blog.sohu.com/38398465.html
- http://www.wems.net/View.asp?id=443
- http://www.wems.net/View.asp?id=1269%0D%0A
- http://www.dbt.gov.cn/show.asp?id=360
External links
- Ding Liren player profile and games at Chessgames.com
| Preceded by Ni Hua Wang Hao |
Chinese Chess Champion 2009 2010–2011 |
Succeeded by Wei Yi |