Ding Liren
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Ding Liren is the reigning Chess Champion of China
Chinese Chess Championship
The Chinese Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of China.-Winners:-Women's Crosstables:Average Elo: 2382 Cat: 6m = 6.60Average Elo: 2372 Cat: 5m = 7.04Average Elo: 2346 Cat: 4...

. On 6 June 2009, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever person to win the national title. In April 2011 he won the Chinese Chess Championship for the second time. In October 2009, he became China's 30th Grandmaster. He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011
Chess World Cup 2011
The Chess World Cup 2011 was a chess 128-player single-elimination tournament, played between 26 August and 21 September 2011, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia...

, but was eliminated in the first round by Wesley So
Wesley So
Wesley So is a Filipino chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he achieved the GM title at the age of 14 years, 1 month and 28 days, making him the 8th youngest person to achieve the Grandmaster title in the history of chess. Before becoming a Grandmaster, So had become the youngest Filipino...

.

Career

  • 2002 November: U-10 World Youth Championship
    World Youth Chess Championship
    The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...

     in Heraklio, joint 1st on 9½/11 points with Eltaj Safarli
    Eltaj Safarli
    Eltaj Safarli is an Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster. He won the under 10 World Youth Chess Championship in Heraklion in 2002.-Team competitions:...

    , 2nd on tiebreak

  • 2004 November: U-12 World Youth Championship
    World Youth Chess Championship
    The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...

     in Heraklio, joint 1st on 9½/11 points with Zhao Nan, 2nd on tiebreak

  • 2004 April: Chinese Men's Team Championship in Jinan
    Jinan
    Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub...

    , scored 1.0/4

  • 2005 July: Chinese Individual Championship
    Chinese Chess Championship
    The Chinese Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of China.-Winners:-Women's Crosstables:Average Elo: 2382 Cat: 6m = 6.60Average Elo: 2372 Cat: 5m = 7.04Average Elo: 2346 Cat: 4...

     in Hefei
    Hefei
    Hefei is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province in Eastern China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural centre of Anhui...

    ,

  • 2007 April: Zonal Tournament 3.5 (China) in Dezhou
    Dezhou
    Dezhou is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Liaocheng to the southwest, Binzhou to the northeast, and the province of Hebei to the north....

    , scored 6.5/9

  • 2007 July: Chinese Men's Championship Individual Group B in Zhuhai
    Zhuhai
    Zhuhai is a prefecture-level city on the southern coast of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the northwest, Zhongshan to the north, and Macau to the south. Zhuhai was one of the original Special Economic Zones...

    , scored 7/10

  • 2008 May: Chinese Individual Championship
    Chinese Chess Championship
    The Chinese Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of China.-Winners:-Women's Crosstables:Average Elo: 2382 Cat: 6m = 6.60Average Elo: 2372 Cat: 5m = 7.04Average Elo: 2346 Cat: 4...

     in Beijing
    Beijing
    Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

    , scored 5.5/11 finishing 6th

  • 2008 June: Men's Selective Tournament for Olympiad
    Chess Olympiad
    The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...

     in Ningbo
    Ningbo
    Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...

    , scored 4/10

  • 2008 July: Czech Open 2008 MS U14 U16 - M-silnice Open in Pardubice
    Pardubice
    Pardubice is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the river Elbe, 65 miles east of Prague. Pardubice has an antique centre square and old town, with many restaurants that stay open until late in the evening. There is an old Tower and a recently renovated Castle...

    , scored 5/5

  • 2009 April: Men's Zonal Tournamant 3.5 (China) in Beijing, scored 5/11

  • 2009 May: 8th Asian Continental Individual Open Championship in Subic Bay Freeport, scored 6.0/11 (first GM norm)

  • 2009 May: Chinese Individual Championship
    Chinese Chess Championship
    The Chinese Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of China.-Winners:-Women's Crosstables:Average Elo: 2382 Cat: 6m = 6.60Average Elo: 2372 Cat: 5m = 7.04Average Elo: 2346 Cat: 4...

     in Xinghua
    Xinghua
    This article is about the city. For other uses, see Xinghua.Xinghua City is a county-level city in Taizhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China...

    , 1st with 8½/11 and 2800+ TPR (second GM norm)

  • 2009 August: Russia - China (men) in Dagomys, scored 2.5/5

  • 2009 September: Chinese Chess King in Jinzhou
    Jinzhou
    Jinzhou , is a prefecture-level city of Liaoning province, China. It is a geographically strategic city located in the "Liaoxi Corridor" , which connects land transportation between North China and Northeast China. Jinzhou is China's northernmost seaport and the coastal economic center of West...

    , scored 3.5/7

China Chess League

Ding Liren plays for Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...

 chess club
Chess club
A chess club is a club formed for the purpose of playing the board game of chess. Chess clubs provide for both informal games and timed games, often as part of an internal competition or in a league.-Organisation:...

 in the China Chess League
China Chess League
The China Chess League is a Chinese professional league for chess clubs. The league is organized by the Chinese Chess Association. It is sponsored by Youngor Group and was sponsored by the Shandong and it has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. Seasons usually run from April...

 (CCL).

Rating

Period Rating Games
Jan 2004 2230 22
Jul 2004 2231 4
Jan 2005 2270 8
Oct 2005 2289 7
Oct 2007 2395 22
Jul 2008 2439 12
Oct 2008 2446 5
Apr 2009 2458 15
Jul 2009 2530 32
Nov 2009 2566 19

Playing style

  • White openings: Queen's Pawn Game
    Queen's Pawn Game
    In the most general sense the term Queen's Pawn Game can refer to any chess opening which starts with the move:It is the second most popular opening move. The name is now usually used to describe openings beginning with the moves 1.d4 d5 where White does not follow through with an early pawn...

    s
  • Black openings: King's Indian Defense, French Defense

Notable games

  • Ding Liren - Li Shilong, King's Indian Defense, Chinese National Championship
    Chinese Chess Championship
    The Chinese Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of China.-Winners:-Women's Crosstables:Average Elo: 2382 Cat: 6m = 6.60Average Elo: 2372 Cat: 5m = 7.04Average Elo: 2346 Cat: 4...

    , Round 3, Xinghua, 28 May 2009
  • Ding Liren - Wang Hao, Semi-Slav Queen's Gambit
    Queen's Gambit
    The Queen's Gambit is a chess opening that starts with the moves:The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest known chess openings. It was mentioned in the Göttingen manuscript of 1490 and was later analysed by masters such as Gioachino Greco in the seventeenth century...

    , Chinese National Championship
    Chinese Chess Championship
    The Chinese Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of China.-Winners:-Women's Crosstables:Average Elo: 2382 Cat: 6m = 6.60Average Elo: 2372 Cat: 5m = 7.04Average Elo: 2346 Cat: 4...

    , Round 10, Xinghua, 5 June 2009
  • Gata Kamsky
    Gata Kamsky
    Gata Kamsky is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and the current World Rapid Chess Champion. He is also the current United States Chess Champion. As of September 2011, he is rated No. 1 in the United States and No...

     - Ding Liren, French Defence
    French Defence
    The French Defence is a chess opening. It is characterised by the moves:The French has a reputation for solidity and resilience, though it can result in a somewhat cramped game for Black in the early stages...

     Steinitz variation, Aeroflot Open
    Aeroflot Open
    The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot. It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament. The first event had around 80 grandmasters, while in the second event 150 grandmasters participated...

    , Round 6, Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , 13 February 2011

External links

Profiles and interviews
  • 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
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