Ding Liren, the reigning FIDE World Chess Champion, has a legacy that speaks to both brilliance and resilience. However, as he prepares for a title showdown with 18-year-old Indian prodigy ...

China's Ding Liren, 30 is the country's first winner of the World Chess Championship Ding Liren has become China's first men's world chess champion, after defeating Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi.

Chinese grandmaster Ding Liren is the world champion and Dommaraju Gukesh of India is the challenger. The 14-game classical match is sponsored by Google and will be played in Singapore.

MANILA, Philippines – In a sport where the mind is paramount, mental woes still hit the best of them. Reigning world chess champion Ding Liren opened up on his struggles, admitting he has not ...

Le Quang Liem beat "chess king" Ding Liren on Tuesday, marking the first time a Vietnamese player defeated the reigning world champion in standard chess, and helping Vietnam tie China 2-2 at Chess ...

At the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, potentially the biggest game never took place. China did not field Ding Liren on the top board against India, and that meant there would be no trailer for the ...

Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov doesn't consider the upcoming World Championship match between India's D Gukesh and China's Ding Liren as a contest between the world's top two players in the ...

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Few chess players enjoy Magnus Carlsen’s celebrity status. A grand master at 13, refusing to play an American dogged by allegations of cheating, and venturing into the ...

D. Gukesh is very much conscious of the fact that most people — including some of the world’s top players — expect him to beat Ding Liren in the World chess championship match, which begins ...

Carlsen intends to use his experience to provide recaps and analysis on his new app, starting with November’s World Chess Championship tournament between China’s Ding Liren and India’s ...

China’s reigning world chess champion Ding Liren, who will defend his title against India’s D Gukesh in the championship to be played in Singapore. (AP) “Clearly, I’ll be the underdog ...