China’s Ding Liren smiles whereas talking after his victory in the FIDE World Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 30, 2023. China’s Ding Liren beat Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in an exhilarating finale. He takes over the world championship title from Norway’s Magnus Carlsen.
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Chess has a brand new World champion. Ding Liren of China ascended to the throne after defeating his Russian rival Ian Nepomniachtchi in the fourth tie-breaker recreation right here on Sunday.
Ding, nonetheless, might not fairly have the ability to declare that he’s the undisputed World champion. For, this World championship cycle didn’t embrace Magnus Carlsen, the world’s greatest participant, by some margin, and winner of the final 5 World championships.
It was after Carlsen determined to withdraw from the World championship match, in opposition to Nepomniachtchi, that Ding received the alternative. The Chinese had completed runner-up, behind the Russian, in the Candidates match final 12 months.
When Carlsen withdrew — for lack of motivation — the world chess governing physique determined to conduct a World title match between the prime two gamers of the Candidates, Nepomniachtchi and Ding, ranked second and third respectively in the world. The match, which received underway in the Kazakhstan capital on April 9, turned out to be a nail-biting affair.
After the opening recreation was drawn, it was Nepomniachtchi who drew first blood, successful the second. Now Ding needed to do the catching up. He would do this in outstanding style in the remaining video games. He equalised for one final time in the twelfth recreation and the subsequent two have been drawn.
Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, proper, congratulates China’s winner Ding Liren throughout their tiebreaker of FIDE World Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 30, 2023. China’s Ding Liren beat Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in an exhilarating finale. He takes over the world championship title from Norway’s Magnus Carlsen.
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With the rating tied at 7-7, the tie-breakers (speedy) needed to be performed. The first three video games have been drawn and Ding received the fourth, to turn into China’s first World chess champion in the open class.
Now China holds the World title amongst each women and men (Ju Wenjun).
