Education
Ding Liren attended the prestigious Chant Garden Elementary School in his hometown Wenzhou, China. Ding also attended Wenzhou High School and Law School of Peking University.
丁立人
Ding Liren attended the prestigious Chant Garden Elementary School in his hometown Wenzhou, China. Ding also attended Wenzhou High School and Law School of Peking University.
In August 2015, he became the second Chinese player after Wang Yue to break into the top 10 of FIDE rating list. Ding is the highest rated and the highest ranked Chinese player ever to date. In October 2009, he became China"s 30th grandmaster.
He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was defeated in the first round by Wesley Southern
After the tournament, Ding and Carlsen trained together in Doha, Qatar. November 2002: U-10 World Youth Championship in Heraklio, joint 1st on 9½/11 points with Eltaj Safarli, 2nd on tiebreak
November 2004: U-12 World Youth Championship in Heraklio, joint 1st on 9½/11 points with Zhao Nan, 2nd on tiebreak
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
2007 July 2007: Chinese Men"s Championship Individual Group Bachelor 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: Czechoslovakian Open 2008 Mississippi 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, 1st with 8½/11 and 2800+ TPR (second General Motors norm)
August 2009: Russia – China (men) in Dagomys, scored 2½/5
September 2009: Chinese Chess King in Jinzhou, scored 3½/7
April 2011: Chinese Individual Championship in Xinghua, 1st with 9/11
April 2012: Chinese Individual Championship in Xinghua, 1st with 8/11
October 2012: SPICE Cup in Saint Louis, United States of America, tied for 2nd with 5½/10
In the 2013 Alekhine Memorial tournament, held from 20 April to 1 May, Liren finished ninth, with +1−3=5.
Ding Liren plays for Thomas Stearns Alyans chess sports club in the Turkish Super League. Ding Liren – Li Shilong, King"s Indian Defense, Chinese Chess Championship, Round 3, Xinghua, 2009
Ding Liren – Wang Hao, Semi-Slav Queen"s Gambit, Chinese Chess Championship, Round 10, Xinghua, 2009
Gata Kamsky – Ding Liren, French Defence Steinitz variation, Aeroflot Open, Round 6, Moscow, 2011
Ding Liren – Levon Aronian, Semi-Slav Defense Accelerated Meran Variation, Alekhine Memorial, Round 1, 2013.