Read about Ding Liren net worth, age, wife, children, height, family, parents, salary and Chess rankings as well as other information you need to know.
Introduction
Ding Liren is a Chinese chess grandmaster and reigning World Chess Champion. He is the highest-rated Chinese chess player in history and is also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion. He was the winner of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the finals and winning the 2019 Sinquefield Cup, as the first player since 2007 to beat Magnus Carlsen in a playoff.
Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament and pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings. In July 2016, with a Blitz rating of 2875, he was the highest-rated Blitz player in the world. Ding was undefeated in classical chess from August 2017 to November 2018, recording 29 victories and 71 draws. This 100-game unbeaten streak was the longest in top-level chess history until Magnus Carlsen surpassed it in 2019.
He is currently No. 3 in classical chess, behind only Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, and was one of the challengers for the World Chess Championship 2023 (having qualified as Carlsen declined to defend his title, and by coming in second to Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Candidates Tournament 2022). Ding Liren won the Championship in 2023 becoming the 17th World Chess Champion and the first ever Chinese player to hold the title.
Early life
| Name | Ding Liren |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | Chess grandmaster |
| Age | 30 years |
| Height | 1.75m |
Ding Liren was born on October 24, 1992 (age 30 years) in Wenzhou, China. He is the son of Chinese parents. Ding attended Chant Garden Elementary School and is a graduate of Zhejiang Wenzhou High School and Peking University Law School.
Career
Ding Liren is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion (2009, 2011, 2012) and has represented China at all four Chess Olympiads from 2012 to 2018, 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.
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Liren became the first Chinese player in August 2015 after Wang Yue broke into the top 10 of the FIDE world rankings. In July 2016, with a Blitz rating of 2875, he was the highest-rated Blitz player in the world. In September 2017, he became the first Chinese player to qualify for a Candidates Tournament, the penultimate stage in the World Championship.
At the Candidates Tournament 2018, he placed 4th with 1 win and 13 draws, the only candidate without a loss at the event. In September 2018, Ding became the first Chinese player to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings, and in November he reached a rating of 2816, the joint-tenth highest rating in history. In August 2019, he won the Sinquefield Cup, with 2 wins and 9 draws, beating reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the playoffs.
In October of the same year, Ding Liren qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2020–21 by finishing 2nd place in the World Cup for the second time in a row. He had a poor start to the Candidate’s tournament, however, and finished in a tie for 5th and 6th. Along with Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Levon Aronian, he was a 2019 Grand Chess Tour finalist. Ding went on to win the Grand Chess Tour final, beating Aronian in the semifinals and Vachier-Lagrave in the finals.
After Sergey Karjakin was disqualified from the Candidates Tournament 2022, Ding Liren was the highest player on the rating list who was not already qualified. Ding had been unable to travel to tournaments outside China during the COVID-19 pandemic and was thus short of the minimum games requirement for qualification, but the Chinese Chess Association organized three different rated events at short notice to allow him to qualify.
At the tournament itself, he achieved second place, rebounding from a slow start to end up with 4 wins, 8 draws, and 2 losses. Because reigning champion Magnus Carlsen declined to defend his title against Ian Nepomniachtchi, the winner of the 2022 Candidates, Ding’s second-place spot qualified him to play Nepomniachtchi in the World Chess Championship 2023 instead.
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In 2023, Ding Liren played at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023, where he lost to Richárd Rapport, R Praggnanandhaa, and Anish Giri; these losses dropped his rating below 2800, leaving only Magnus Carlsen to retain a rating above 2800. Following his success in the Candidates, Ding became the 2023 FIDE World Chess Champion after defeating Nepomniachtchi in a rapid playoff, winning on demand in the 4th game as black.
Wife
Is Ding Liren married? Ding Liren has no wife or kids as of April 2023.
Ding Liren net worth
How much is Ding Liren worth? Ding Liren net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as a chess grandmaster. Ding Liren’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $400,000 dollars annually. His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential chess grandmasters in the world. He stands at an appealing height of 1.75m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.
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