New World Chess Championship - GM Ding Liren

Yesterday 30 April, 2023, GM Ding Liren won the World Chess Championship during the tie -break against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi.

The tiebreak consisted of four rapid games, with a time control of 25 minutes each, plus a 10-second increment per move.  Blitz games were to follow, if the winner was undecided after the rapid.  

GM Ding Liren was quoted by FIDE website as stating the following after his match:

"I started to learn chess from four years old… I spent 26 years playing, analyzing, trying to improve my chess ability with many different ways, with different changing methods. with many new ways of training." He continues: "I think I did everything. Sometimes I thought I was addicted to chess, because sometimes without tournaments, I was not so happy. Sometimes I struggled to find other hobbies to make me happy. This match reflects the deepness of my soul," said the new World Champion.

A full summary by FIDE of the games played can be found here - tiebreak games