Ding Liren succeeds Magnus Carlsen as new world chess champion, beats Ian Nepomniachtchi in 2023 FIDE World Championship final
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China's Ding Liren made history by becoming the 17th FIDE World Champion in chess, defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the final game of the tiebreak here on Sunday. Both Ding and Nepomniachtchi finished 7-7 after exhilarating 14 classical games, taking the match into the tie-breaker. Ding Liren becomes the first Chinese male player to win the chess world championship.