CHESS PLAYER

Ding Liren

1992 - Today

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Ding Liren (Chinese: 丁立人; born 24 October 1992) is a Chinese chess grandmaster who was the 17th World Chess Champion from 2023–24. He is also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion and was a member of the Chinese chess teams that won the Chess Olympiads in 2014 and 2018. Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament and first Chinese player to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ding Liren has received more than 2,341,471 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ding Liren is the 173rd most popular chess player (up from 257th in 2019), the 972nd most popular biography from China (up from 1,022nd in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Chess Player.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Ding Liren ranks 173 out of 461. Before him are Henry Bird, Endre Steiner, Susan Polgár, Rafael Vaganian, Milunka Lazarević, and Ruslan Ponomariov. After him are Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Adolf Schwarz, Herman Steiner, Hikaru Nakamura, Amos Burn, and Max Weiss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Ding Liren ranks 66. Before him are Quincy Promes, Daisy Ridley, Bernd Leno, Filip Kostić, Haris Seferović, and Jesse Lingard. After him are Luis Alberto, Serge Aurier, Melissa Roxburgh, Logan Lerman, Kyrie Irving, and Serenay Sarıkaya.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ding Liren ranks 972 out of 1,610. Before him are Lee Yuan-tsu (1923), Li Wenliang (1986), Liu Yang (1978), Wang Junxia (1973), John Dobson (1915), and Taylor Wang (1940). After him are Ge You (1957), Meng Wanzhou (1972), Cui Jian (1961), Hao Haidong (1970), Zhu Jianhua (1963), and Ma Jian (1953).

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  • Photo of Lee Yuan-tsu

    Lee Yuan-tsu

    POLITICIAN

    1923 - 2017

    HPI: 52.60

    Rank: 966

  • Photo of Li Wenliang

    Li Wenliang

    CELEBRITY

    1986 - 2020

    HPI: 52.59

    Rank: 967

  • Photo of Liu Yang

    Liu Yang

    ASTRONAUT

    1978 - Present

    HPI: 52.56

    Rank: 968

  • Photo of Wang Junxia

    Wang Junxia

    ATHLETE

    1973 - Present

    HPI: 52.52

    Rank: 969

  • Photo of John Dobson

    John Dobson

    ASTRONOMER

    1915 - 2014

    HPI: 52.49

    Rank: 970

  • Photo of Taylor Wang

    Taylor Wang

    ASTRONAUT

    1940 - Present

    HPI: 52.49

    Rank: 971

  • Photo of Ding Liren

    Ding Liren

    CHESS PLAYER

    1992 - Present

    HPI: 52.48

    Rank: 972

  • Photo of Ge You

    Ge You

    ACTOR

    1957 - Present

    HPI: 52.48

    Rank: 973

  • Photo of Meng Wanzhou

    Meng Wanzhou

    BUSINESSPERSON

    1972 - Present

    HPI: 52.46

    Rank: 974

  • Photo of Cui Jian

    Cui Jian

    MUSICIAN

    1961 - Present

    HPI: 52.45

    Rank: 975

  • Photo of Hao Haidong

    Hao Haidong

    SOCCER PLAYER

    1970 - Present

    HPI: 52.38

    Rank: 976

  • Photo of Zhu Jianhua

    Zhu Jianhua

    ATHLETE

    1963 - Present

    HPI: 52.35

    Rank: 977

  • Photo of Ma Jian

    Ma Jian

    WRITER

    1953 - Present

    HPI: 52.30

    Rank: 978

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In China

Among chess players born in China, Ding Liren ranks 1. After him are Xie Jun (1970), Zhu Chen (1976), Xu Yuhua (1976), Zhang Zhong (1978), Ju Wenjun (1991), Hou Yifan (1994), Ye Jiangchuan (1960), Peng Zhaoqin (1968), Wang Yue (1987), Tan Zhongyi (1991), and Bu Xiangzhi (1985).

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