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Ding, Liren

GM🇨🇳

FIDEFIDE 8603677· Male· China· Born in 1992

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Liren Ding, a 34-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2738 and ranked 2nd among Chinese players, and 15th worldwide. He has held steady between 2725 and 2750 for 2 years. 10 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent appearance: 2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men). Also played 7 rapid (including The 16th China Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament Preliminaries Group B) and 1 blitz events (including 4th Chinese Chess Blitz Tournament) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2005–2007) and 15 months (2025–2026). His peak of 2816 was reached at age 26 (Nov 2018); he also reached World #2 in Nov 2021 and spent 56 months in the world top 3, with a longest streak of 4 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2009 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #2 in U20, World #6 in U18, World #12 in U16, World #13 in U14 and World #9 in U12.

Current rating

2738

Standard

Rpd2716·Blz2757

All-time high

2816

−78 pts below
Nov 2018 · age 26

Activity

24

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#2

#2 · Chinese players · of 1,640
56 months in World top 3 (2019–2023)

Career timeline

24 entries
2025
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2734 → returned at 2738
Jan 2025
2023
56 months in world top 3
longest streak 53 months · since Feb 2019
Nov 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2800
at age 30
May 2022
1,000 career games
at age 30
May 2022
2021
Peak World rank: #2
at age 29 · rated 2799
Nov 2021
2018
All-time peak 2816
at age 26 · −78 from today
Nov 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men)
perf 2796 (+58) · 4/5 · #40
Evolution
+4
2734 → 2738
Tournaments
1
10 games
Score
4/ 1040.0%
4W6D0L
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Chinese Chess Team Championship (men)
Open Swiss
Apr 20264/5#402796+3.6

Most-Played Opponents

vsMagnus CarlsenGM
🇳🇴NOR·2841
+8 −22 =33
63 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsYangyi YuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2714
+11 −5 =33
49 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsIan NepomniachtchiGM
🇷🇺RUS·2733
+9 −11 =26
46 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsHao WangGM
🇨🇳CHN·2684
+7 −11 =23
41 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsYi WeiGM
🇨🇳CHN·2753
+7 −4 =27
38 games·last met Jun 2026
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Rankings

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China
#2
out of 1,872 players
Asia-Pacific
#6
in continent
World
#15
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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