Bengaluru: Ding Liren has a World Championship match to ... “For most of us, (to become a world champion) is just a dream,” Richard Rapport, who worked with Ding as his second during his ...

On most game days, Ding Liren is accompanied by his second, Richard Rapport – dressed in striking shorts – up to the playing ...

Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tiebreak victory over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan. Ding, 30, takes over as winner of the World ...