Ding Liren Height, Weight, Age, Family, Biography

Ding Liren Quick Info
Height	5 ft 6 in
Weight	61 kg
Date of Birth	October 24, 1992
Zodiac Sign	Scorpio
Eye Color	Dark Brown

Ding Liren is a Chinese chess grandmaster who as of May 2023, was the reigning World Chess Champion. On the other hand, he is the highest-rated Chinese chess player in history and also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion.

Born Name

Ding Liren

Nick Name

Ding

Sun Sign

Scorpio

Born Place

Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Nationality

Education

Ding studied at Wenzhou Zhouyuan Elementary School and completed schooling at Zhejiang Wenzhou High School. Later, he went on to graduate from Peking University Law School.

Occupation

Chess Grandmaster

Family

Mother – Ye Xiaoping

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 6 in or 167.5 cm

Weight

61 kg or 134.5 lbs

Ding Liren as seen in a picture that was taken at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in January 2023 (Frans Peeters / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Race / Ethnicity

Asian

He has Chinese ancestry.

Hair Color

Dark Brown

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

He sports a short hairstyle.

Religion

Buddhism

Ding Liren as seen in a picture that was taken in November 2022 (Ding Liren / Instagram)

Ding Liren Facts

Liren was just four years old when he started learning to play chess.
He is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion (2009, 2011, 2012) and even represented his country at four Chess Olympiads of which he won a gold medal in 2014 and 2018.
Ding became the first Chinese player after Wang Yue to break into the top 10 of the FIDE world rankings in August 2015. Later, in September 2017, he became the first Chinese player to qualify for a Candidates Tournament.
He was one of the finalists at the 2019 Grand Chess Tour finalist alongside Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Levon Aronian.
The earliest post that Ding uploaded to his Instagram account was on March 3, 2021.

Featured Image By Ding Liren / Instagram