Ding Liren will defend his world chess crown: ‘fans don’t need to be worried’
The Chinese star, who has not played for eight months, has confirmed that he will compete at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee and that he will take on Candidates winner in the world title matchThe world champion, Ding Liren, has confirmed that he will play this weekend at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, which has its opening round on Saturday (1.15 pm GMT start, free and live coverage on chess24.com and other leading chess websites), and runs until 28 January, and that he will defend his global crown later this year against the winner of April’s eight-man Candidates at Toronto.In a frank and fascinating interview on chess.com with the Dutch chess journalist Peter Doggers, Ding said he felt “much better” than when he briefly considered retiring at the time of the Asian Games in September. His illness, he explained, was “psychological, not physical” and arose partly from the extra media attention after his victory over Ian Nepomniachtchi in last year’s world championship match. Continue reading…
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