Ding Liren

Chinese grandmaster and former World Chess Champion

Ding Liren is remembered in science for work that changed what came after it.

The record lists Ding Liren as Chinese grandmaster and former World Chess Champion.

Ding Liren was born in 1992. His recorded nationality is People's Republic of China. He was educated at Peking University and Peking University Law School.

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The record gives his occupations as chess player.

A scientific contribution counts if the next generation could build on it without re-checking.

His work was formally recognised with the world chess champion.

Working from People's Republic of China shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.

Ding Liren is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.

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