### [2023-04-30](/feed/2023/04/30/index.md)

##### 2023 World Chess Championship
# Ding Liren defeats Ian Nepomniachtchi in tiebreak games, becoming the 17th World Chess Champion. 

China's Ding Liren was crowned on Sunday as the 17th world chess champion in a tense match against Russian-born Ian Nepomniachtchi in Astana, Kazakhstan, in the last chapter of an odds-defying sequence of events.


### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/sports/chess-chinas-ding-liren-defies-odds-become-world-champion-2023-04-30/) [Image](https://www.reuters.com/resizer/WJ9-rMp1qeotEcwggbko_Y6V8Vk=/1200x628/smart/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/BUXLHMRR4JOJRE3BJULGQTMBRI.jpg)

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