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The Grand Chess Tour will hold its last two tournaments in Saint Louis in mid/late November, a Rapid & Blitz event and the Sinquefield Cup. Ding Liren was supposed to take part in both tournaments, but the tour has recently announced his withdrawal. The world chess champion has been completely out of the limelight lately.
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Ding Liren celebrated his 31st birthday on October 25. By beating Ian Nepomniachtchi last April, the Chinese ace became the 17th world champion in chess history, succeeding Magnus Carlsen. The Norwegian no longer had any motivation to play long matches for the world championship and decided not to defend his title. However, Carlsen continues to enjoy chess, especially rapid and blitz formats, preferably via the internet. In addition, Carlsen can be seen regularly in over-the-board events, such as the European Club Cup, where things went very well for him and his team, or the Qatar Open, where things didn’t go so well.
But what’s going on with Ding Liren? After his success against Nepomniachtchi, the world champion more or less disappeared. In May, he played in the Superbet Classic in Bucharest, but only finished eighth out of ten players. And in June, he played four games in the Aimchess Play-In online tournament. And that was it. Since then, Ding has disappeared from the tournament arenas.
On November 12, the last two tournaments of this year’s Grand Chess Tour will begin in Saint Louis: a Rapid & Blitz tournament on November 12-19, followed by the Sinquefield Cup on November 21-30.
Ding was supposed to participate in both events, but the Grand Chess Tour has recently announced his withdrawal from both tournaments. He will be replaced by Le Quang Liem and Levon Aronian respectively.
World Champion Ding Liren has withdrawn from both events of #GrandChessTour - #StlRapidBlitz and #SinquefieldCup. He will be replaced by GM Le Quang Liêm and GM Levon Aronian, respectively. #DingLiren #worldchampion #chess @LevAronianhttps://t.co/MuQCJUCyWT pic.twitter.com/FP8eTVWh9K
— Grand Chess Tour (@GrandChessTour) November 1, 2023
The major tournaments are therefore currently taking place without the world chess champion, and people are wondering what will happen next. In April 2024, both Candidates Tournaments — open and women’s — will be played in Toronto at the same time.
The World Championship match, between defending champion Ding Liren and the winner of the Candidates, is also expected to take place in 2024. The exact time and venue have not yet been announced.
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