Ding Liren

Ding Liren:

There really is no competition. You could say Mark Dvortskey should win this one since inspiration and the way they changed the game is a huge factor. Although even though Dvortskey's a great author and coach. I would have to go with Ding Liren just because of the rating difference. Before you come at me saying "Wait, Ding Liren's last name starts with an L! Not a D!" Nope. Chinese surnames come first which means that Ding Liren's surname is Ding. Maybe Dubov will be better than Ding but for now, I think Ding Liren is the Best Chess Player with the surname starting with the letter D. 

Ding Liren was born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China on October 24th, 1992. He is one of the biggest contenders for the World Championship Title although I don't think we'll see him this year facing Magnus Carlsen. Ding Liren won his first Chinese Chess Championship at only 16 the youngest person to win. He has two team gold medals and one individual gold medal at the Chess Olympiad. He had a 100-game unbeaten streak until we saw Magnus Carlsen beat it with 125-games. Ding Liren is only 28-years-old and in 2019, Liren beat Carlsen in the Sinquefield Cup playoffs winning the tournament ahead of world-class grandmasters.