What happened to Ding Liren after he won?

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Avatar of RakeshMahanti

After May 2ndish, I couldn't find any articles on Ding Liren. What happened to him?

Avatar of blueemu

Ask yourself what would have happened to him if he had lost?

Avatar of BoardMonkey

1.4 billion Chinese yawned. Ding ordered a pizza and turned on the TV.

Avatar of justbefair

He played in the Superbet Championship in Romania right after the World Championship.

https://www.chess.com/events/2023-gct-superbet-chess-classic-romania

Avatar of JohnNapierSanDiego

It's just not compelling that he's World Champion. Everyone still knows Magnus is the best, so no one really cares. Besides, it's not like Ding Liren is much better than anyone else in the top 5... He really isn't. I think last I checked even Fabiano Caruana has a higher rating than Ding.

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He is relaxing after a huge effort of becoming WC happy.png