# World Chess Championships are underway

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-chess-championships-are-underway/982509>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** chess\
**Created:** [April 11, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-chess-championships-are-underway/982509 "2023-04-11T13:16:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-chess-championships-are-underway/982509/41 "2023-04-29T21:29:06Z")

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> [@Akaj's link](#):
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> When Tiger Woods was in his prime, was there any doubt that he was the best in the world? Did he need to be officially crowned the world champion? Didn’t his results speak for themselves, even if he took a month or a year off?

Answers:

- There was no doubt.
- Had there been a World Championship in golf, he’d almost certainly have needed to win it to be considered the best.
- Had he taken a year off, his status as world’s best would surely have been called into question.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-chess-championships-are-underway/982509/42 "2023-04-30T14:34:21Z")

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We have a new champion, after three rapid draws and a win as black: Ding Liren!

> **[Ding Liren Wins 2023 FIDE World Championship In Rapid Tiebreak](https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide-world-chess-championship-2023-tiebreak-ding-liren)**
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> GM Ding Liren is the new world champion after beating GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the final rapid tiebreak game of the 2023 FIDE World Championship.

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**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-chess-championships-are-underway/982509/43 "2023-04-30T16:18:59Z")

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That last game was something else. Very brave (and accurate) decision by Ding to avoid a draw with very little time on his clock, and heartbreaking to see Nepo once he realized he had lost. It’s definitely worth watching one of the streams on YouTube.

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**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-chess-championships-are-underway/982509/44 "2023-04-30T19:17:28Z")

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Yeah, Nepo breaking down at the table is pretty rough.

Congrats to Ding. Unfortunate for him that everyone is putting an asterisk after “Champion”, but there’s nothing he can do about that.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-chess-championships-are-underway/982509/45 "2023-05-01T02:52:48Z")

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> [@borschevsky](#):
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> That last game was something else. Very brave (and accurate) decision by Ding to avoid a draw with very little time on his clock, and heartbreaking to see Nepo once he realized he had lost. It’s definitely worth watching one of the streams on YouTube.

Yeah, I was watching the stream, and it was incredibly tense. I thought all three commentators did a great job talking through what was happening.

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