Ding Liren will defend his world chess crown: ‘fans don’t need to be worried’

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Ding Liren will defend his world chess crown: ‘fans don’t need to be worried’

The Chinese star, who has not played for eight months, has confirmed that he will compete at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee and that he will take on Candidates winner in the world title matchThe world champion, Ding Liren, has confirmed that he will play this weekend at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, which has its opening round on Saturday (1.15 pm GMT start, free and live coverage on chess24.com and other leading chess websites), and runs until 28 January, …