Chess player
Ding Liren
Chinese grandmaster and the country's first world champion.
Ding Liren is a Chinese chess grandmaster who was the 17th World Chess Champion from 2023 to 24. He is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion and was part of the Chinese teams that won the Chess Olympiads in 2014 and 2018. Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament and the only Chinese player to pass the 2800 Elo mark on the FIDE world rankings. In July 2016, with a blitz rating of 2875, he was the highest-rated Blitz player in the world. In July 2023, Ding became the No. 1 ranked Rapid player, with a rating of 2830. He achieved his highest classical rating of 2816 in November 2018 and a peak classical ranking of No. 2 in November 2021 behind Magnus Carlsen.
- Born
- 1992-10-24, Wenzhou, ChinaA Saturday
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Libra
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1992-10-24, Wenzhou, China · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Shanghaithe zone used then
Asia/ShanghaiThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 0°59′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 8°09′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 23°27′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 5°22′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 20°16′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 2°49′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 11°52′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 14°27′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 16°22′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 22°00′ | Direct |
Ding Liren is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Ding Liren was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.