Ding Liren of China won the world chess championship in a tiebreaker on Sunday, defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia to become the first Chinese man to hold the world title.Ding's victory is the latest high point in chess for China, a rising power in the game.The country, which once banned chess as a symbol of a decadent West, now holds both the men's and women's world championships.
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