2023 World Chess Championship: GM Ian Nepomniachtchi vs GM Ding Liren

The World Chess Championship 2023 was a chess match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren to determine the new World Chess Champion. The match took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 9 April to 30 April 2023, and was a best of 14 games, plus tiebreaks. After a 7–7 score tie in the classical time format in which both players traded blows—five of the first seven games were decisive—on 30 April, the match proceeded to tiebreaks with rapid time format. After draws in the first three games, Ding Liren played boldly and won with black in the final game to become the 17th World Chess Champion.