King Ding & The Deep Dark Forest of Chess

Ding Chilling
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lol he’s not that strong. Just lucky. China isn’t good at Chess let’s be honest. They should stick to their own things

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And here I was thinking Ding was just lucky Magnus didn't defend his title, how wrong I was.... This. Is. Gold.

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To add flame , in Ding's prime (before pandemic) had Fabiano Caruana not qualified, Ding was the closest to defeat Magnus in the World Championship.

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the reveal at 22:51 gave me goosebumps. Ding beating those Super GMs at 16 is just mind blowing.

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