Lirin managed to win the World Chess Championship in Astana on Sunday after winning a tie-break against Russian rival Ian Nepomniachtchi.
3 runs in the game ended in a draw, and Lerin won in game four, having won 14 games in previous qualifying rounds in the same tournament, according to the British Daily Mail.
Lirin won the Chinese Chess Championship three times in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and in August 2015 he became the second Chinese player to enter the world’s top ten list after Wang Yue.
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