Li Di (chess player)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Di (Chinese: 李荻; born December 15, 1999) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.

Li Di
Country	China
Born	(1999-12-15) December 15, 1999 (age 24) Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Title	Grandmaster (2019)^[1]
FIDE rating	2563 (May 2024)
Peak rating	2581 (June 2021)

Chess career

In 2013, Li won the U14 World Youth Chess Championship held in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

In May 2021, Li finished 3rd in the Chinese Chess Championship, losing to Yu Yangyi and Wei Yi on tiebreaks based on Sonneborn–Berger score.^[2]

In November 2022, Li finished 4th in the Chinese Chess Championship, losing to Xu Xiangyu on tiebreak based on Sonneborn-Berger score.^[3] Li, along with Lu Shanglei, Xu Xiangyu, and Bai Jinshi, was part of the Chinese team who won the 2022 World Team Chess Championship.^[4][5]

References

1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
2. Doggers, Peter (May 27, 2021). "Yu Retains Chinese Title But Loses To Ju".
3. "Chinese Championship 2022: Dai Changren and Tan Zhongyi win titles". November 11, 2022.
4. Sankar, Vimal (November 25, 2022). "China win World Team Chess Championship in Jerusalem".
5. "China wins Men's World Team Chess Championship". November 26, 2022.