Li Di (chess player)

{{short description|Chinese chess grandmaster (born 1999)}}

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| country = China

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| birth_place = Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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| title = Grandmaster (2019){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main226266.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}

| peakrating = 2581 (June 2021)

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Li Di ({{zh|c=李荻}}; born December 15, 1999) is a Chinese chess grandmaster.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021-chinese-chess-championships-yu-yangyi-tan-zhongyi|title=Yu Retains Chinese Title But Loses To Ju|date=May 27, 2021|last=Doggers|first=Peter}}

In November 2022, Li finished 4th in the Chinese Chess Championship, losing to Xu Xiangyu on tiebreak based on Sonneborn-Berger score.{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/news/2084|title=Chinese Championship 2022: Dai Changren and Tan Zhongyi win titles|date=November 11, 2022}} Li, along with Lu Shanglei, Xu Xiangyu, and Bai Jinshi, was part of the Chinese team who won the 2022 World Team Chess Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1130957/china-team-world-champions|title=China win World Team Chess Championship in Jerusalem|date=November 25, 2022|last=Sankar|first=Vimal}}{{cite web|url=https://english.news.cn/20221126/b7ec5e5caf91464ea56f093e7fbe2410/c.html|title=China wins Men's World Team Chess Championship|date=November 26, 2022}}

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