Ding Liren Wins Again, Defeats Topalov 3-1

It was a very good little match for Ding Liren, who defeated an illustrious opponent - former FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov - by a convincing 3-1 score. In the process, he has also joined the 2800 club. He is the 14th player to do so, and is currently ranked #4 in the world. Ding's win in the last game was very convincing - a complete positional crush of the sort one would expect from a rating mismatch, but not against a legend like Topalov who has been a top player for more than two decades. Here is the game, which even finishes with a petit combinaison.