by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL) won with white pieces against Ding Liren, the game started with Nimzo Indian Defence – Morphy variation.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is a 29 year old French chess player, the top ranked of his country. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2005, at age 14. His peak Elo rating of 2819 makes him the seventh-highest rated player of all time. He is often referred to by his initials, MVL.
Ding Liren is a 27 year old Chinese chess grandmaster. He is the highest rated Chinese chess player in history and is also a three-time Chinese Chess Champion. He reached the finals of Chess World Cup in 2017 and 2019 consecutively, but ended up being the runner-up on both occasions.
