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Chess champ Ding Liren reminds us, heroes are vulnerable humans
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World chess champion Ding Liren has been through some tough times but bravely speaks out about it.
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From Wenzhou in Zhejiang province come many brilliant things. Camellias, paper-making, a love for mathematics and a chess genius. Ding Liren, 31, is by all accounts polite, unassuming and pleasant. But we need to affix another adjective to him.
Brave.
