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Which two Asian players held the World Chess Champion title before Ding Liren?

  • Tigran Petrosian and Viswanathan Anand

  • Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov

  • Vladimir Kramnik and Boris Spassky

  • Mikhail Tal and Vassily Smyslov

Answer

Tigran Petrosian and Viswanathan Anand were the two Asian players who held the World Chess Champion title before Ding Liren. Petrosian was from Armenia, and Anand is from India.
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