Ding Liren Is the Unluckiest Top Chess Player

February 3, 2022 NHaselton Personalities, Contemporary Masters

GMHikaruThu, February 3, 2022 5:00amURL:
Embed:

Hikaru covers the news that the top seed of the FIDE Grand Prix GM Ding Liren won’t be able to compete to finish the tournament series.

👕 NEW MERCH ► https://streamlabs.com/gmhikaru/merch

♟️ LEARN CHESS & PLAY WITH ME ► https://go.chess.com/hikaru

🎁 GIVE 💎 CHESS ► https://www.chess.com/membership/gift?ref_id=15448422

🎬 CLIPS CHANNEL ► https://www.youtube.com/c/GMHikaruClips?sub_confirmation=1

🎞️ MORE GMHIKARU ► https://www.youtube.com/c/moregmhikaru?sub_confirmation=1

💜 TWITCH ► https://www.twitch.tv/gmhikaru

💖 INSTAGRAM ► https://www.instagram.com/gmhikaru/

🐦 TWITTER ► https://twitter.com/gmhikaru

✨ TIKTOK ► https://www.tiktok.com/@hikarugm

💛 DISCORD ► https://discord.gg/gmhikaru

💙 FACEBOOK ► https://facebook.com/GMHikaru

💚 SUPPORT ► https://streamlabs.com/gmhikaru

🤣 REDDIT ► https://www.reddit.com/r/HikaruNakamura/

━━━━━━━━━━━━━

🎥 Edit and 🎨 Thumbnail ► Jaron https://twitter.com/jaroniscaring
👌Channel Management ► Team Hikaru
📧 Business inquiries ► teamhikaru@unitedtalent.com OR teamgmhikaru@gmail.com

#gmhikaru #chess #FIDEGrandPrix

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

<div id="puzzlebot-container"></div>

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.polyfills.min.js"></script>

<script>
  var board = null;
  var game = new Chess();

  function onDragStart(source, piece, position, orientation) {
    // do not allow dragging when game is over
    if (game.game_over()) return false;

    // only allow white pieces to be dragged
    if (piece.search(/^b/) !== -1) return false;
  }

  function onDrop(source, target) {
    // see if the move is legal
    var move = game.move({
      from: source,
      to: target,
      promotion: "q" // always promote to a queen for example simplicity
    });

    // illegal move
    if (move === null) return "snapback";

    // update the board position
    board.position(game.fen());

    // get a random move from the engine
    window.setTimeout(makeRandomMove, 250);
  }

  // make a random move
  function makeRandomMove() {
    var possibleMoves = game.moves();

    // game over
    if (possibleMoves.length === 0) return;

    var randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * possibleMoves.length);
    game.move(possibleMoves[randomIndex]);
    board.position(game.fen());
  }

  // initialize the chessboard
  function init() {
    var config = {
      draggable: true,
      onDragStart: onDragStart,
      onDrop: onDrop,
      position: 'start'
    };

    board = Chessboard('puzzlebot-container', config);

    makeRandomMove();
  }

  $(document).ready(init);
</script>