Standard Chess League

B42h: Sicilian: Kan, 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4
Clock started on 05/22/2007
1... c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxd3 11. cxd3 Be7 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Be3 h5 14. Qe4 h4 15. h3 Rh5 16. d4 a5 17. Rac1 Kg8 18. Qg4 Rf5 19. Bh6 g6 20. Ne4 Bd7 21. f4 c5 22. dxc5 Bc6 23. Rcd1 Qc7 24. Nd6 Rh5 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. fxg5 Qe7 27. Qf4 Rxg5 28. Rd2 Rf8 29. Rf2 a4 30. Ree2 Rg3 31. Re3 Qg5 32. Rxg3 Qxf4 33. Rxf4 hxg3 34. Rg4 Rb8 35. Rxg3 b6 36. cxb6 Rxb6 37. b3 Kg7 38. bxa4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rb2 40. a3 Bxa4 41. Rc3 Bb3 42. Ne8+ Kh6 43. Nf6 g5 44. Rf3 Bd1 45. Rf1 Bb3 46. Ne4 g4 47. hxg4 Bd5 48. Rf2 Rb3 49. Rf3 Rb2 50. Rf6+ Kg7 51. Nd6 Rxg2+ 52. Kh3 Re2 53. Rxf7+ Kg6 54. Rf6+ Kg7 55. Ne8+ Kg8 56. Rf4 Rxe5 57. Nf6+ Kg7 58. Nh5+ Kg8 59. Kh4 Re1 60. Ra4 Kf8 61. Ra7 e5 62. Kg5 e4 63. Nf4 Bc6 64. Rc7 Ba4 65. Ng6+ Ke8 66. Kf4 Bd1 67. g5 Bh5 68. Nh4 e3 69. Ng2 Rf1+ 70. Kxe3 Rf3+ 71. Ke4 Rxa3 72. Nf4 Bf7 73. Kf5 Ra5+ 74. Kg4 Ra6=
Draw

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The Action Bar

The Action Bar is the most important part of the game screen, this is where you interact with the game by entering moves, conditional moves, comments, draw offers, resignations, and much more (if you are not viewing one of your own games, the Action Bar is not shown).  The Action Bar is in four parts, from left to right:

  1. The Move Input Box: where your move or conditional move is shown; it is possible to type into this box, but not recommended, you can enter your move by dragging and dropping the pieces on the board.
  2. The Action Selection Dropdown: this is where you select the action you want to do, for example, move, enter a comment, accept a draw offer, claim a draw, etc.  Only the actions which are relevant to the current game are shown.
  3. The Continue Button: this button sends your action back to our server; sometimes you might see a pop-up text box before the action is sent, this is so that you can write a message to your opponent.  You can set your preferences so that this box is always shown to confirm you move (under the "Chess Board" tab "Confirm moves before committing), some people find this helpful as a "blunder check".
  4. The Next Game button: clicking the button will take you to the next game for which it is your move.

The Game Information Panel

Under the Action Bar, you should find the Game Information Panel.  This gives you more information about the game; because there is too much information to see on one screen here, it is arranged into "tab"; you can move between the various screens by clicking the buttons, from left to right:

  1. Game Overview: this tab shows the full history of the game, including comments (you cannot read the comments from another player's game, unless the game is marked as "public"), leave taken, etc.  You can click the moves to see the position on the chess board.
  2. Hide Comments: this tab shows the moves of the game only, without the distraction of the comments shown on the game overview tab.
  3. Material Balance: this tab shows the captured pieces in the game.  If you are playing CrazyHouse chess, or a similar game, you can drag pieces from here to the board to make a "drop".
  4. Tags: You can "tag" games, this makes it easier to come back to games, you can find the games you have tagged from the game database screen.
  5. Variant Information: this tab is available for some chess variants, it will show you a description of the variant.
  6. Opening Information: In standard chess games, this tab will show you information about the chess opening you have been playing, taken from the Game Explorer.
  7. Analysis Board: Opening this tab will overlay an "analysis board" on the main chess board; you can move the pieces around freely on this board to try out various ideas in the game.
  8. Engine Analysis: This tab allows you to analyse the game using a chess engine; because the use of engines is not allowed on SchemingMind, this tab is not available for ongoing games.
  9. Help: If you are reading this, you have already figured out what the help button does!

The Chess Board

The chess board shows the current position in your game; if it is your move, or if you can enter a conditional move, you can drag and drop the pieces on the chess board.

If you wish to castle, simply drag your king over the rook on the side you wish to castle on.  When you promote a pawn, you will see a pop-up prompting you to select the promoted piece.

We have a number of different designs for chess boards and pieces, you can select the one you prefer from your personal preferences.

Under the chess board is a navigation toolbar (this toolbar looks slightly different if you are looking at the analysis board).

From left to right:

  • Settings: This button will bring up your chess board and pieces display settings.
  • Download Game: This button will allow you to download the game in PGN format.
  • Copy Position: This button will copy the position to your clipboard.
  • Move to Start: This button will show the start position of the game.
  • Previous Move: This button will move position shown on the board back one move.
  • Next Move: This button will show the next position on the board.
  • Last Move: This button will show the current position on the board.
  • Flip: This button will show the board from the other player's perspective (by default you see games from White's perspective unless you are Black; you can select an option to always show the board from White's perspective in your personal preferences).
  • Animate: If you are not looking at the last move in the game, this button will animate the game from the shown position to the last move.
  • Stop Animation: This button will stop the animation.
  • Analysis Board: This button will show the Analysis Board (see above).

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