2008 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 4

B30h: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 12/02/2008
2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Ba4 Qa5 10. O-O-O h5 11. Qg3 Ne2+ 12. Nxe2 Qxa4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxa2 15. Qc3 O-O 16. Nb5 d6 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Nc7 Rd8 20. Nd5 Rd7 21. g4 h4 22. Rhe1 b5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Rxd5+ 26. Qxd5 Qxb2 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Re3 Qf6 29. Ke1 Qf4 30. Rxe7 Bxg4 31. Qd4+ Qf6 32. f3 Bxf3 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Rdd7 Bd5 35. Rxa7 g5 36. Re3 g4 37. Ra6+ Kf5 38. Rd6 Be4 39. Rd4 Re8 40. Kf2 Kf4 41. Rc3 f5 42. Rd1 Ra8 43. Rf1 Ra2 44. Kg1+ Kg5 45. Rf2 Kf6 46. Kf1 b4 47. Rb3 Bd5 48. Re3 Ra1+ 49. Ke2 Ra3 50. Rf4 b3 51. cxb3 Ra2+ 52. Ke1= Rxh2 53. Re8 Kg5 54. Rd4 Bxb3 55. Rb8 Rh1+ 56. Ke2 Rb1 57. Rh8 h3 58. Rd6 Kf4 59. Rd4+ Kg3 60. Rd3+ Kg2 61. Ke3 Rb2 62. Kd4 Ba2 63. Rd1 Re2 64. Ra1 f4 65. Rh4 Kg3 66. Rh6 f3 67. Rg1+ Rg2 68. Rf1 Rd2+ 69. Kc3 Rh2 70. Rd6 Rf2 71. Rh1 h2 72. Rh6 Bd5 73. Ra1 Be4 74. Kd4 Re2 75. Re6 f2 76. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 77. Kxe4 Kg2 78. Kf5 h1=Q 79. Rxh1 Kxh1 80. Kxg4 f1=Q 81. Kg5 Qf7 82. Kg4 Qf6 83. Kg3 Qf5 84. Kh4 Kg1 85. Kg3 Qe4 86. Kh3 Kf2
Black win

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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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