Anand tribute

D30o: QGD: 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 d5
Clock started on 12/02/2008
2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bh4 Qc7 9. e3 Bd6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be2 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. e4 b4 15. Na4 c5 16. e5 c4 17. Qe3 Nd5 18. exd6 Qa5 19. Qd2 c3 20. Nxc3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxc3 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Re1 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Rc4 26. Reb1 Nb6 27. Qg3 Nd7 28. Rb7 Qxa2 29. Rf1 Qa4 30. h3 Rec8 31. Rfb1 Rc3 32. Qg4 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Rc4 35. Qg3 a5 36. Qe3 Rb4 37. Ra7 Rb8 38. Qf3 Qb5 39. Qa3 a4 40. Rxa4 f6 41. Ra7 Rb7 42. Ra8+ Rb8 43. Ra5 Qb6 44. Qa4 Rb7 45. Ra6 Qb1 46. Qc6 Kh7 47. Ra3 e5 48. dxe5 Nxe5 49. Qd5 h5 50. Bxf6 gxf6 51. f4 Qb5 52. Qxb5 Rxb5 53. fxe5 Rd5 54. Ra5 Rd3 55. Ra7+ Kg6 56. Ra3 Rd1 57. e6 Rxd6 58. Re3 Rd8 59. Kg3 Kf5 60. h4 Re8 61. e7 Kg6 62. Kf4 Kh6 63. g4 hxg4 64. Kxg4 Kg6 65. h5+ Kf7 66. h6 Rg8+ 67. Kf4
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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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