2009 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 2

C68p: Spanish: Exchange, Alapin Gambit, 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 02/27/2009
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Rxd1 O-O-O 15. e6 fxe6 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. c3 Bd6 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Rad1 b6 21. f4 Nc4 22. e5 Nxb2 23. exd6 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd6 25. Re1 c5 26. Kf2 Rd3 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Kxe3 Kd7 29. Nd2 Kc6 30. Ke4 Kb5 31. Ke5 Re8 32. Ne4 Kc4 33. Ng3 g6 34. Kf6 Kxc3 35. Kxg6 c4 36. Nxh5 Kb2 37. Ng7 Rb8 38. Nxe6 Kxa2 39. f5 b5 40. f6 b4 41. f7 c3 42. Nd8 b3 43. f8=Q b2 44. Qf7+ Rb3 45. Nc6 b1=Q+ 46. Kh6 Qg1 47. Qc4 Qxg2 48. h4 Kb2 49. Nb4 Qh2 50. Kh5 a5 51. Nd3+ Kc2 52. Qe4 Rb8 53. Nf2+ Kb2 54. Nd1+ Ka1 55. Qf3 Qe5 56. Nxc3 Qe8+ 57. Kg4 Qe6+ 58. Kg3 Qe1+ 59. Kh3 Qe6+ 60. Kg2 Rb2+ 61. Kf1 Qc4+ 62. Ne2 Rb3 63. Qf5 a4 64. Bf6+ Ka2 65. Kf2 Rb6 66. Nc3+ Ka3 67. Qf3 Qc5+ 68. Kg2 Qc4 69. Kg3 c5 70. h5 Qg8+ 71. Kf2 Qb8 72. Kf1 Qb7 73. Ne4+ Rb3 74. Bc3 Qc6 75. Kf2 Qb7 76. Qe3 Qf7+ 77. Kg2 Qg8+ 78. Kh2 Qb8+ 79. Kh1 Rb1+ 80. Kg2 Ka2 81. Qf2+ Kb3 82. Bg7 Qb7 83. Qe3+ Ka2 84. Qd2+ Ka3 85. Qc3+ Ka2 86. Qc2+
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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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