2009 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 3

B33o: Sicilian: Pelikan, Chelyabinsk, 9.Nd5 Be7, 11.c3 O-O
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 07/24/2009
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Be6 13. a4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nb4 Qb7 18. Be2 Bg5 19. O-O Rc8 20. Qd3 Rc5 21. Ra1 g6 22. g3 f5 23. Bd1 Kg7 24. Bb3 e4 25. Qd4+ Bf6 26. Qe3 Rc7 27. Kg2 Be5 28. f3 exf3+ 29. Qxf3 h5 30. Qe3 Kh7 31. Ra5 Kg7 32. Qe2 Rc5 33. Qf2 Bf6 34. Ra1 Rc7 35. Ra6 Nc8 36. Ra5 Na7 37. Bd1 Nc8 38. Be2 Rc5 39. Bf3 Rc4 40. Qe3 Bd8 41. Ra1 Be7 42. Nd3 Bf6 43. Nf4 Be5 44. Ne6+ Kh7 45. Qg5 Qe7 46. Qxe7+ Nxe7 47. Ra7 Bf6 48. Nd4 Ra4 49. Rb7 Kh6 50. Nxb5 Nc8 51. Kf2 Ra2 52. Nd4 Bxd4+ 53. cxd4 Kg5 54. Ke3 Ra8 55. Rc7 Kf6 56. Kd3 Nb6 57. Rc6 Nc8 58. Kc3 Ke7 59. Be2 Rb8 60. b4 Nb6 61. Bf3 Nd7 62. Rc7 Kd8 63. Rc6 Ke7 64. Kb3 Rf8 65. b5 f4 66. Rc3 fxg3 67. hxg3 Rf5 68. Kb4 Rg5 69. Ka5 Rxg3 70. b6 Rg1 71. Be4 Ra1+ 72. Kb5 Ra2 73. Rc2 Ra3 74. Rc7 Kd8 75. Rc6 Ke7 76. Bxg6 Rb3+ 77. Ka5 h4 78. Bf5 Ra3+ 79. Kb4 Ra2 80. Rc7 Rb2+ 81. Kc3 Rxb6 82. Rxd7+ Kf6 83. Be6 Kg5 84. Rg7+ Kf4 85. Rg4+ Ke3 86. Rxh4 Rb7 87. Kc4 Rb1 88. Bf5 Rb6 89. Re4+ Kf3 90. Re6 Kf4 91. Bc2 Kf3 92. Ba4 Kf4 93. Bc6
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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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