2010 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 1

C60p: Spanish: Cozio, 4.Nc3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 11/13/2009
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bc4 h6 6. O-O Ng6 7. d4 d6 8. a3 Bg4 9. dxe5 Ngxe5 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd3 Ne6 14. f4 Be7 15. Nd5 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. f5 Nc5 18. f6 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Rf4 Rae8 22. Rg4+ Kh7 23. Rh4 Re6 24. Be3 Rfe8 25. Rf1 R8e7 26. g4 Rg6 27. Kg2 Ng5 28. Bxg5 Rxg5 29. Kf3 Kg6 30. Rh3 d5 31. Rf2 Re4 32. Rg3 c6 33. h4 Rge5 34. Kg2 d4 35. Kh3 Re3 36. Rd2 Rxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Re3+ 38. Kf4 c5 39. Rg2 b5 40. h5+ Kg7 41. Kf5 d3 42. cxd3 Rxd3 43. Ke4 Rd4+ 44. Ke5 f6+ 45. Ke6 c4 46. Rf2 Re4+ 47. Kd5 Rxg4 48. Rh2 Rg3 49. Ke6 Re3+ 50. Kf5 Re5+ 51. Kf4 Kf7 52. Kg4 Ke6 53. Rd2 Rg5+ 54. Kh4 f5 55. Rc2 Rg4+ 56. Kh3 Re4 57. Rc3 Ke5 58. Kg3 Kd4 59. Kf3 Rh4 60. Rc2 Rxh5 61. Rd2+ Kc5 62. Kf4 Kb6 63. Ke5 Ka5 64. Kf6 Ka4 65. Kg6 Rh3 66. Kxf5 b4 67. axb4 Kxb4 68. Kg6 Kb3 69. Re2 a5 70. Kf5 a4 71. Kg4 Rd3
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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