Standard Chess League - Season Six

B16j: Caro-Kann: Bronstein-Larsen, 6.c3 Bf5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c6
Clock started on 10/15/2010
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Ne2 Bd6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bh6 Nd7 11. Bg7 Rg8 12. Bh6 Qc7 13. Qf3 O-O-O 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 f5 16. Qf3 Rg6 17. Be3 Rdg8 18. g3 Nb6 19. Bb3 Rg4 20. O-O-O f4 21. h3 R4g6 22. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 23. gxf4 Rf6 24. Bc2 Qxf4+ 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Bxh7 Rg2 27. Rdf1 Nc4 28. Bd3 Nd6 29. h4 Nf5 30. h5 Rg7 31. h6 Rh7 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rfg1 Rf6 34. Rg7 Rhxh6 35. Rxh6 Rxh6 36. Rxf7 a6 37. Rf3 Kc7 38. Re3 Rf6= 39. f3 Kd6 40. Kd2 b5 41. Kd3 c5 42. dxc5+ Kxc5 43. b3 a5 44. Ke4 Rh6 45. Re2 Rh5 46. Kd3 Rd5+ 47. Kc2 Kd6 48. Rd2 Ke5 49. Rxd5+ exd5 50. Kd3 b4 51. c4 dxc4+ 52. Kxc4 Kf4 53. Kb5 Kxf3 54. Kxa5 Ke4 55. Kxb4 Kd5 56. Kb5 Kd6 57. Ka5 Kc6 58. a4 Kb7 59. b4 Ka7 60. b5 Kb7 61. b6 Kb8 62. Ka6 Ka8 63. b7+ Kb8 64. a5 Kc7 65. Ka7
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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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