Lions Cup A018

D10r: Slav: 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 d5
Clock started on 03/09/2011
2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 a5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Nc1 Ba6 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bd2 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd7 15. Nb3 c5 16. O-O cxd4 17. Rac1 Be7 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Rc8 20. Qa6 Rxc5 21. Qa8+ Qd8 22. Qa7 Qb6 23. Qa8+ Qd8 24. Qa7 Qc7 25. Qa8+ Bd8 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Nxd4 O-O 29. Nc6 Qd7 30. Qa7 Qxa7 31. Nxa7 Bb6 32. Nc6 f6 33. exf6 Rxf6 34. Be1 Kf7 35. g3 Rf5 36. h3 g6 37. Kg2 h5 38. Rc4 g5 39. Re4 Kf6 40. Rc4 h4 41. Re4 hxg3 42. f3 Ne3+ 43. Kxg3 Bc7+ 44. f4 Bxf4+ 45. Kf3 Nd1 46. Nd4 Rd5 47. Rxe6+ Kf7 48. Re4 Nxb2 49. h4 Nxa4 50. hxg5 Bd6 51. g6+ Kxg6 52. Nb3 Nc5 53. Rg4+ Kf5 54. Nd4+ Kf6 55. Nc6 Na6 56. Rd4 Rxd4 57. Nxd4 a4 58. Ke4 Bc5 59. Kd5 Bxd4 60. Kxd4 b3 61. Kc4 Ke7 62. Bc3 Kd6 63. Bb2 Kc6 64. Ba3 Nc5 65. Kb4 Kd5 66. Bb2 Nd3+ 67. Kxa4 Nxb2+=
Draw

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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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