Little Big Tourney I [2000/2300, 30+3]

C78e: Spanish: 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 03/18/2011
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bd6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Re1 Be7 9. d4 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Rd1 exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. Bc2 Bf8 17. Ng3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qd3 Nc6 22. d5 Ne5 23. Qb3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Re4 25. Bd2 Rae8 26. Rac1 Ra4 27. a3 Rc4 28. b3 Rd4 29. Ba5 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 f4 31. Rxc7 Qf5 32. Qf3 Re5 33. Bd2 Qb1+ 34. Rc1 Qe4 35. Qg4+ Rg5 36. Qe6+ Qxe6 37. dxe6 Re5 38. Kf1 Rxe6 39. Rc6 f3 40. gxf3 Kf7 41. Rxa6 Re8 42. a4 bxa4 43. bxa4 Ke6 44. Rb6 f5 45. a5 Ra8 46. Ke2 Bg7 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Rb5+ Ke6 49. Rb7 Bf8 50. Rh7 Kf6 51. Bc3+ Kg5 52. Rh8 Kf4 53. a6 Kxf3 54. Bd4 Rxa6 55. Rxf8 f4 56. Rf6 h5 57. h4 Ra3+ 58. Kc4 Kg4 59. Kd5 Kf3 60. Rxd6 Ra5+ 61. Kc4 Kg4 62. Rg6+ Kxh4 63. Kd3 Kh3 64. Ke4 Ra4 65. Rf6 h4 66. Rxf4 Ra2 67. Bf6 Ra4+ 68. Kf3 Rxf4+ 69. Kxf4 Kg2 70. f3 Kh3 71. Bg5 Kh2 72. Bxh4 Kg1 73. Kg4 Kh2 74. f4
White 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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