Faster to Senior Master

C69j: Spanish: Exchange, Gligoric, 8.Ne2
'Fast' (10 days + 1 day/move, max 30 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 09/06/2011
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Nbc3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne7 14. f3 Rhf8 15. Rd2 Nc6 16. Rad1 f5 17. Nfd5 b6 18. Ne3 f4 19. Ned5 g5 20. h4 h6 21. Kf2 Be6 22. Rh1 g4 23. Rhd1 Rd7 24. Ne2 gxf3 25. gxf3 Ne5 26. b3 Rdf7 27. Rg1 Kb7 28. Rdd1 a5 29. Ndc3 Rf6 30. h5 c6 31. Nc1 Rg8 32. Nd3 Nxd3+ 33. cxd3 Kc7 34. Ne2 Rxg1 35. Rxg1 Kd6 36. d4 cxd4 37. Nxd4 Bd7 38. Ne2 Be8 39. Rg4 Ke5 40. Nc1 Kd4 41. Rg8 Bxh5 42. Rd8+ Kc3 43. Ne2+ Kb2 44. e5 Rf5 45. Rd2+ Ka3 46. e6 Rf8 47. Nc3 Rf5 48. Re2 b5 49. e7 Be8 50. Ne4 Re5 51. Nd6 Rxe2+ 52. Kxe2 Bg6 53. Nb7 h5 54. Nxa5 Kxa2 55. Nxc6 Kxb3 56. Nd4+ Kc4 57. Ne6 Bf7 58. Kd2 h4 59. Nxf4 Kc5 60. Ke3 Kd6 61. Ne2 b4 62. Nd4 Kd5 63. Nb3 Ke6 64. Nd4+ Kd7 65. Kf4 Bd5 66. Kg4 Kxe7 67. Ne2 b3 68. Nc3 Ke6 69. Na4 Kf6 70. f4 Bc6 71. Nc3 b2 72. Nb1 Be4 73. Nd2 Bd3 74. Kxh4 Kf5 75. Kg3 Be4 76. Kf2 Kxf4 77. Ke2 Bc2 78. Ke1 Bd3 79. Kf2 Bb5 80. Nb1 Ke4 81. Na3 Kd3 82. Ke1 Ba4 83. Nb1 Bb3 84. Na3 Bc2 85. Kf1 Kc3 86. Ke2 Kb3
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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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