Standard Chess League - Season Seven

C00j: French: 2.Nf3 d5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4
Clock started on 12/07/2011
tom claxton: 20 days added by Admin
1... e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Ng5 h6 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 f5 8. Ng3 Bxg3 9. Qh5+ Ke7 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qd5 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Bd7 14. Bf4 g5 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Nd2 f4 17. gxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. O-O-O e5 20. Rde1 Ke6 21. Rh5 Rag8 22. Bc4+ Kf6 23. Bxg8 Rxg8 24. Rxh6+ Ke7 25. dxe5 Be6 26. Ne4 Nxe5 27. Nc5 Rg6 28. Rh7+ Kd6 29. Nxb7+ Kd5 30. Rd1+ Kc6 31. Nd8+ Kb6 32. Re7 Nxf3 33. Nxe6 c6 34. Nxf4 Rf6 35. Nd3 Ng5 36. f4 Nh3 37. Rf1 a5 38. a4 Rf5 39. Re5 Rf6 40. Re3 Ng5 41. f5 Nf7 42. Re6 Rxe6 43. fxe6 Nd6 44. e7 Kc7 45. Rf8 Kd7 46. Ra8 Kxe7 47. Rxa5 Kd7 48. Nc5+ Kc7 49. b4 Nc4 50. Ra8 Kb6 51. Ra6+ Kc7 52. a5 Kd6 53. Ra8 Kc7 54. a6 Kb6 55. a7 Nd6 56. Nd7+ Kb7 57. Rf8 Kxa7 58. Rf6 Nb5 59. Rxc6 Kb7 60. Rc5 Nc7 61. b5 Ne6 62. Re5 Nf4 63. c4 Nd3+ 64. Kc2 Nxe5 65. Nxe5 Kb6 66. Kc3 Kc5 67. Nd3+ Kb6 68. Kb4 Kc7 69. c5 Kb7 70. Ne5 Kc7 71. b6+ Kb7 72. Kb5 Kb8 73. c6 Kc8 74. b7+ Kb8 75. Kb6
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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