Standard chess tournament

B19b: Caro-Kann: Classical, 7.Nf3 e6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c6
Clock started on 03/09/2012
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Be7 12. Bd2 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Qd5 14. O-O Rd8 15. Be3 c5 16. Nh5 Bf8 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 b6 21. Kh2 Ne7 22. g4 Nc6 23. Bc3 b5 24. b3 Rg8 25. Rf3 Bc5 26. Rd3 a6 27. Kg3 Ke7 28. a4 b4 29. Bb2 Nb8 30. Ba1 Ba7 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Rd2 Nd7 33. Re2 Bb8 34. Nf4 a5 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Ba7 37. g6 fxg6 38. Nxg6+ Kf7 39. Nh4 g5 40. Nf3 Kg6 41. Kg4 Rf8 42. Re4 Rf5 43. Bb2 Bb6 44. Kg3 Kh5 45. Re2 Bc7 46. Ba1 Kg6 47. Bd4 Nf6 48. Re1 Rf4 49. exf6 Rxd4+ 50. Kg2 Rg4+ 51. Kh1 Kxf6 52. Rd1 Re4 53. Nd4 g4 54. Nb5 Bf4 55. Rf1 Kg5 56. Rd1 g3 57. Nd4 Kg4 58. Kg2 e5 59. Ne6 Re2+ 60. Kf1 Rxc2 61. Nxf4 exf4 62. Rd8 f3 63. Rg8+ Kf4 64. Rf8+ Ke3 65. Re8+ Kd2
Black 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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