Standard Chess League - Season Eight

D37a: QGD: 4.Nf3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 Nf6
Clock started on 01/24/2014
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Be5 O-O 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nxd5 Qg6 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Qa4 Qh5 15. d5 Ne7 16. Rad1 Nc8 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. Rd3 a6 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. Rd2 h5 21. h4 Re7 22. e3 Rde8 23. Nce2 Qf6 24. Qc2 Bb4 25. Rd3 Bd6 26. a3 Be5 27. Qb3 Nc8 28. Rc1 Nd6 29. Rd2 g6 30. Qb4 Bc8 31. Rdc2 Ne4 32. Bxe4 Bd6 33. Qd2 Rxe4 34. Rc4 R4e7 35. R4c3 Be5 36. Rd3 Qd6 37. Nc3 Bh8 38. Kg2 Bg7 39. Qc2 Bd7 40. Qb3 Bc8 41. Qc4 Qd7 42. Rh1 Qg4 43. Qa4 Be5 44. Qd1 Kg7 45. Qd2 Bd6 46. b4 Kg8 47. Qe1 Qd7 48. e4 f6 49. f3 Rg7 50. Qd2 Qf7 51. f4 Qf8 52. Re1 Rge7 53. Rf3 Qg7 54. Qd3 Bg4 55. Rf2 Kh8 56. Ref1 Kg8 57. Rc1 Kh8 58. Re1 Kg8 59. Rh1 Kh8=
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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