CT Class 3 #273

A06: Reti: Nimzowitsch-Larsen
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. b3 d5
Clock started on 05/26/2016
2. Nf3 c6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. Nh4 e6 5. Nxf5 exf5 6. e3 Nd7 7. Qf3 Ne7 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Qxf5 g6 11. Qf4 Qxf4 12. exf4 Rg8 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. O-O-O f5 15. Rde1+ Kf7 16. Re2 Rge8 17. Rhe1 Nf6 18. Na4 b6 19. h3 c5 20. Be5 d4 21. d3 Nh5 22. g3 Re6 23. Nb2 Rae8 24. Nc4 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 R8e7 26. Nd6+ Kf6 27. Rxe6+ Rxe6 28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 29. Nc8 h6 30. Nxa7 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. a4 Kd7 33. Kd2 f4 34. g4 Ng7 35. Ke2 Ne6 36. Nb5 Kc6 37. f3 Kd7 38. Na3 Kc6 39. Kd2 Nf8 40. Ke2 Ne6 41. Nb1 b5 42. axb5+ Kxb5 43. Nd2 Kb4 44. Ne4 Ka3 45. Kd2 Kb2 46. Nd6 Kb1 47. Nc4 Ka2 48. Kc1 Ka1 49. Ne5 Ka2 50. Nc6 Ka1 51. b4 cxb4 52. Nxb4 Nc5 53. Nc6 Ne6 54. c3 Ka2 55. cxd4 Kb3 56. Kd2 Ka4 57. Kc3 Kb5 58. Ne7 Nc7 59. Nf5 Ne8 60. h4 gxh4 61. Nxh4 Nf6 62. g5 Nd5+ 63. Kd2 Kc6 64. g6 Kd7 65. g7 Nf6 66. Ng6 Ke6 67. Nxf4+ Kf7 68. d5 Kxg7 69. Kc3 Kf7 70. Kc4 Ke7 71. Kc5 Kd7 72. Ng6 Nh5 73. f4 Ng7 74. Nh4 Ne8 75. f5 Nf6 76. Ng6 Ne8 77. Nf4 Nf6 78. Ne6 Ne8 79. Ng5 Nf6 80. Ne4 Nh7 81. d6 Nf8 82. Nf6+ Kd8 83. Kc6
Conditional Moves: 83... Kc8 84. d7+ Kd8 85. d4
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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