2017 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 1

A29: English: Four Knights, 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. g3 d5
Clock started on 11/29/2016
2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rb1 a4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc2 f6 17. Nce4 c5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Qc7 20. Rd1 Bf7 21. Kg2 Qc6 22. f3 f5 23. Nf2 Rac8 24. Bb2 e4 25. Qc3 Bf6 26. Qc1 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 h6 28. Qc3 Rfe8 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. e3 Rb8 31. Rc1 Qc8 32. Kg1 Qf5 33. Rb5 Rbd8 34. Rf1 Rf8 35. Rb2 Be6 36. Rbb1 Rf6 37. Nh1 Rd3 38. Qa5 Qe5 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Rxf6 Qxf6 41. Rf1 Qe5 42. Qe8 Qd6 43. Rf8 g6 44. Rf1 Rxe3 45. Nf2 Qd7 46. Qxd7+ Bxd7 47. Nxe4 Bh3 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Re7 Rf3 50. Nf2 Bf5 51. g4 Bc2 52. Re2 Rc3 53. Kf1 g5 54. Ke1 Kf7 55. Rd2 Ke7 56. Re2+ Kf6 57. Rd2 Ke5 58. Rd5+ Kf4 59. Rxc5 Rxa3 60. Kd2 Ra2 61. Kc3 Kf3 62. Nd3 Bxd3 63. Kxd3 Kxg4 64. Ra5 Kf4 65. c5 Ke5 66. Kc3 Rxh2 67. Rxa4 Kd5 68. Ra5 g4 69. Ra7 Kxc5 70. Kd3 h5 71. Rg7 Kd5 72. Rg5+ Ke6 73. Ke4 Kf6 74. Rg8 Re2+ 75. Kf4 Rg2 76. Rh8 Rf2+ 77. Kg3 Rf3+ 78. Kg2 Kg5 79. Rb8 Rd3 80. Rb5+ Kh4 81. Rb2 Rd4
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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