CT Class 1 #130

A28: English: Four Knights, 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. c4 e5
Clock started on 11/01/2017
2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O e4 8. Ne1 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qd6 12. c5 Qe7 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. f3 Bf5 15. d3 exd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Red8 18. e4 Nd4 19. Qf2 Ne6 20. Rb3 Nd4 21. Rb2 Ne6 22. Rb3 Nd4 23. Ra3 Nb5 24. Ra5 c6 25. Bf4 Rxd3 26. Bxb8 Qd8 27. Rxb5 cxb5 28. Bxa7 Rd2 29. Qe3 Rxa2 30. Bb6 Qd7 31. Qc1 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Qc4 33. Qxc4 bxc4 34. Rc1 Ra4 35. Kg1 Kf8 36. Kf2 Ke8 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. Rd1+ Kc6 39. Rd6+ Kb5 40. e5 Ra3+ 41. Kd2 Ra2+ 42. Kc3 Nh5 43. g3 Ra3+ 44. Kb2 Kb4 45. c6 Rb3+ 46. Kc2 bxc6 47. Rxc6 Rc3+ 48. Kb2 Rxf3 49. Bd4 g6 50. e6 Rb3+ 51. Kc2 fxe6 52. Rb6+ Ka4 53. Rxe6 Rd3 54. Re4 Kb4 55. g4 Rh3 56. Be5 Rh4 57. h3 Rxh3 58. gxh5 Rxh5 59. Bd6+ Kb5 60. Re7 Kc6 61. Be5 Rh3 62. Rg7 Kd5 63. Bb8 Ke6 64. Ba7 Kf5 65. Rf7+ Ke5 66. Rc7 h5 67. Rxc4 g5 68. Kd2 g4 69. Be3 Kd5 70. Ra4 Rh2+ 71. Kd3 Ke6 72. Ke4 h4 73. Ra6+ Kf7 74. Kf5 g3 75. Ra7+ Ke8 76. Ke6 Kd8 77. Bg5+ Kc8 78. Kd6 h3 79. Bf4 Rb2 80. Bxg3 Rb6+ 81. Kd5 Rb7 82. Ra8+ Kd7 83. Bd6 Rb5+ 84. Bc5 h2 85. Rh8 h1=Q+ 86. Rxh1 Ra5=
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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