To Blitz, or not to Blitz? Knockout

A03: Bird: Lasker, 3...g6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. f4 d5
Clock started on 08/27/2018
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Nc5 Bg4 12. c3 Ne4 13. Nd3 Rac8 14. Qe1 Qb6 15. Nfe5 Bf5 16. Nf2 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 Rfd8 18. g4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Be6 20. Bg5 Rc7 21. h3 Rb8 22. a4 Qb3 23. Rfe1 Qb6 24. Re3 a6 25. Rf3 Rf8 26. a5 Qc6 27. Qh4 Qb5 28. Rf2 Qd7 29. Kh2 Qd8 30. Re1 Rd7 31. Ref1 Rc7 32. Kh1 Kh8 33. Rf3 Rd7 34. Rf4 Kg8 35. R4f2 Re8 36. Bh6 Bh8 37. Ra1 f6 38. Qg3 Qb8 39. Raf1 Qc7 40. Bf3 Qxa5 41. Be2 Red8 42. exf6 exf6 43. Qe5 Bf7 44. Rxf6 Qc7 45. Qxc7 Rxc7 46. Rb6 Rdd7 47. Bxa6 Bg7 48. Bxg7 Kxg7 49. Bb5 Re7 50. Kg2 Re3 51. Ra1 g5 52. Bf1 Be8 53. Kf2 Rce7 54. Rd1 h5 55. gxh5 Bxh5 56. Rd2 R3e6 57. Rxe6 Rxe6 58. Bg2 Rd6 59. Kg3 Bf7 60. Rf2 Rd8 61. Re2 Kf6 62. Bf3 Ra8 63. Rf2 Kg7 64. Rh2 Ra1 65. Rg2 b5 66. Re2 Rg1+ 67. Kh2 Rf1 68. Bg2 Rc1 69. Re3 Kf6 70. Kg3 Rb1 71. Rf3+ Ke7 72. b4 Be6 73. Re3 Kd6 74. Bf3 Rg1+ 75. Kf2 Rc1 76. Be2 Bd7 77. Rg3 Rc2 78. Ke1 Rc1+ 79. Kd2 Rh1 80. Rg2 Bxh3 81. Rxg5 Rh2 82. Rg6+ Be6 83. Ke1 Rh1+ 84. Bf1 Ke7 85. Kf2 Bd7 86. Rb6 Rh2+ 87. Bg2 Bh3 88. Kg3 Rxg2+ 89. Kxh3 Rc2 90. Rc6
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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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