Standard Chess League

D10e: Slav: Exchange, 4.Nc3 Nf6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move)
1. d4
Clock started on 03/27/2006
1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. d5 h6 9. dxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 hxg5 11. c7 Bd7 12. e3 Rc8 13. Ne2 Bc6 14. Nd4 Rxc7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ba6 e6 17. Ke2 Bd6 18. h3 Ke7 19. Rhd1 Rb8 20. Rd2 Rb6 21. Bc4 Be5 22. Bb3 c5 23. Rdc2 Rb5 24. Rd1 Rcb7 25. Rdc1 f6 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Bxb2 28. Rc6 e5 29. Bd5 Rb4 30. Ra6 f5 31. Rxa7+ Kf6 32. Ra6+ Ke7 33. g4 f4 34. a3 Rb5 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Bxe4 Bc1 37. Ra6+ Ke7 38. Kd1 Rc5 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40. exf4 gxf4 41. h4 Bb2 42. Bg6 Bd4 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Rb7 Kf8 45. f3 Rc3 46. a4 Rxf3 47. Rf7+ Kg8 48. Re7 Bc5 49. Rxe5 Rc3 50. Kd2 Rc4 51. Re8+ Bf8 52. Ra8 Rc6 53. h5 Rc5 54. Ke2 Rc3 55. a5 Rh3 56. a6 Re3+ 57. Kf2 Ra3 58. g5
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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