Big Slow Lazy Tourney - Dutch Style

A90: Dutch: Dutch-Indian, 5.Nd2
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6
Clock started on 05/30/2020
3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O c5 8. Nb3 Na6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. a4 d6 11. a5 Qc7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qb3 a6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nd2 Kh8 17. Qb6 Qb8 18. Rfd1 e5 19. Nb1 f4 20. gxf4 Nd7 21. Qb4 exf4 22. Bd4 Nc5 23. Nc3 Bg4 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Bxb7 Ra7 27. Bf3 Be6 28. Bd5 Bg4 29. Kg2 g6 30. h3 Bf5 31. Be4 Be6 32. Nd5 Re8 33. Nb6 Kg7 34. Rd2 Bg5 35. Bf3 Bf5 36. Rd6 Bf6 37. Na4 Re5 38. Rc1 Bd7 39. Nb6 Rg5+ 40. Kh2 Be8 41. b3 Bd4 42. h4 Rf5 43. Kg2 Rf6 44. Rd8 Rf8 45. Rd5 Bf7 46. Rd6 Bg8 47. Rd1 Rf6 48. Rxf6 Bxf6 49. Rd6 Bc3 50. Bd5 Bxa5 51. Bxg8 Bxb6 52. Rxb6 Kxg8 53. Kf3 a5 54. Rb5 a4 55. bxa4 Rxa4 56. Rxc5 Ra2 57. Re5 Kg7 58. c5
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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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