Muppets on tour 1st practice

D43j: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik, 5...Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 d5
Clock started on 09/08/2020
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 O-O 13. Rc1 Nh5 14. Be5 Nhf6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Bb1 Rb8 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rfd1 bxa4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qb6 22. Rd7 Qb5 23. Rxe7 Qxe5 24. f4 Qg7 25. Nd6 Ba8 26. Nc4 Qf6 27. Rd7 c5 28. Ne5 h5 29. Qd2 Rbc8 30. Qd6 c4 31. Qxa6 Rb8 32. Qxa4 Bd5 33. Qc2 Rbc8 34. Qc3 Rcd8 35. Qd2 Rb8 36. e4 Bb7 37. Rxc4 Bc8 38. Ra7 g5 39. Rcc7 gxf4 40. Nxf7 Rb7 41. e5 Qg7 42. Raxb7 Bxb7 43. Rxb7 Rxf7 44. Qd8+ Qf8 45. Qg5+ Rg7 46. Qxg7+ Qxg7 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Kf2 Kf7 49. h4 Ke7 50. Kf3 Kd7 51. Kxf4 Kc6 52. g4 hxg4 53. h5 g3 54. h6 Kc5 55. Kxg3 Kd5 56. Kf4
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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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