Standard Chess League

D05d: Colle: 3...e6 4.Bd3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. Nf3 d5
Clock started on 02/07/2007
2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. c5 Bc7 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. b4 e5 10. Nd2 e4 11. Be2 Ne8 12. b5 Qh4 13. f4 Nef6 14. Qa4 cxb5 15. Nxb5 Bb8 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Nc3 g5 18. g3 Qh6 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rg1 g4 21. Rab1 Bc7 22. Nb5 Bb8 23. Rgc1 Nh5 24. Kg1 Rg8 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Nhf6 27. Rc7 Rd8 28. Rbc1 Kg7 29. Qa5 a6 30. R7c3 b6 31. Qa4 Rb8 32. Bxa6 Bxa6 33. Qxa6 Ra8 34. Qb5 Qh5 35. R1c2 Ra5 36. Qb3 Ra6 37. Bb4 Raa8 38. Rc7 Qf5 39. Nb1 Rh8 40. Na3 h5 41. Be1 Ne8 42. R7c6 Nef6 43. Nb5 Rh6 44. Nc7 Rd8 45. Kf1 Rhh8 46. a3 Rb8 47. a4 Kh7 48. R6c3 Kg7 49. Rb2 Rh6 50. Qa2 Ne8 51. Rb5 Rxd6 52. Nxd5 Qe6 53. f5 Qh6 54. a5 Ra8 55. a6 Qg5 56. Nf4 Rf6 57. Qd5 Ra7 58. Qxe4 Nd6 59. Qe7 Nxf5 60. Qb4 Qh6 61. Kg1 h4 62. Qb1 hxg3 63. Bxg3 Qh7 64. Qd1
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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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