Standard Chess League - Season Seven

E14m: Queen's Indian: 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
Clock started on 12/5/2011
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb5 Be7 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. Ne5 c6 12. Nc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bd6 14. f4 Bb4 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. a3 Be7 17. Nc3 f5 18. Qc2 Qc8 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. b4 Qe6 21. Bd2 c5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Qa4 Rc8 24. Rab1 Nc6 25. Rb7 Nxe5 26. fxe5 cxd4 27. exd4 Rc4 28. Qb5 Rd8 29. Be3 Rc3 30. Bd2 Rc4 31. Qa5 Rxd4 32. Qxa7 Rxd2 33. Rxe7 Qg6 34. g3 Rd3 35. Qc7 Ra8 36. Rd7 Re8 37. Rd8 Rxg3+ 38. Kh1 Rh3 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. e6 Rf3 41. Rxf3 exf3 42. Qd7 Qb8 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. h4 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Qb2+ 46. Kg3 Qg2+ 47. Kf4 Qd2+ 48. Kxf3 Qd3+ 49. Kf2 h6 50. Qf8+ Kh7 51. Qf4 Qc2+ 52. Kg3 Qd3+ 53. Qf3 Qg6+ 54. Qg4 Qd3+ 55. Kf2 Kg8 56. Qf3 Qc2+ 57. Qe2 Qf5+ 58. Kg3 Qg6+ 59. Kh2 Qf6 60. Qe1 Qf4+ 61. Qg3 Qe4 62. Qd6 Qxh4+ 63. Kg2 Qe4+ 64. Kf2 Qc2+ 65. Kg3 Qd3+=
Draw

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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 Book: 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. Share: The share tab will allow you to share your game on social media (if someone becomes a member by following one of your links, you will be rewarded with a complimentary extension to your full membership); you can also download the game as either an animated GIF or in PGN format, and you can copy the current position to your clipboard in FEN format.
  10. 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.
  • 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.

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