Slow norm tournament!

B43c: Sicilian: Kan, 5.Nc3 b5
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
Clock started on 3/27/2013
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Nb1 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Bf8 20. Qh3 Be7 21. Rcd1 Nb6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 Na4 24. Rde1 O-O 25. Qg3 Qd8 26. Qg4 Bh4 27. Rc1 Rc3 28. Qh3 Rxa3 29. Nb1 Ra1 30. Rcd1 Bd5 31. f5 exf5 32. Ne2 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Bc4 34. Rfd1 Qe7 35. Nd4 Rc8 36. g4 Bg5 37. gxf5 Bxe3+ 38. Qxe3 Qxe5 39. Ra1 Bd5 40. Qg3 Qf6 41. Rd2 Rc3 42. Qf4 Rc4 43. Qe3 Rxb4 44. fxg6 hxg6 45. Rf1 Qb6 46. h4 Nb2 47. Qg5 Rxd4 48. Qe3 Bc4 49. Rxd4 Bxf1 50. Kxf1 Qf6+ 51. Kg2 Qxh4 52. Rxe4 Qf6 53. Rf4 Qc6+ 54. Kg3 Qc7 55. Kh3 Nc4 56. Qe8+ Kg7 57. Rh4 Kf6 58. Rd4 Qe5 59. Qd8+ Kg7 60. Rh4 Qc3+ 61. Qd3 Qxd3+ 62. cxd3 Nb2 63. Rd4 Nd1 64. Rd6 a5 65. Rb6 Nc3 66. Rc6 b4 67. Rb6 Na2 68. d4 a4 69. d5 b3 70. Kg4 Nc3 71. d6 Kf6 72. Rb7 Ke6 73. d7 Ke7 74. Kf4 f6 75. Kf3 Kd8 76. Kf4 Nd1
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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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