Senior Master Norms for the Brave & Bold

B33n: Sicilian: Pelikan, Chelyabinsk, 9.Nd5 Be7, 11.c3
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 06/06/2007
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Be6 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. axb5 Qb6 16. Bd3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. O-O Qc5 19. Qe2 Nxd5 20. Qe4 g6 21. b4 Qc6 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Qxc6 Nxc6 24. Bxb5 Ne7 25. Bc4 Bg5 26. Bb3 Rc8 27. c4 Ra8 28. g3 Kf8 29. Nc2 Bd2 30. b5 Nc8 31. Rd1 Ba5 32. Ra1 Nb6 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke2 f5 35. h4 h5 36. Ne1 Bxe1 37. Rxa8 Nxa8 38. Kxe1 Nb6 39. Kd2 Nd7 40. Bd1 Kd8 41. Bf3 Nf6 42. Bd5 Nxd5 43. cxd5 Kc7 44. Kc3 f4 45. gxf4 exf4 46. Kb4 g5 47. hxg5 h4 48. g6 h3 49. g7 h2 50. g8=Q h1=Q 51. Qg7+ Kb6 52. Qd4+ Kb7 53. Qxf4 Qxd5 54. Qe3 Qd1 55. f3 Qb1+ 56. Qb3 Qe1+ 57. Qc3 Qb1+ 58. Kc4 Qa2+ 59. Kd4 Qa4+ 60. Kd5 Qxb5+ 61. Kxd6 Qa6+ 62. Ke7 Qe2+ 63. Kf7 Qa2+ 64. Kg7 Qg2+ 65. Kf8 Qh3 66. Qf6 Kb8 67. Qe5+ Kc8 68. f4 Qh6+ 69. Kf7 Qh7+ 70. Qg7 Qe4 71. Qf8+ Kd7 72. Kg8 Qe6+ 73. Qf7+ Kd6 74. f5 Qc8+ 75. Kg7 Ke5 76. f6 Qc3 77. Qe7+ Kf5 78. Qd6 Kg5 79. Qd5+ Kf4 80. Qh5 Qb2 81. Kg6
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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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