Open Tournament Ruy Lopez

C78a: Spanish: 5.O-O
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Clock started on 08/25/2007
5... h6 6. Re1 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 Bb7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 d6 11. Nf3 Bc8 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. b3 Bg6 17. Qd1 Qc8 18. e5 Nd5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. c4 Nf4 22. Nf1 Qb7 23. Ne3 Bh5 24. Nf5 Qc7 25. Ng3 Bg6 26. Nh4 Bh7 27. Nhf5 Rfe8 28. Qd2 d5 29. c5 Ne6 30. Rad1 Rb5 31. Nd6 Re7 32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Ne2 Kf8 34. Nf4 Nxf4 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Re1+ Kd7 37. Qe3 Ne6 38. b4 Qa7 39. a3 Kc8 40. Qf3 Qd7 41. Qe3 Bg8 42. Ra1 Qa7 43. f4 f5 44. Qe5 Qc7 45. Rd1 Qxe5 46. fxe5 g5 47. Kf2 Bf7 48. g4 f4 49. Ke2 Bg6 50. Kf3 Be4+ 51. Kf2 f3 52. Ke3= Nf4 53. Rh1 Kd7 54. h4 gxh4 55. Kf2 Ng2 56. Ra1 Nf4 57. Rh1 Ng6 58. Ra1 Nf4 59. a4 Nd3+ 60. Ke3 Nxb4 61. axb5 Nc2+ 62. Kf2 Nxa1 63. b6 Kc8 64. e6 Bg6 65. Kxf3 Nc2 66. Kg2 Nxd4 67. e7 Be8 68. Kh3 Ne6 69. Kxh4 Nxc5 70. g5 hxg5+ 71. Kxg5 d4 72. Kf4 Nd7 73. Ke4 c5 74. Kd3 Nxb6 75. Ke4 Kd7 76. Kd3 Kxe7 77. Ke4 Ke6 78. Kd3 Bg6+ 79. Kd2 Ke5 80. Ke2 Ke4 81. Kd2 c4 82. Ke2 Nd5 83. Kd2 Kf3 84. Kd1 d3
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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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