lets play chess

B51s: Sicilian: Moscow 3...Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ba4
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4
Clock started on 11/18/2007
1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Nf1 c4 14. b4 Nb7 15. a3 a5 16. Be3 Ra6 17. Qb1 Rfa8 18. a4 axb4 19. cxb4 bxa4 20. Rc1 a3 21. Bd3 a2 22. Qb2 Bb5 23. N1d2 c3 24. Rxc3 Qd7 25. Nc4 Bd8 26. Ne1 Nh5 27. Nc2 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Nd4 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rb6 31. Rxa2 Rxa2 32. Bxa2 Nc5 33. Ra3 Na6 34. b5 Nc7 35. Bc4 Bf6 36. Qa2 Bxd4 37. Ra8+ Qe8 38. Rxe8+ Nxe8 39. Qa8 Kf8 40. Kf1 Ke7 41. Be2 Nf6 42. Qa4 f3 43. gxf3 Bc5 44. f4 Nd7 45. Bg4 Rb7 46. Qa6 Ra7 47. Qc6 Nb8 48. Qc8 Nd7 49. Bxd7 Rxd7 50. Qc6 Ba7 51. b6 Bb8 52. Qc8 Rd8 53. Qg4 Kf8 54. Qh4 Re8 55. Qxh7 f6 56. b7 Kf7 57. h4
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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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