North America Championship 2008

B77a: Sicilian: Dragon, Yugoslav, 9.Bc4
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 02/08/2008
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. O-O-O Nxb3+ 12. axb3 Bd7 13. g4 a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Qb4 axb3 18. Nxb3 Be6 19. Qxb7 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rb8 21. Qc6 Rc8 22. Qa4 Qc7 23. c3 Ra8 24. Ra5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 Qc4 26. Nc1 Rb8 27. Kc2 Qe6 28. Qc7 Rc8 29. Qb7 Qh3 30. Re1 Re8 31. Qb5 Rd8 32. Qe2 Ra8 33. Nd3 Qd7 34. Nb4 Qa4+ 35. b3 Qd7 36. Kb2 Qb7 37. Nd5 Rb8 38. Qc4 e6 39. Nb6 Nf4 40. Rd1 Be5 41. b4 Ng2 42. Bf2 Bf4 43. Qd3 Be5 44. Kb3 Nf4 45. Qc4 Nh3 46. Be3 Nf4 47. Rd2 Nh3 48. Qf1 Qc6 49. Nc4 Rc8 50. Rc2 Bf4 51. Nb6 Re8 52. Bd4 Nxg5 53. h4 e5 54. Nd5 Ne6 55. Bb6 Kg7 56. Ra2 Rb8 57. Bf2 Qe8 58. Ra7 Bh2 59. h5 Bf4 60. Bh4 g5 61. Bf2 Ra8 62. Rxa8 Qxa8 63. b5 h6 64. b6 Nd8 65. Ne7 Kh7 66. Nf5 d5 67. Qd3 d4 68. cxd4 Qa5 69. d5 Bc1 70. Qc3 Qb5+ 71. Kc2 Bf4 72. Qd3 Qa4+ 73. Qb3 Qa6 74. Kd1 g4 75. fxg4 Qf1+ 76. Be1 Qg1 77. Ke2 Qg2+ 78. Bf2 Qxe4+ 79. Kf1 Qh1+ 80. Bg1 Nb7 81. d6 Nd8 82. d7 Kh8 83. b7 Nxb7 84. Qxb7 Qxb7 85. d8=Q+ Kh7 86. Qd3 Kh8 87. Qe2 Qc6 88. Be3 Qh1+ 89. Kf2 Qh2+ 90. Ke1 Qh1+ 91. Kd2 Qd5+ 92. Qd3 Qg2+ 93. Kc3 Qxg4 94. Qd8+ Kh7 95. Qf6 Bxe3 96. Qxf7+ Kh8 97. Qe8+ Kh7 98. Qd7+ Kh8 99. Qd8+ Qg8 100. Qxg8+ Kxg8 101. Nxe3
White win

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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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