UNDER 1600 WORLD CUP - Round 1 - Group 'A'

A00k: Van Kruijs
'Fast' (10 days + 1 day/move, max 30 days)
1. e3 e5
Clock started on 03/17/2008
2. d4 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bxb4 7. Bd2 d5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. axb4 e4 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Nh3 O-O 12. Nf4 Qd6 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. h3 a6 15. Nc3 Nxb4 16. Ncxd5 Nbxd5 17. c3 b6 18. c4 Ne7 19. d5 Rad8 20. g4 Bg6 21. g5 Ne8 22. Bg4 f5 23. Be2 c6 24. Ne6 Rf7 25. Nxd8 Qxd8 26. Rxa6 b5 27. Qc1 Qc8 28. Rb6 cxd5 29. h4 Qc5 30. Rb8 Rf8 31. Bc3 Nc6 32. Rc8 b4 33. Bd4 Qe7 34. Rxc6 b3 35. Bc5 Qb7 36. Re6 b2 37. Qb1 Bf7 38. Rb6 Qa7 39. Qxb2 Qa5+ 40. Kf1 Qxc5 41. Rb8 Qd6 42. Rh3 dxc4 43. Qb1 c3 44. Rf3 exf3 45. Bxf3 Bc4+ 46. Kg2 f4 47. Be4 Bd5 48. Rb6 Qd7 49. exf4 Qg4+ 50. Kf1 Qxf4 51. Bxd5+ Kh8 52. f3 Qxh4 53. Qc1 Qxg5 54. Qxc3 Qxd5 55. Kg2 Qg5+ 56. Kf2 h5 57. Qc6 h4 58. Rb8 Qg3+ 59. Ke3 Qxb8 60. Qc4 h3 61. Qh4+ Kg8 62. Qxh3 Qe5+ 63. Kf2 Nf6 64. Qh4 Re8 65. Qc4+ Re6 66. Qc8+ Re8 67. Qc4+ Kh7 68. Qh4+ Kg8 69. Qc4+ Nd5 70. Qc2 Nc3 71. Qb3+ Nd5 72. Qb7 Qe2+ 73. Kg3 Qe1+ 74. Kh2 Re2+ 75. Kh3 Qf1+ 76. Kg4 Qg2+ 77. Kf5 Qxf3+ 78. Kg6 Qg4#
Black 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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