The 2008 Scotland the Brave Stromash

B32e: Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6, 4...Qb6
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 06/02/2008
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e5 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. Bd3 d6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Be6 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. h3 O-O 14. Nf3 Nd4 15. O-O Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Rac8 17. Rab1 Bc4 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qe2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qc6 21. Rbd1 Rcd8 22. Bd2 h6 23. Qc3 Qa4 24. Qb3 Qc6 25. f3 b6 26. Be3 Nh5 27. Rd2 Re6 28. Red1 Rg6 29. Rd3 Qd7 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Qc3 Qh4 32. Qd2 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Kh7 34. Rg1 Qh4 35. Bf2 Qf6 36. Rc3 Qe7 37. a4 Qd7 38. Ra3 Nf6 39. Bh4 Rc8 40. Bxf6 gxf6 41. c3 Rc5 42. Qc2 Qc6 43. Rga1 Rc4 44. Qf2 a5 45. Qc2 Qc5 46. Rd1 Rg8 47. Raa1 Rd8 48. Rd5 Qc7 49. Rad1 Rc5 50. Qd3 Rc6 51. Qb5 Rc5 52. Rxc5 Qxc5 53. Qe2 Rg8 54. Rd5 Qc6 55. Qb5 Rc8 56. Qd3 Rd8 57. b3 Kg7 58. Kg1 Kf8 59. Kf1 Ke7 60. Ke2 Rg8 61. Kf2 Ke6 62. c4 Rd8 63. Qe3 Rg8 64. Qxh6
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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