CT Class 1 #14

C14n: French: Classical, Steinitz, 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.dxc5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e6
Clock started on 09/16/2009
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nxc5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Qf2 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 a5 15. Ne2 a4 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Rh3 b4 19. Qh4 Qxh4 20. Rxh4 Rac8 21. Re1 Rc4 22. Rd1 Ra8 23. Rd3 Rac8 24. Kd1 h6 25. Rg4 Kf8 26. Rgg3 g6 27. Rd2 Ke7 28. Rh3 h5 29. Rf3 Rg8 30. Kc1 Ra8 31. a3 Rg8 32. Re3 g5 33. fxg5 bxa3 34. Rxa3 Rxg5 35. Re3 Rg4 36. Red3 h4 37. Kb1 Re4 38. Nf3 Rf4 39. Nd4 f6 40. exf6+ Kxf6 41. Nf3 Rce4 42. Rf2 Bb5 43. Rdd2 Ke7 44. Ng5 Re1+ 45. Ka2 Rd1 46. c3 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 e5 48. Ka3 Bc6 49. Nh3 Rg4 50. Re2 e4 51. Kb4 Kd6 52. Nf2 Rf4 53. Nh3 Rf7 54. Nf2 Rb7+ 55. Ka3 Kc5 56. Re3 Rf7 57. Re2 Rf4 58. g3 hxg3 59. hxg3 Rf3 60. g4 Kc4 61. g5 Rg3 62. Re1 Rxg5 63. Nd1 Kd3 64. Rf1 Kd2 65. Kb4 Be8 66. c4 d4
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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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