CT Class 3 #75

D02o: Queen's Pawn: London
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 d5
Clock started on 01/21/2010
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O h6 9. Nd2 e6 10. c4 Bc5 11. N4f3 Qe7 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc2 O-O 15. c5 Qc7 16. b4 e5 17. Rfd1 e4 18. Nd4 Ng4 19. g3 Qe5 20. a4 Qf6 21. Rf1 Ne5 22. b5 cxb5 23. axb5 Rfb8 24. Ra6 Qe7 25. Rfa1 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. Qa4 Qxc5 28. Nb3 Qb4 29. Nd4 Rb7 30. Qxb4 Rxb4 31. Nf5 Rab8 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Nxd5 Rb1+ 34. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35. Kg2 Nf3 36. Nc3 Rg1+ 37. Kh3 Rh1 38. Nxe4 Rxh2+ 39. Kg4 Ne5+ 40. Kf4 Ng6+ 41. Kf3 f5 42. Nc3 Rh3 43. Rxa7 Ne5+ 44. Kg2 Rh5 45. Ra5 Nd3 46. g4 Ne1+ 47. Kg3 Rg5 48. Rxf5 Rxf5 49. gxf5 g5 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. e4 Nd3 52. f3 Ne5+ 53. Kg3 h5 54. f4 h4+ 55. Kh3 gxf4 56. Kxh4 f3 57. Nd1 Nd3 58. Kg3 f2 59. Nxf2 Ne5 60. Kf4 Kf6 61. Ng4+ Nxg4 62. Kxg4 Kf7 63. Kg5 Kg7 64. f6+ Kf7 65. Kf5 Kf8 66. Kg6 Ke8 67. Kg7
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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