Chess Training #001

C62: Spanish: Old Steinitz, 4.d4 Bd7
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 05/21/2010
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. d5 Nb8 6. Be2 h6 7. Nc3 a6 8. a4 c5 9. a5 Be7 10. Bd2 Bf6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Na4 Bxa4 13. Rxa4 O-O 14. h3 Nc8 15. Nh2 Kh7 16. Bd3 Bg5 17. f4 Bh4 18. Nf3 Bg3 19. Qc1 f6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nd2 Ne7 22. Nc4 b5 23. axb6 Nxb6 24. Ra3 Ng6 25. f5 Nf4 26. Qd1 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Bh4 28. Kh2 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 a5 30. g3 Bg5 31. Bg1 Bd2 32. Rd3 Qb6 33. Rb3 Qa6 34. Qxa6 Rxa6 35. Rd3 Bb4 36. c3 c4 37. Rd2 Bc5 38. Bxc5 dxc5 39. Ra1 a4 40. g4 g5 41. Kg3 Rd8 42. h4 Kg7 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Rh2 Rh8 45. Rd2 Rd8 46. Kf3 Rh8 47. Kg3 Rd8 48. Rh2 Rh8 49. Rh5 Rxh5 50. gxh5 Kh6 51. Kg4 Kh7 52. Kf3 Kh6 53. Kg3 Ra7 54. d6 Rd7 55. Rd1 Kg7 56. Rd5 Kh6 57. Kg4 Kg7 58. Rxc5 Rxd6 59. Rxc4 Kh6 60. Rxa4 Rd2 61. Rb4 Rg2+ 62. Kf3 Rg1 63. Rb8 g4+ 64. Kf2 Rh1 65. b4 Rh2+ 66. Kg3 Rc2 67. b5 Rxc3+ 68. Kxg4 Rb3 69. b6 Rb4 70. b7 Kg7 71. Kf3 Rb3+ 72. Ke2 Rb6 73. Kd3 Kh6 74. Rh8+ Kg7 75. b8=Q
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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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