Standard Chess League - Season Six

D30o: QGD: 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
Clock started on 10/20/2010
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Ng8 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Rc1 Nf6 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 a5 13. b5 O-O 14. a4 Nf6 15. c5 Nd7 16. Rb1 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Nc6 18. Nd6 Nb4 19. Qc3 Qc7 20. Bb5 Nb8 21. Ne5 N8c6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rfd1 Ba6 24. Rb2 f6 25. Nf3 Rad8 26. Ne1 Rb8 27. Rdb1 e5 28. Rd1 e4 29. Nc2 Nd3 30. Rbb1 f5 31. Ne1 Nb4 32. Ra1 Be2 33. Rd2 Ba6 34. Rb2= f4 35. exf4 Rxf4 36. Qe3 Rff8 37. Rab1 Rf6 38. Qg3 Rbf8 39. Nxe4 R6f7 40. Qxc7 Rxc7 41. Nd6 Rf4 42. Rd2 Re7 43. Nc2 Bd3 44. Re1 Rxe1+ 45. Nxe1 Ba6 46. g3 Rf6 47. f4 Re6 48. Kf2 g6 49. g4 Re7 50. f5 Kg7 51. Nf3 Nd3+ 52. Kg2 g5 53. h4 Kf6 54. h5 Re3 55. Ng1 Nb4 56. Rd1 Nc2 57. Rd2 Nb4 58. Rd1 Nd3 59. Rb1 Nb4 60. Kf2 Re7 61. Kg3 Bd3 62. Rb2 Ba6 63. Rb1 Re3+ 64. Kf2 Re7 65. Kf3=
Draw

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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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