Fairies V Scots

B40s: Sicilian: Pin Variation
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
Clock started on 01/30/2011
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 e5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Ba5 11. hxg4 Nxg4 12. Nd5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nd7 14. Qg5 Ngf6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. a4 Rfd8 19. a5 Qc7 20. Ra3 a6 21. Qc3 Qd7 22. Bc4 Rac8 23. Qd3 Qc6 24. Bb3 Kf8 25. c3 Qd7 26. Bc2 Qg4 27. Nh2 Qd7 28. Raa1 Rc5 29. b4 Rc7 30. c4 Qc6 31. Bb3 Rcc8 32. Rad1 Qc7 33. Nf1 b6 34. axb6 Qxb6 35. Ne3 Qxb4 36. Rb1 g6 37. Bc2 Qc5 38. Ra1 Rc6 39. Qc3 Qd4 40. Qa5 Rdc8 41. Red1 Qb6 42. Qxb6 Rxb6 43. Ra5 Nd7 44. Rad5 Nc5 45. Rxd6 Rxd6 46. Rxd6 h5 47. Rd5 a5 48. Rxe5 a4 49. Rxc5 Rxc5 50. Bxa4 g5 51. Bb5 Ke7 52. Kf1 Kd6 53. Ke2 Ke5 54. Kd3 Rc8 55. Nd5 Rb8 56. Nb4 Rb7 57. Ke3 Ke6 58. Kd4 h4 59. f3 f5 60. exf5+ Kxf5 61. Nd5 g4 62. Ne3+ Kg5 63. fxg4 Rb6 64. Ke5 Rb7 65. Kd6 Rb6+ 66. Kc7 Re6 67. Nf5 Kxg4 68. Bd7 Re5 69. Kd6 Re1 70. c5 Rd1+ 71. Kc7 Rxd7+ 72. Kxd7 Kxf5 73. c6 Kg4 74. c7 Kg3 75. c8=Q Kxg2 76. Qc6+ Kg3 77. Qh1 h3 78. Ke6 h2 79. Kf5
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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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