Class Tournaments - HONOUR CLASS #3 (issue 2011)

B90m: Sicilian: Najdorf, 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 3/12/2011
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Ng3 a4 17. f5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Nc1 f6 20. g6 d5 21. exd5 b3 22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. axb3 axb3 24. cxb3 Bb5 25. Rhg1 Rf7 26. b4 Ba4 27. b3 Qb8 28. d6 Nxd6 29. Qd5 Be8 30. Bc5 Qc8 31. Rd3 Bb5 32. Rd2 Bc6 33. Qe6 Bd7 34. Qd5 Bxf5+ 35. Nxf5 Qxf5+ 36. Nd3 Qe4 37. Qe6 Qf5 38. Qd5 Qe4 39. Qe6 Bf8 40. Rgg2 Qf5 41. Qd5 Ra6 42. Kb2 Qe4 43. Nf2 Qxd5 44. Rxd5 Rb7 45. Ng4 Rb8 46. Rd3 Nf5 47. Rf3 g6 48. Rd2 Bg7 49. Rd7 e4 50. Rf2 Kg8 51. Re2 Re6 52. Kc1 Nh6 53. Ne3 Nf7 54. Nc4 f5 55. Ra2 Ne5 56. Nxe5 Bxe5 57. b5 Rc8 58. Kd1 Ree8 59. Bb6 Rc3 60. Ra6 e3 61. Ba5 Rxb3=
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 Book: 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. Share: The share tab will allow you to share your game on social media (if someone becomes a member by following one of your links, you will be rewarded with a complimentary extension to your full membership); you can also download the game as either an animated GIF or in PGN format, and you can copy the current position to your clipboard in FEN format.
  10. 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.
  • 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.

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