Catalan, Anand-Kramnik-Topalav match play

E00v: Catalan: 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4 Nbd7
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7
Clock started on 12/13/2011
6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qd3 c5 8. Bg2 Bd7 9. Nc3 Bc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Qf3 Qc8 15. Bf4 Nbd5 16. Rac1 Qe8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Be5 Rd8 19. h4 Rd7 20. Qb3 Nf6 21. f3 Nd5 22. e4 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nd6 Qb8 26. e5 Nd5 27. Kh3 Qa7 28. Rd2 b5 29. h5 Kh8 30. Qa3 b4 31. Qd3 Kg8 32. f4 Rdd8 33. Rc6 Qg1 34. Qf3 a5 35. h6 g6 36. Rd1 Qa7 37. Qe2 Ra8 38. Rd3 Qg1 39. Qd1 Qa7 40. Qc1 Rfd8 41. Kg2 Rf8 42. Qc5 Qe7 43. Qf2 a4 44. Qd2 a3 45. b3 f6 46. Rxd5 exd5 47. Qxd5+ Kh8 48. e6 Rad8 49. g4 Rb8 50. f5 Rbd8 51. Qc5 Kg8 52. Kg3 Kh8 53. Qxb4 Kg8 54. Qc5 Kh8 55. b4 Kg8 56. b5 Kh8 57. b6 Kg8 58. Qxa3
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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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