Standard Chess League - Season Seven

A53: Old Indian: Janowski
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4
Clock started on 1/8/2012
1... Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. e3 e5 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bg2 e4 16. f3 d5 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Qe7 20. Ra2 exf3 21. Rxf3 Rae8 22. Bh3 Ne4 23. Qf1 Ng5 24. Rff2 Qxe3 25. Re2 Qxd4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Bg2 dxc4 28. Qxc4+ Qxc4 29. bxc4 Re1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Ne6 32. Bf3 g5 33. g4 g6 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Ke5 39. Be2 Nc5 40. Bd1 Kd4 41. Kg5 Kxc4 42. Kxf5 Kb4 43. Ke5 Nxa4 44. Kd4 c5+ 45. Kd3 Nb2+ 46. Kc2 Nxd1 47. Kxd1 Kb3 48. Kc1 c4 49. Kb1 c3 50. Ka1 Kc2 51. Ka2 b5 52. Ka1 Kd2 53. Kb1 c2+ 54. Kb2 c1=Q+ 55. Kb3 Qc2+ 56. Ka3 b4#
Black win

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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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