2012 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 2

B49k: Sicilian: Taimanov, 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Bb4 9.Na4 O-O
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
Clock started on 02/22/2012
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 Rb8 12. Bd3 Be7 13. c4 d6 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Nc3 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Qg3 Rbd8 19. Rf2 Qb8 20. Qh3 Nf8 21. f5 exf5 22. Qxf5 Bf6 23. Qh5 Nd7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qb4 26. Kh1 Ne5 27. Bb1 g6 28. Qd1 Bg7 29. Bd2 Qb5 30. Rf1= Rb8 31. Rc3 Rec8 32. Qe1 a5 33. Qd1 Rc7 34. Rg3 Qa6 35. Bc2 a4 36. bxa4 Rb2 37. Rb3 Rb7 38. Re1 h5 39. Rxb2 Rxb2 40. h3 Qb6 41. a5 Qa6 42. a4 Nd7 43. Bc1 Ra2 44. Bb1 Ra1 45. Bd2 Qc4 46. Rf1 Rxa4 47. Qf3 Ne5 48. Qf2 Qb3 49. Bf4 Qb7 50. Qh4 Qd7 51. Qe1 Ra1 52. Qe2 Rxa5 53. Ba2 Qa4 54. Bb1 Qb3 55. Qf2 Qb7 56. Rc1 c4 57. Qf1 Ra1 58. Bc2 Ra2 59. Rb1 Qc7 60. Rc1 Qc5 61. Qe1 c3 62. Be3 Qa3 63. Qf1 Qb4 64. Bf4 Nc4 65. Bb1 Nd2
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 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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