1800-2200 10 Player Round Robin

D32k: QGD Tarrasch: 5.dxc5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 d5
Clock started on 4/2/2012
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 d4 6. Ne4 Nc6 7. Qb3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. Kd1 Qxc5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nf3 d3 13. exd3 Qxf2 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Rc2 Qe3 16. Re2 Qc5 17. Rd2 Bg4 18. Qc4 Qh5 19. Be2 Rac8 20. Qf4 Rfe8 21. Rf1 Ne7 22. h3 Bd7 23. Ke1 Nd5 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Kf2 Ne3 26. Rg1 Qh6 27. Qh4 Qg6 28. d4 Nf5 29. Qf4 Re4 30. Qxe4 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 Re8 32. Qxe8+ Bxe8 33. Rd3 Bc6 34. a3 Qf4 35. Kf2 Ng3 36. Re1 Ne4+ 37. Kg1 Qg3 38. Rf1 Ng5 39. Kh1 Nxf3 40. Bxf3 Bb5 41. Rdd1 Bxf1 42. Rxf1 Kg7 43. Rd1 Qc7 44. d5 Qd6 45. Bg4 Kg6 46. Bf3 f5 47. b4 h5 48. Kg1 h4 49. Kf2 Qg3+ 50. Kf1 Qd6 51. Kf2 Kf6 52. Ke2 Ke7 53. Rd3 f4 54. Kd2 b6 55. Kc2 a5 56. bxa5 bxa5 57. Kd2 Qb6 58. d6+ Kd8 59. d7 Qc5 60. Kd1 Qc4 61. Kd2 f5 62. Be2 Qg8 63. Bf3 Qa2+ 64. Kd1 Qb2 65. Be2 Qb1+ 66. Kd2 Qb2+ 67. Kd1 Qg7 68. Bf3 Qa1+ 69. Kc2 Qg1 70. Kd2 Qb1 71. Be2 Qg1 72. Bf3 Qf2+ 73. Kd1 Qb2 74. Be2 Qb1+ 75. Kd2 Qh1 76. Bf3 Qf1 77. Kc2 Qe1 78. Rd5 a4 79. Rd3 Qg1 80. Kd2 Qf1 81. Kc2 Qe1 82. Rd2 Qa1 83. Rd3 Qa2+ 84. Kd1 Qb2 85. Be2 Qa1+ 86. Kc2 Qa2+ 87. Kd1 Qc4 88. Kd2 Qc5 89. Bf3 Qa5+ 90. Kc2 Qb6 91. Kd2 Qb2+=
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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