Lions Cup A (048)

D37i: QGD: Classical, 5...O-O
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. Nf3
Clock started on 06/20/2012
1... Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nc6 7. Rc1 Nh5 8. Be5 g6 9. h3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nf3 b6 14. Re1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bb7 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Red1 Rfd8 18. Bd3 a6 19. Ne4 Rac8 20. a4 c5 21. Qe2 Qb8 22. dxc5 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxc5 24. Bc2 a5 25. Nd4 Qe5 26. Qb5 Qc7 27. Bd3 Kg7 28. Be2 e5 29. Nb3 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 f5 31. Bf3 e4 32. Nd4 Qe5 33. Be2 f4 34. Nc6 Rxc6 35. Qxc6 fxe3 36. fxe3 Bd6 37. Bb5 Qg3 38. Kf1 Qxe3 39. Rc3 Qd2 40. Qxb6 e3 41. Rxe3 Bg3 42. Qa7+ Kh6 43. Rxg3 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Ne4+ 45. Ke3 Qg1+ 46. Kxe4 Qxa7 47. Rf3 Qc5 48. Rf4 Qc2+ 49. Kf3 Qb3+ 50. Kf2 g5 51. Rf6+ Kg7 52. Rf3 Qxb2+ 53. Kg1 Qc1+ 54. Kh2 h5 55. g3 Qd2+ 56. Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Qd2+ 58. Kg1 Qd6 59. Rd3 Qc5+ 60. Kg2 Qc2+ 61. Kf3 Kf6 62. Rd6+ Ke5 63. Rd3 Qh2 64. Bd7 Qg1 65. Ke2 Qg2+ 66. Kd1 Qf2 67. g4 Ke4 68. Bf5+ Kf4 69. Bd7 hxg4 70. hxg4 Qb2 71. Bf5 Qa1+ 72. Kc2 Qxa4+ 73. Kb2 Qb5+ 74. Rb3 Qc5 75. Ka2 Qd4 76. Rb1 Qa4+ 77. Kb2 Ke5 78. Re1+ Kd5 79. Rb1 Kc4 80. Rc1+ Kb4 81. Rb1 Qc6 82. Ka2+ Ka4 83. Kb2 Qc4 84. Rc1 Qb3+ 85. Ka1 Ka3 86. Rc2 a4 87. Bg6 Qe6 88. Rc3+ Kb4
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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