Boris Gelfand

C87k: Spanish: Closed, Averbakh, 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Bd7
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 11/23/2012
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Bc2 Rb8 11. a3 Ra8 12. Be3 Qc8 13. Nbd2 a5 14. b3 b6 15. d5 Nd8 16. a4 Nb7 17. b4 c5 18. b5 Qc7 19. Nc4 Rf8 20. Nfd2 Rad8 21. Rf1 Be8 22. Qe2 Nh5 23. Qxh5 f5 24. Qe2 f4 25. Bd1 Rb8 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. g3 Rf6 28. Qd3 Bg6 29. Bg4 Rbf8 30. Qe2 Kh8 31. Ne3 Nd8 32. Nf5 Nf7 33. h4 Bxf5 34. Bxf5 Nh6 35. Bh3 Bd8 36. Nc4 Qe7 37. Be6 Rg6 38. Kh2 Rgf6 39. f3 Re8 40. Rf2 Nf7 41. Raf1 g5 42. hxg5 Nxg5 43. Bf5 Rg8 44. Kh1 Nf7 45. Rh2 Nh6 46. g4 Rg5 47. Rff2 Rg7 48. Rh5 Qc7 49. Ne3 Nf7 50. Rfh2 Ng5 51. Kg2 Rff7 52. Rh1 Qe7 53. Bc8 Qc7 54. Be6 Rf4 55. Bf5 Qe7 56. R5h2 Qc7 57. Rf1 Bf6 58. Kg1 Nf7 59. Ng2 Bg5 60. Rh5 h6 61. Nxf4 Bxf4 62. Be6 Nd8 63. Qc4 Rg6 64. Bf5 Rf6 65. Kg2 Nf7 66. Rfh1 Kg7 67. Qe2 c4 68. Qf2 Bg5 69. Kf1 Nd8 70. Rxg5+ hxg5 71. Rh7+
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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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