Keep Right On Till The End of the Road

B50c: Sicilian: 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
Clock started on 12/10/2012
1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb2 g6 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d4 Bd7 11. d5 Ne5 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Re1 f5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. c4 Rae8 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Rb1 Qe2 20. a3 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Re2 22. g3 Kf8 23. Kg2 Ke8 24. g4 a6 25. Rd3 Ra2 26. a4 Rb2 27. Re3+ Kd7 28. g5 Kd8 29. Kf1 Kd7 30. Kg2 Kd8 31. h4 Kd7 32. Kg3 Kd8 33. h5 Rb1 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rf3 Ke7 36. Re3+ Kd7 37. Rf3 Ke7 38. Re3+ Kd7 39. Kg2 Kd8 40. Rf3 Ke7 41. Rd3 Rb2 42. Kg3 Kd7 43. Rf3 Ke7 44. Rd3 Rb1 45. Rc3 Rb2 46. f4 Rb1 47. Re3+ Kd7 48. f5 gxf5 49. Kf4 Rf1+ 50. Rf3 Re1 51. Kxf5 Ke7 52. Kf4 Kd7 53. Rh3 Rf1+ 54. Ke4 Re1+ 55. Kf4 Rf1+ 56. Rf3 Re1 57. Kf5 Ke7 58. Rd3 Rf1+ 59. Ke4 Kd7 60. Rf3 Re1+ 61. Kd3 Rd1+ 62. Ke2 Rg1 63. Rxf7+ Kc8 64. Rf5 Kd7 65. Kf2 Rg4 66. Rf7+ Kc8 67. Rf6 Rxg5 68. Rxd6 Rh5 69. Kg3 Kc7 70. Rg6 Rh7 71. Kf4 Rh1 72. Rg7+ Kc8 73. d6 b6 74. Rc7+ Kb8 75. Re7 Rd1 76. d7 Kc7 77. Kf5 Rf1+ 78. Ke6 Re1+ 79. Kf7 Rh1 80. Ke8 Rh8+ 81. Kf7 Rh1 82. Ke8 Rh8+ 83. Kf7 Rh1
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 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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